Careers

Tips for students attending our Career and Internship Expo:

First, join our career expo on Handshake.

• Attend a Career Information Session to prepare before the event.
• Research participating companies.
• Know who you want to visit and why.
• Prepare your resume and make sure it is free of mistakes. 
• Prepare your elevator speech or "personal commercial." Make the most of this time and gain a potential employer's interest.
• Bring a list of questions about the employers that shows that you know something about their company.
• Get organized. Bring multiple copies of your resume in a folder.
• Practice your responses to common interview questions.
• Bring a pen and paper for taking notes.
• Ask the recruiter what the best way is to follow up with them. After your interview, write a thank-you note or email, or make a phone call.
• Dress professionally.
• Make eye contact, have a firm handshake and show interest in what the interviewer is saying.

Employers and organizations interested in recruiting may purchase a table for our 2020 Natural Sciences Career and Internship Expo. 

Our event specifically targets students in the natural sciences who have an interest in Biological Sciences; Earth and Space Exploration; Mathematics & Statistical Sciences; Physics; Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology; Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology; Chemistry; Biochemistry; Psychology. Last year, 400 students attended. You will have face-to-face contact with current undergraduate and graduate students, as well as some of our most recent graduates. 

Our Career and Internship Fair provides a great recruiting opportunity, as well as time to:

• Increase awareness about your organization with students and faculty
• Enhance your presence among the ASU scientific community
• Distribute information about possible internships, career paths, and volunteer opportunities

Cost: Posted on Handshake

Includes: access to the Virtual Career Fair Platform in Handshake with 1:1 Video Chat capabilities and/or options for Group Information Sessions. You may have up to 15 representatives in your virtual booth space (allowing for up to 15 private 1:1 chats, simultaneously). Post event, you will have access to all attendees who registered for the event.

Registration deadline

The fair will remain open until all spots are filled.

Do's and Don'ts
Organizations may bring position descriptions, brochures, business cards and handouts that promote itself to potential employees. This event is for recruitment purposes only and is not for sales purposes.

Tabletop signs and branded tablecloths must fit on a six-foot table. You may not bring floor signs or post anything on our walls. All materials must be contained on top of the 6-foot table provided.

We hope that you can join us for this terrific recruiting opportunity.

• Aerotek
• Apex Life Sciences
• Arizona Animal Welfare League
• Arizona Facilities Supply
• ASU College of Health Solutions
• ASU Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
• ASU Office of Clinical Partnerships, Pre-Health Internship Programs
• ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society
• ASU School of Life Sciences Graduate Programs
• Floratech
• Great Hearts Academies
• Keck Graduate Institute
• Maricopa Integrated Health System
• OdySea Aquarium
• Renature, Inc.
• SOLUR (School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research)
• TGen  
• University of Arizona, College of Public Health

Final employer participant list subject to change prior to the Career Fair. Check back prior to the event for the final listing.