WSU Career Expos for Employers

This Career Expo: General Fair will be held in-person at Beasley Coliseum on Tuesday, February 10, 1:00pm – 5:00pm PST. This Fair is attended by all majors, and all industries are encouraged to attend.

The In-person Career Expo Registration starts at $580 and includes one 8-ft table with table linen, two chairs, lunch for two recruiters, one parking pass, wireless internet, receipt, and storage of pre-shipped display materials.  ee the helpful guidelines below for more details on navigating a Handshake Career Fair. All Career Expo employer registrations close on January 23, 2026.

New for Fall 2025!  With so many WSU students looking to find internships, the Academic Success and Career Center wanted to create a new opportunity for our employers and students to connect in a smaller-scale setting.

This Fall, the Career Expo: Internship Pop-up Fair will be hosted in person at the Compton Union Building (CUB)  Senior Ballroom on Thursday, September 11, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. PST.

The event aims to create a festive and relaxed atmosphere for talented students to connect with companies, meet with recruiters, gain confidence in networking, and, most of all, learn about internship opportunities.  The fair will welcome students of all levels, majors, and specialties, emphasizing first, second, and third-year students.

Shipping WILL NOT be available for the Internship Pop-Up Fair. Companies will not be able to ship materials to the CUB ahead of the Internship Fair. Company representatives must bring all table décor, swag, and promotional materials on the event day.

The Career Expo: Internship Pop-up Fair Registration costs $175 for Non-profits, $250 for Education and Government Agencies, and $325 for industry. 

This cost includes one 8-ft table, two chairs, hospitality area for recruiters, one parking pass, wireless internet, and a receipt. All Career Expo: Internship Fair employer registrations close on August 29, 2025.

This Career Expo & Technical Fair will be held virtually on Handshake on Monday, October 5, 11:00 am-2:00 pm PST, and in-person at Beasley Coliseum on Tuesday, October 6, 11:00 am-3:00 pm PST. This Fair is attended by all majors and has a focus on technical opportunities.

The In-person Career Expo Standard Registration starts at $480/$580 and includes one 8-ft table, two chairs, lunch for two recruiters, one parking pass, wireless internet, a receipt, and storage of pre-shipped display materials. The virtual Career Expo Standard registration costs $150/$250. Once registered, company representatives will need to set up their exhibitor booths and add representatives attending via Zoom events. See the helpful guidelines below for more details on navigating a Handshake Career Fair. All Fall Career Expo employer registrations close 3 weeks before the in-person expo (date TBA).

Premier Registration is only available for the in-person Career Expo & Technical Fair (Fall) and the in-person Career Expo General Fair (Spring)

Want to take your visit to the next level? Consider joining us this season as a Premier Career Expo employer. Please note that for branding purposes this opportunity closes a few weeks before the actual Fair.

Cost:

• Premier In-person cost: $1100

The premier in-person registration includes the following:

• Premier table location at In-person Fair (one of the first 13-18 tables at the active in-person Fair)
• Logo on swag given to all students
• Recognition on all promotions and website
• One 8′ x 30″ table with two chairs.
• Curbside Parking + a Standard parking pass – 2 total
• Four representatives included in the registration
• Wireless internet, receipt, and storage of pre-shipped display materials
• One table for optional student interviewing the following day.

Please note that different price points are associated with each type of fair.

There are four types of registration that will have a max number of registrations, they are as follows:

1. Government/Education/Non-profit agencies – $480, limited to 29 total registrations
2. All other Industries/Corporate – $580, limited to 30 total registrations
3. Construction, Engineering & Technology – $580, limited to 58 total registrations

Registrations 1-3 above include:

•  One 8-ft table with table linen and two chairs.
•  Two representatives included in the registration.
•  One parking pass.
•  Wireless internet, receipt, and storage of pre-shipped display materials.
•  One table for optional student interviewing the following day.

General/Technical Virtual Career Expos (Not applicable for Spring 2026)

Costs:

• Education/Government/Non-Profit for Virtual cost: $150
• Industry Virtual cost:  $250

The standard virtual registration includes the following:

• Access to Handshake
• Live Support during the virtual fair

Internship Career Expo In-person (Coming Back September 2026)

Costs:

• Non-Profit for In-Person cost: $175
• Education/Government for In-Person cost: $250
• Industry In-Person cost: $325

The standard in-person registration includes the following:

• One 8′ x 30″ table with two chairs.
• Hospitality area for recruiters
• One parking pass (1 vehicle only- more available as requested)
• Wireless internet
• Pre-Shipping is not available for this event

Employers can add additional requests to their WSU visit, including any of the following:

• Request an interview table/room outside of the Career Expo—(Cost: Free) contact employer@wsu.edu
• Additional Parking Pass for an In-person Expo—(Cost: $15) Please indicate in your registration if you wish to purchase additional parking passes.
• Additional attending representative(s) for an in-person Expo— (Cost $25) Please indicate in your registration if you wish to include additional representatives. Each additional registered representative will also be provided with lunch.

Is your organization looking to build a more meaningful partnership with WSU by engaging in professional skill-building experiences with a wide range of WSU students? Consider becoming a Coug Honored Partner.

Along with the Career Expos, the Academic Success and Career Center (ASCC) provides central career development, holistic advising, and student success programs for all students at Washington State University. As Coug Honored Partner with ASCC, beyond the Career Expos, your company will also be central to expanding the impact of engagement initiatives supporting all WSU majors.

Some highlighted benefits of becoming a Coug Honored Partner include the following:

• A premier registration table at both spring and fall in-person Career Expos (booth details described above).
• Promotional initiatives exclusive to Coug Honored Partners
• High-impact engagement opportunities depending on package preferences.

To learn more, request a meeting, and sign up as a Coug Honored Partner this season, please visit our Coug Honored Partners page:

• In-person or virtual capacity has been reached when there are no more available registration types. If you are just interested in the WSU Career Expo & Technical Fair for Tuesday, 10/7/25 or the WSU Internship Fair for Thursday 9/11/25 in-person experience but there are no more registration types available, the best next step is to register for the Virtual Career Expo via the Handshake platform.
  
• If not, you can request to be added to the In-person waitlist as a first-come, first-served request by emailing us at employer@wsu.edu or filling out our Waitlist Survey (Activation TBA). Please include the Company name, the name of the primary contact, and the main contact’s email address with your message.
   
• IMPORTANT: Being waitlisted does not guarantee that you have secured a table at the WSU Career Expo. Please do not plan to travel to the Expo unless the WSU career team has confirmed that registration is available and forwarded an updated invoice.

• As part of fostering both new and continuing relationships with our Career Expo employers this season, we wanted to offer a series of webinars for your team to attend in preparation for the Career Expos. Each type of session has repeated content, so you only need to attend one.
   
• These webinars will be hosted over Zoom. Please note that all employer registrants must have a zoom account (free, personal, or company) to attend this series.

WSU Employer Success Series: Preparing for Virtual or In-Person Expo

Is this your first WSU Career Expo or the 10th?  Join Career Expo staff as they share the best practices for preparing before and after the Career Expo, suggestions for effective virtual or in-person Expo experiences, and brand-building tips for your team.

• WSU Employer Success Series Preparing for In Person Career Expo
• WSU Employer Success  Series Preparing for the Virtual Career Expo

WSU Employer Success Series: Hiring International Students

Looking to connect with even more Cougs? Have you ever considered internships for international students? Join Cody Tornow, the Assistant Director for International Retention Specialist at WSU, to learn about this WSU student program and how to create inclusive opportunities to attract students to your virtual or in-person Expo booth.

• Hiring International Students: What You Should Know

Organizations will receive a full refund if you cancel your reservation on or before Friday, January 23, 2026.

• No refunds will be granted for cancellations after Friday, January 23, 2026, or for no-shows at the Career Expo. Submit all cancellations and changes to your registration in writing to employer@wsu.edu
• Omitting a timely payment does not equate to withdrawing your registration from a Career Expo event. Your company will still be responsible for the fair registration that was invoiced. This policy is due to event logistics, marketing, booth holds, and expenses already in motion leading up to each fair.
• A cancellation request must be communicated via email to employer@wsu.edu as promptly as possible.
• “No-shows” are still responsible for any unpaid dues BEFORE registering for the next Career Expo.

All WSU events, including all In-person Career Expos, are subject to the President’s or designee’s declarations regarding inclement weather cancellations. As a campus, the safety of our students, staff, and guests is of the utmost precedence. If WSU shuts down to inclement weather, the Career Expo team will communicate any event cancelations to employer registrants as soon as we receive a notification.

The WSU Career team will not be able to issue any refunds due to an inclement weather cancelation, as event logistics, marketing, and expenses are already in motion leading up to the fair.

If you need to reach the WSU Career Expo team regarding inclement weather inquiries, email us at employer@wsu.edu. For full details on WSU’s Inclement Weather policy, visit the WSU Police Department’s inclement weather page.

We greatly value your partnership and look forward to connecting you with our students this season. Please let us know if you would be interested in holding a recruitment or networking event for students. Information sessions, workshops, resume reviews, and panel sessions are great ways to engage with students interested in your company’s opportunities. For more information on how to engage with WSU before and after the fairs, please refer to our Engage with WSU resource.

Questions or need help getting started? Email employer@wsu.edu.

We strive to ensure a seamless experience for all participating employers. If you require any accommodations or have specific needs, please email us at employer@wsu.edu at least two weeks in advance, and we’ll do our best to assist you.

• WSU’s Academic offerings include 95 majors, 86 minors, and more than 100 in-major specializations. The benefit of the WSU Expo is the possibility of connecting with new or specialized talent eager to learn about their potential in your industry or company. The WSU Career Expos are our largest multi-major career events across the WSU system, hosting hundreds of employers across multiple industries and supporting thousands of students in all majors each season.

• Employers attending the in-person Career Expo are arranged in alphabetical order across all industries. This is done to support all large-scale logistics and to make the event more equitable for all participating employer industries and attending majors. This will mean that an employer event table number will be determined by your company name as listed alphabetically in Handshake in either the court level (first level- Fall only) or concourse (second level) of Beasley Coliseum. One significant change this season is how the event traffic will flow. This season, once past registration and premier employers, all attending students will be directed to the court level (first level) first and then up around the concourse (second level).
   
• Premier Employers are placed in alphabetical order in front of the student check area (the first 8-16 tables). All Standard registrations will be placed in alphabetical order following the premier employer partners section.

• Looking to engage with specific Majors? Make sure to plan to connect with students before attending WSU in-person Career Expo. The more they “see” a company (in online webinars, hosting interviews on campus, messaging on Handshake, visiting classrooms, treks, tabling, offering professional development, appearing in panels, reaching out to clubs…etc.), the more momentum it builds for each recruitment season.
  • Click here for employer engagement resources.
  • Click here to connect with campus partners from specific colleges or programs.
     
• The in-person fair in Beasley Coliseum will follow any up-to-date CDC and Washington State COVID-19 guidelines. Please note any updates in ASCC communications.
   
• Please drop off materials in the designated drop-off areas at Beasley. Event details will be emailed out to event registrants. Once at the venue, go directly to your signed table number and use the Check-In QR to sign in to your company as “present”.
   
• WIFI access will be provided at the Expo for representatives.  Power supply to the table will be provided by request.
   
• Additional representative registrations, lunches, and parking passes are available at additional costs. Please communicate any updates to employer@wsu.edu no later than two weeks before the event.
   
• Your team must send any shipped materials to the address listed in our Pre-Expo Shipping” section below at least 2 weeks before the event. Beasley will hold those containers and place them at the appropriate tables once we have assignments for him.

• Parking is limited. Please carpool, ride share or use hotel shuttles as much as possible on each Expo Day.
   
• For those companies attending the in-person Technical and General fairs, your parking permit will allow you to park in any Yellow 1 lot surrounding Beasley Coliseum. Some additional Parking portions will be available and noted in the event details emailed to your registrant.
   
• For those companies attending the in-person Internship Pop-Up Fair, your parking permit will allow you to park in TBA. Some additional Parking portions will be available and noted in the event details emailed to your registrant.
   
• Your parking permit will be emailed to your registrant. Please forward this information to the attending representatives. If you have not received it or have a different representative attending in-person events that have not been listed in the company registration, a parking kiosk will be available at the assigned Employer check-in table.

• Parking permits are required for all campus parking. The Friday before the Career Expo, parking permits will be emailed to those registered to attend. Since parking permits are email-specific, please ensure those who need a permit are registered and the emails are updated.
• Arrive early to ensure you find parking. Consider carpooling to campus with other recruiters or utilizing the free shuttle service provided by some local hotels.

• You will need to make sure you have accurate license plate information as parking permission will be tied to that license plate. If you are renting a vehicle, you will need to wait until you have your vehicle before claiming your permit.

• Permit with digital. There is no need to print the permit.

This option is only available companies attending the in-person Technical and General fairs.

The Career Expo Team will reach out to registered in-person employers about the opportunity of having On-Campus Next day interviews. The location of the interviews will depend on the number of requests received. These details will be determined closer to the event and confirmed via email.

More Details

• On-Campus Next-day interviews will happen the Wednesday following the in-person fair.
   
• Interviews begin at 8:00 AM or when your team schedules them with your candidates.
   
• Possible Location A: Beasley Coliseum -You will have a table (8ft) requested with an appropriate number of chairs on the concourse of Beasley Coliseum.
   
• Possible Location B: ASCC office at Lighty Hall Student Services- You will be placed in an interview room or staff office to conduct your in-person interviews.
   
• Employer Companies will be placed in alphabetical order if in location A.
   
• Attending employers set up/coordinate their own interviews.
   
• Food will not be provided, but you can refer to the WSU Dining Services website for information about on-campus food locations.
   
• While conduct in-person interviews, we will have a staffed check-in space and kiosk available for students as they arrive.
   
• Parking Passes will be provided to participating employers.

Shipping IS ONLY AVAILABLE to companies attending the in-person Technical and General fairs.

Shipping WILL NOT be available for the Internship Pop-Up Fair. Companies will not be able to ship materials to the CUB ahead of the Internship Fair. Company representatives must bring all table décor, swag, and promotional materials on the event day.

For those attending the in-person Technical and General fairs, displays and recruiting materials may be shipped to the Beasley Coliseum in 2 weeks in advance of your arrival.

• Materials should be shipped to:
  • Your Organization Name
  • Academic Success and Career Center
  • Beasley Coliseum
  • 925 NE Fairway Road
  • Pullman, WA 99164-1710
     
• Materials must be clearly marked with both your organization name and WSU Career Expo. It is important that you allow for an extra delivery day, as all campus mail is first received by Central Receiving and then delivered around campus to its final destination. Beasley will hold your shipped materials and as long as your material is labeled correctly, it will be at your booth when you arrive at the event. Please list your company name clearly outside the container.

This option is only available companies attending the in-person Technical and General fairs.

• The Career Expo will schedule a pick-up by FedEx Express (NOT FedEx Ground nor UPS) on the day of the Expo. All materials must be appropriately packaged, and all return paperwork (billing information or account number) must be complete on your shipping label. Please bring your own shipping material; we will not have any on hand. When packaged, please bring all materials to be shipped back to the employer registration table (the north end of the Coliseum). Please refrain from bringing materials before 3:00 p.m., when the expo ends.
   
• If you would like to use another carrier, you MUST make your own arrangements. Please schedule a pick-up at the north entrance of Beasley Coliseum by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the expo.
   
• For shipping back, we will have two areas for Shipping Drop-Offs. Employers can leave their shipped items, and Fed Ex will come to pick them up the next day. Please note we do not work with UPS. If you coordinate with UPS, you must make your own arrangements.

• Hilltop Inn, 928 NW Olsen St, (509) 332-0928
   
• Holiday Inn Express Pullman, 1190 SE Bishop Blvd, (509) 334-4437
   
• Quality Inn – Paradise Creek, 1400 SE Bishop Blvd, (509) 332-0500
   
• Residence Inn Marriott, 1255 NE North Fairwood Rd, (509) 332-4400

• Best Western Plus University Inn, 1516 W Pullman Rd, (208) 882-0550

• The Best Western Plus University Inn offers a discount for recruiters attending the University of Idaho or WSU Career Fairs.  Government rates are also available with valid identification.

• The hotel offers complimentary shuttle service to/from the Pullman and Moscow Career Fair sites and to the Moscow-Pullman airport.  A complimentary daily hot breakfast, free wireless internet service, on-site restaurant/lounge, and in-room Keurig coffee makers are also offered.  For additional information, please visit www.uinnmoscow.com

• Please make reservations with the above link or by calling the hotel at (208) 882-0550. The travel websites and Best Western International reservations will not have information regarding our group. Remember to mention the Career Fair to receive the special rate.