Far beyond career fairs, Career Services also hosts many educational events geared toward students: workshops, info sessions, panels, classroom visits, tabling, visits to the residence halls, and plenty more. Below are a few examples of each, as well as how to get involved. All events are posted in Handshake (where students can also register for them), listed on the Michigan Tech events calendar, and are frequently promoted around campus via posters, EDS, and distributed to advisors.

Workshops

Workshops are usually hosted by Career Services and open to any student - though sometimes the theme attracts certain subsets of attendees more than others. Just a few of our favorite examples from the 2025-26 academic year include:

Understanding Hiring Patterns - discussion of various industries' hiring cycles, peak times, off seasons, and how this may impact students during the job search.
Career Fair Not For You? Let's Talk - covers strategies for students whose majors are typically a bit underrepresented in companies at the primary career fairs.
What To Expect the 1st Year of Your New Job - collaboration with CSMHW
How to Negotiate Salary - self-explanatory!

As an additional note, faculty and staff are more than welcome to attend these workshops as well! If there is a topic that you are interested in learning more about, come on by.

A picture showing a pop-up banner in a building lobby. The banner lists career services events by date.

Classroom Presentations

Many instructors, student organizations, and learning centers invite Career Services in to give presentations about topics that support work they are currently engaged in. This might include a resume workshop in a professional development course; a discussion about AI in the job search for senior-level students; or networking tips ahead of a departmental mixer. In 2025-2026, we gave 70 classroom presentations to a total of 848 students! The team are always willing to look at different topics and adapt to what a particular audience most wants to learn about.

The link to request a presentation is included both here and as a standalone in this module. Let us know what ideas you have!

Panels and Info Sessions

There are many ways for employers to interact with Career Services; for this module, a few examples include information sessions and panels. We enjoy giving friendly recruiters a chance to give back by offering their insights, expertise, and advice to current students. Whether this is in the form of a guest lecture in a classroom (more often arranged directly with the department/faculty) or an information session, a panel or a free food event, employers enjoy the chance to interact with students outside the formal confines of career fairs.

Employer Panel: Co-op or Internship? (spring 2026, recording available)
Employer Panel: Graduating and Still Looking? (spring 2026, recording available)
Info session and activity hosted by the CIA (in-office)
Kimberly-Clark "Coffee & Conversations" (campus mall)

And more!

There is no one way to get the word out about career readiness, professional skills, and the importance of networking. As a result, Career Services is always open to creative ideas. A few of our other highlights from this year have included:

March is free parking month - students complete challenges to be entered to win a week of free parking (thank you, Transportation Services!)
Tabling in the Library (with candy, of course)
Participating in late-night food traditions in the residence halls
Giving out 2nd Day of Class donuts
Clifton Strengths workshop