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The 2025 fall career fair will be held on Monday, September 8, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in Commonwealth Ballroom at Squires Student Center. See below for details and other career and professional development program opportunities.
Sunday, September 7
Employer information sessions
Stakeholder-level CS|Source member employers can hold information sessions about their company or organization for computer science students. Representatives will have access to a presentation projector and screen. Each session runs 50 minutes and begins on the hour. Please contact us at cs-source@cs.vt.edu to schedule a session.
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Torgersen Hall, 620 Drillfield Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24061
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First-year student preview event
For general engineering students.
1-4 p.m.
Torgersen Hall Atrium, 620 Drillfield Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Monday, September 8
Shuttle service
7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Shuttle runs between Chicken Hill Lot, 927 Southgate Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24061, and Squires Student Center, 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, VA 24061
Hospitality suite
Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Jamestown Room, Squires Student Center, 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, VA 24061
Lunch
For employers.
Noon-2 p.m.
Williamsburg Room, Squires Student Center, 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, VA 24061
Career fair internship and co-op recruiting
Employers meet with undergraduate computer science majors and minors.
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Commonwealth Ballroom, Squires Student Center, 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, VA 24061
Employment recruiting
Employers meet with computer science undergraduate seniors, graduate students, and alumni looking for jobs.
2-6 p.m.
Commonwealth Ballroom, Squires Student Center, 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tuesday, September 9
Interview Day
The Garnett E. and Patsy T. Smith Career Center, 870 Washington St. SW, Blacksburg, VA 24061 AND Torgersen Hall, 620 Drillfield Drive, Blacksburg
- 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.: By invitation only interviews and hospitality offered in the employer lounge
- Noon-1:30 p.m.: Lunch in the employer lounge
CS|Source contact
Joan Monahan Watson, Ph.D.
Email: cs-source@cs.vt.edu
Member company registration
- Registration is for members only. Renew or enroll to RSVP on the CS|Source Job Hub.
- Membership payments are due on September 1 for the academic year or February 1 for the calendar year. A booth is not secure unless payment has been received.
Member company profile
All event confirmations will be sent to the primary contact listed on the company profile page in the CS|Source Job Hub. Students use this information to prepare, so please update your company profile in the CS|Source portal no later than two weeks prior to the career fair.
Member career fair representative RSVP
Registration for all company representatives attending CS|Source career fair events and activities are due one-two weeks prior to the career fair. This information will ensure seamless communications with updates for those attending events.
Resume databases
Employers can view student resumes on Career & Professional Development’s Handshake and the CS|Source Job Hub.
Booth Information
- Stakeholder members receive 2 booths (double). Partner and Associate members receive 1 single booth.
- The number of representatives invited to attend each booth: associates, 2; partners, 4; stakeholders, 6.
- Space at the career fair and interview day is on a first-come, first-served basis.
- CS|Source staff reserve the right to move company booths to accommodate layout flow.
A standard single booth comes with the following complimentary items:
- Booth 8’x6’ (Stakeholders double 16’x6’)
- Back drape 8’ high
- Side rails 3’ high
- Skirted table 2’x6’
- Two chairs
- 120v electrical plug-in
- Company identification sign
End-of-day reminders
Place items and return shipper on your booth table that you want Hollins Exposition Services to ship. Employers determine whether or not to continue talking with students who may still be in line after closing.
Wireless access
Company representatives may request wireless access from Virginia Tech Wireless Network. Access should be renewed after nine hours.
Hollins Exposition Services of Roanoke, Virginia, is the shipping contractor for career fair employers. Hollins will email an exhibitor packet to registered employers about a month in advance of the event.
Return equipment and unused items through Hollins after the career fair by placing a shipping label on those items. Hollins will pick them up at your booth site.
Please do not ship career fair items using another vendor. If another shipper is contracted (UPS, FedEx, etc.), employers are responsible for these packages. Hollins Exposition Services and CS |Source staff will not be responsible to accept or move equipment or packages.
For shipping questions, contact:
Kris Peter
Hollins Exposition Services
540.362.3940, x 115
kpeter@hollins-expo.com
www.hollins-expo.com
Sunday
Parking passes are not required on Sundays.
Monday
Parking space will be reserved at no cost for registered representatives at Chicken Hill Lot. Shuttles will run throughout the day between Chicken Hill Lot and Squires Student Center.
Tuesday
Parking passes will be provided on Monday at employer check-in to representatives conducting Tuesday in-person interviews. If a representative has not reserved the space, a visitor parking pass will need to be purchashed for $8/day from Virginia Tech Visitor Parking Information or use the ParkMobile app for spaces indicated by the green sign. Place the parking permit on your dash where it may be clearly viewed by parking officials.
Two hotels will be contacted to provide you with accommodations. The following are potential hotels and information will be updated as soon as finalized. Other hotels are available and are listed below.
Home2 Suites, 1321 Rugby Ln., Blacksburg, VA 24060. Reservation line: (540) 726.4242 or online: Home2 Suites. Booking code: "CHTSCF;" block name: "CS|Source Career Fair." $119/night + tax. Hotel rate may change, so make your reservation early.
Other area hotels
No recommendations are implied; this list is for convenience.
Blacksburg
- Clay Corner Inn, (540) 552-4030
- Main Street Inn, (540) 552-6246
- Courtyard Marriott, (540) 552-5222
- Comfort Inn, (540) 951-1500
- Days Inn, (540) 951-1330
- Hilton Garden Inn, (540) 552-5005
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites, (540) 552-5636
- The Inn at Virginia Tech, (540) 231-8000
- Resident Inn Blacksburg University, (540) 750-4400
- Hyatt Place Blacksburg University, (540) 552-7500
Christiansburg
- Days Inn, (540) 382-0261
- Fairfield Inn, (540) 381-9596
- Hampton Inn, (540) 381-5874
- Holiday Inn, (540) 381-8100
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites, (540) 382-6500
- Homewood Suites, (540) 838-1742
- Microtel, (540) 381-0500
- Quality Inn, (540) 382-2055
- Super 8, (540) 382-5813
Cancellations
CS|Source career fairs are university-sanctioned events. If Virginia Tech is closed for any reason on the day of the event, it will be rescheduled. Refunds will not be issued to CS|Source members who cannot or do not participate in the rescheduled career fair.
Refund policy
In the unlikely circumstance that an event is cancelled or postponed due to insufficient enrollments or unforeseen circumstances, CS|Source will determine if a refund will be issued. The Department of Computer Science and CS|Source cannot be held responsible for any company-incurred expenses including cancellation or change charges assessed by airlines, hotels, travel agencies, or other organizations.
- If the university is closed, the event will be rescheduled.
- If the career fair is held, and the interview day is cancelled, no refunds will be issued.
- If the career fair is rescheduled due to weather, no refunds will be issued to a company that cannot attend on the rescheduled date.
No-show policy
If a company is unable to attend the career fair for any reason, no refunds will be issued. Please send an email to cs-source@cs.vt.edu if you cannot attend.