Job Interview Fair

14th Annual CAPLA Job Interview Fair

SPONSORED BY

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Chasse Building Team

Thursday, February 8 + Friday, February 9, 2024

Join us for the 14th Annual College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture Job Interview Fair, made possible by Chasse Building Team and our other sponsors. And thanks to our generous sponsors, hardworking CAPLA students will receive scholarships to help them become future innovators of the built environment.

This year, events include Job and Employer Browse Session, Job Interviews, Networking Night, and Employer and Partners Thank You Breakfast.


Schedule

 

Thursday, February 8, 2024

8-9 a.m. Employer and Partner Thank You Breakfast
Not open to students.

9-11 a.m.

 

Job and Employer Browse
Open to all students.

 

11 a.m. - Noon

 

Lunch

 

Noon - 5:30 p.m.

 

Job Interviews
25-minute sessions, pre-registration requested.

 

6-9 p.m.

 

Networking Night Reception
Hosted off-site. 

 

Friday, February 9, 2024

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

 

Optional Interviews for Title, Platinum, Gold Sponsors
Interviews by invitation only.

 

Information for Students

Register Now

Workshops and Panels

Be interview-ready by registering for our career services-presented workshops. Your participation in these workshops will give you a lottery entry to win one of our cash Job Fair Scholarships.

AIAS Portfolio Panel - Jan 19 @ Noon - in-person in Green Room (CAPLA East - 2nd Floor) Bring your portfolio-in-progress and learn how to best assemble a portfolio for job interviews.
2024 Job Interview Fair Information Session - Jan 22 @ Noon - in-person in Green Room (CAPLA East - 2nd Floor) Learn about the ins and outs of the 2024 14th Annual CAPLA Job Interview Fair, where we will explain the day of events as well as provide some insight and give advice on how to best prepare and register for the event.
ASLA - American Society of Landscape Architects Portfolio Workshop - Jan 22 @ 5 p.m. - in-person in Sundt Gallery (CAPLA West - 1st Floor) All students are welcome, need to have a device and get ready to update or create your portfolio. 
2024 Job Interview Fair Information Session - Jan 24 @ 5 p.m. - online Zoom (Link will be provided) Learn about the ins and outs of the 2024 14th Annual CAPLA Job Interview Fair, where we will explain the day of events as well as provide some insight and give advice on how to best prepare and register for the event.  
AIAS - American Institute of Architecture Students Portfolio Workshop - Jan 29 @ 5 p.m. - in-person in Sundt Gallery (CAPLA West - 1st Floor) Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of whether they are a member of AIAS or not. We will have design professionals giving us advice on how to make a strong portfolio! 
Professional Interview Panel- February 5 @ 5:30 p.m. - Zoom link will be provided via email day of event An interactive event that allows you to speak to firm representatives who will be at the fair or alumni of CAPLA. Get engaged and ask about what they look for in an interview; what their career path looked like and/or how they prepare/de-stress before an interview. This is designed to help you shake those nerves and ask all levels of questions.

Student Registration

Student registration for the Job Interview Fair is now open via Handshake. General registration closes on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 11 p.m.

Register Now

  
Need help registering for the CAPLA Job Interview Fair? View the Handshake Help Center for detailed instructions:

 


Scholarships

This year we are including 6 scholarship awards of $1,000. To be eligible for the drawing to win a scholarship, you must complete all of the following:

  • Must be either a current CAPLA undergraduate or graduate student
  • Attend Professional Panel
  • Attend at least one workshop
  • Sign up for at least three interviews on either day of the job interview fair
  • Complete student post-job fair survey

Scholarships will be awarded for the Spring 2024 semester after the Job Interview Fair and at random for those who complete the criteria above, so be sure to participate!

Register Now

Information for Employers

The 2024 CAPLA Job Interview Fair consists of a day-long career fair that allows employers to meet with students while students gain experience interviewing with firms and organization. Sponsors at the Title, Platinum and Gold level will be offered additional time on Friday to return to host second interviews or meet with additional students. With your partnership, we are extending providing multiple scholarships to our undergraduate and graduate students. Thank you for your participation!

Ready to sign up? Register on Handshake on or before our Friday, January 19 deadline.

Registration and Sponsorship Fees

Platinum Employer
$1,000

  • Logo on CAPLA Job Interview Fair web page
  • 10 - 20 Interview Slots 
  • Optional second student time slot
  • 2-3 Employers
  • Company listing in annual report
  • Firm featured in college newsletter
  • Firm featured in student giveaway
  • Promotion on CAPLA social media week of fair
  • Thursday Browse, Interview Fair and Networking Night (reception)
  • Sponsors Breakfast (1-4 guests)
  • Friday (optional) extended interviews
  • Two all-day garage parking passes

Gold Employer
$800

  • Firm featured in college newsletter
  • Firm featured in student giveaway
  • Thursday Browse, Interview Fair and Networking Night (reception)
  • Sponsors Breakfast (1-3 guests)
  • Friday (optional) extended interviews
  • 10 - 20 Interview Slots (Each Schedule will include 10 slots, please notify us upon registration if you would like to host 2 schedules for a total of 20 interview slots)
  • Optional second student time slot

Silver Employer
$600

  • Firm featured in student giveaway
  • Thursday Browse, Interview Fair and Networking Night (reception)
  • Sponsors Breakfast (1-2 guests)
  • 10 Interview Slots

Certified Employer (including Public Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations)
$200

  • Thursday Browse, Interview Fair and Networking Night (reception)
  • Sponsors Breakfast (1 representative)
  • Public Agencies and Non-Profit 501(c)(3) registration may be waived. Please select this item at the time of registration.
  • 10 Interview Slots

 

Employers have multiple ways to engage with students this year based on adjustments to provide a more engaging event:

Thursday, February 8, 2024

8-9 a.m. - Employer and Partners Thank You Breakfast
This year we invite all our employer partners to join us for breakfast on Friday morning. This is a time to network with other industry partners and for us to share with you upcoming opportunities to engage with our students and college programs.

9-11 a.m. - Job and Employer Browse
This will be an open table browse for all CAPLA students at any level. During this time, students may scope internship and career opportunities and hear your elevator pitch on what your organization does. During this time, we ask employers to fill any vacant interview slots or invite students to interview the following day (available for Platinum and Gold sponsors).

11 a.m. - Noon - Lunch

Noon - 5:30 p.m. - Job Interview Fair
This is CAPLA’s traditional interview session, reducing the overall vacant slots employers used to have, but also allowing employers to fill those openings with students earlier in the day. These interviews will be 25-minutes sessions, with a 5-minute transition.

6-9 p.m. - Networking Night Reception
After a day of meeting and interviewing students, we invite our employers, students and faculty to gather for an evening of open networking. Location TBD. During this time, you might meet a student you didn’t have the opportunity to interview earlier; in that case, we welcome Platinum and Gold sponsors to invite the student to a Friday interview.

Friday, February 10, 2023

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Optional Interviews for Title, Platinum and Gold Sponsors
To help support employers who need more time to interview students or who met a student outside the interview sessions on Thursday, Title, Platinum and Gold sponsors are offered space Friday to hold additional interviews. CAPLA will provide a more private interview space, allowing you more time to interview candidates. Silver sponsors may be able to interview on Friday if room permits. 

 

Interview schedules will be provided beginning the last week of January. Student interview scheduling begins mid-January. Registration deadline: January 12.

Employers, Register Now

 
For additional information or assistance, please contact Emilio Romero, CAPLA alumni and development affairs manager, at eromero@arizona.edu.

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Quotation marks

We recruit the brightest and best talent to join our team. We have had a lot of success recruiting talent from the CAPLA Job Interview Fair.

Leigh-Anne Harrison, Chasse Building Team


Thanks to Our 2024 Sponsors!

Title Sponsor


 

 

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CAPLA Hosts One-of-a-Kind, Interactive Job Interview Fair 

Featuring design, planning, construction and engineering firms from across the country, the Job Interview Fair is CAPLA’s showcase professional development event for undergraduate and graduate students. Read more about our latest in-person and virtual events:

More Information

STUDENTS

Students, for additional information, please contact Tayler Mears, academic advisor, at mears@arizona.edu.

EMPLOYERS

Employers, for additional information, please contact Emilio Romero, alumni and development affairs manager, at eromero@arizona.edu.