Career Fair
STCC invites you to join our Career Fair on Thursday, October 16, 2025, from 1 to 4 p.m. This event is FREE for prospective students, current students, alumni, and friends searching for their next job/career!
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Scibelli Hall (B2), Gymnasium
Registration
Find Free Professional Clothing
Get a free suit to make your best impression from the community resources below!
RAM Career Closet: First impressions matter, so we have partnered with Title IV to ensure you can put your best foot forward!
Students and alumni can register now to get free access to:
- Up to 6 high-quality designer brand Career Clothing items per month (Jacket, Dress Shirt/Blouse, Tie, Pants/Skirt, Belt, Watch)
- Keep it for 30 days
- Delivered straight to your door
Suit Up Springfield is a community organization focused on providing the young men of Springfield with professional attire. Their goal is to help each individual find a suit that will give them the confidence, knowledge, and tools to help them become a successful member of our community.
Dress for Success provides women with professional attire to secure employment. Volunteers will work with you to help you choose an interview outfit and will also provide guidance and support for the upcoming interview. To make an appointment please reach out to Diane at (413) 732-8179 during business hours, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Monday - Friday.
Tips for a Successful Career Fair
Before the Fair
Career fairs provide job seekers a way to explore opportunities from many companies in one location. It's a great way to learn about job openings, research organizations, and practice your interviewing and networking skills.
- Do your homework. Spend time researching the organizations at the fair. Employers love talking to candidates who are familiar with their company and business. You'll come across as intelligent and interested.
- Get your resume in order. Make sure to meet with a Career Counselor in Career Services before the fair. Create and/or refine your resume and bring several clean and crisp copies to hand out.
- Prepare your personal statement. Create a one-minute personal statement that summarizes your skills, goals, experience and the kind of company with which you want to associate. Practice this until you are comfortable using it as your opening. Anticipate interview questions and practice your responses. You can practice with a Career Counselor in Career Services before you attend the Career Fair.
- Get your professional outfit ready. Career Services partners with Suit Up Springfield for male identifying job seekers and Dress for Success Western Mass for female identifying job seekers. Both are located in downtown Springfield not far from STCC’s campus. If you are unable to go to either partner, you can contact Career Services to have 2 work outfits sent directly to your home for 30 days! Reach out today to get your professional outfit ready so you look your best at the Career Fair.
During the Career Fair
- Plan the day. Relax and plan on spending time at the fair. Career fairs are not that frequent so plan your time well. Try to avoid standing in long lines. Go early if possible because the first hour is usually the slowest.
- Ease into it. Visit your lower priority companies first. This way you can practice and fine-tune your approach. When you're ready, proceed to the top priority employers on your list.
- Keep it lively. The lines may be daunting, but don't fair to maximize the opportunity. Talk to every company that fits your experience and ambitions. If you meet with 10 recruiters, at the end of the day you will know 10 people by name. That sure beats sending a blind resume to “Personnel Director.”
- Shake hands firmly and introduce yourself when you speak with a company representative. This is your chance to make the best first impression.
- Network. Talk to both employers and other job candidates. If you are standing in line, don't be shy to talk to the people in line. More jobs are filled by networking than by any other means.
- Get the interviewer's business card and then be sure to follow up. If an interview goes well, you should follow up with a letter within a couple days that reinforces the points you made and the facts you learned. Always refer to the date and location of the job fair. Highlight parts of the conversation that stood out to make it easy for them to remember you. Always include a copy of your resume.
Becoming a Sponsor
As an area employer, you are invited to join our Career Fair! A link will be provided above for employers to register as a sponsor.
Sponsorship Levels
Gold Sponsorship $1,000
Sponsorship at this level includes a featured listing on communications to students and alumni, individual mentions and acknowledgement on social media and printed event materials, a vendor table prominently placed in the venue with space for up to three representatives per table, and reserved parking for up to three vehicles.
Maroon Sponsorship $750
Sponsorship at this level includes a featured listing on communications to students and alumni, group acknowledgement on social media and printed event materials, a vendor table prominently placed in the venue, and reserved parking for up to two vehicles.
General Corporate Partner $500
Sponsorship at this level includes a listing on communications to students and alumni and a vendor table with space for up to two representatives.
General Non-Profit Partner $250
Our non-profit organization partners who participate will receive a listing on communications to students and alumni and a vendor table.
2025 Sponsorships
Gold Sponsorship
Maroon Sponsorship
Contact
This event has limited space. Please register using the links above. For questions, please contact Nathan Andary at 413-755-5419 or nandary2401@stcc.edu.