Brand awareness is a key recruiting element, and we encourage you to build it early with frequent on-campus visits and regular engagement with our students. We offer many different recruiting opportunities, and staff is available to assist you with building a presence at Fitchburg State. We look forward to working with you.
Spring 2026 Recruitment Calendar
January 19: First day of classes
February 2: First day of spring recruiting activities
February 16: Holiday, President’s Day
February 24: Business and Technology Career Fair
February 25: Health and Life Sciences Career Fair
March 3: Creative and Common Good Career Fair
March 9-13: Spring break
April 16: No classes, Undergraduate Research Conference
April 20: Holiday, Patriot’s Day
April 30: Final day of spring recruitment activities
May 7: Final day of classes
Career Services and Advising hosts career fairs and recruiting events each semester. If you have any questions regarding any of our events, please contact Susan Beddes, Associate Director for Internship Coordination and Employer Relations at sbeddes@fitchburgstate.edu or 978.665.3321.
Spring 2026
Business and Technology Career Fair: Tuesday, February 24, 1-4 PM. Focuses on business, engineering technology, construction management, and IT/technology fields. This event is by invitation. Please reach out to Susan Beddes, Associate Director for Internship Coordination and Employer Relations at sbeddes@fitchburgstate.edu to inquire about attending.
Health and Life Sciences Career Fair: Wednesday, February 25 1-4 PM. Focuses on healthcare, biotech/life sciences, environmental science and public health industries. This event is by invitation. Please reach out to Susan Beddes, Associate Director for Internship Coordination and Employer Relations at sbeddes@fitchburgstate.edu to inquire about attending.
Creative and Common Good Career Fair: Tuesday, March 3, 1-4 PM. Focuses on communications, arts, education, criminal justice, government, human services and nonprofit fields. This event is by invitation. Please reach out to Susan Beddes, Associate Director for Internship Coordination and Employer Relations at sbeddes@fitchburgstate.edu to inquire about attending.
Employer information tables may be scheduled by email for appropriate locations on campus in order to share information about your organization and recruit for open positions. Tables are scheduled on Mondays through Wednesdays during the fall and spring semester and employers are limited to one tabling opportunity per semester. Any organization looking to hold an information table on campus must follow information table policy (please see policies page).
To request an information table for the upcoming semester, please complete the request form(opens in a new tab). We encourage you to review our tabling policies below prior to making your request.
Set up interviews with potential candidates on campus or virtually through Handshake. Reach out to us by email careercenter@fitchburgstate.edu to register.
If you are interested in recruiting students in a specific academic department, speaking in front of a class, or connecting with a student affinity group on campus please contact us by email careercenter@fitchburgstate.edu. We will act as liaison if the connection is welcomed by the group and is an appropriate match.