Student engagement events allow employers to present information to students on current opportunities and organizational background. We are encouraging employers to think outside of the typical information session box and to provide value-add engagement events for our students. This can be in the form of a workshop, resume review, industry panel, professional development session or another form of engagement that makes the most sense for your company.
Student engagement events (and office hours) are held during the academic year (September-November and January-April). On-campus student engagement events are held Monday through Thursday as early as 5:00pm and ending no later than 9:15pm. Occasionally, mid-day sessions may be held Monday through Friday beginning and ending between 11:30am-1:30pm. Virtual student engagement events can be hosted at various times throughout the day and evening. Our recommendation is late afternoon/early evening. We encourage you to keep your on-campus and virtual sessions at 90 minutes or less.
Once you’ve decided on a date and confirmed that it does not conflict with a black out date noted below, submit your event request in Handshake. Once you receive event approval from our team, we will send you venue information. It is the employer’s responsibility to contact one of the approved campus venues to check space availability and reserve/pay for the space (venue costs vary).
Due to the high demand for student engagement events, multiple organizations may hold student engagement events in the same time slot. Although we cannot guarantee it, the Duke Career Center will aim to only have organizations of different industries in the same time slot. We ask organizations to work with us in order to allow our students to attend as many student engagement events of their interest as is possible.
All requests for student engagement events must be submitted in Handshake with a minimum of two weeks between the date of the request and the date of the session. For more about requesting an event through Handshake, review their tutorial.
Once scheduled, your student engagement events will be promoted in Handshake and on Career Hub.
2023-2024 Recruiting Policies for Employers (policies for the upcoming recruiting season will be updated soon)
Fall 2024 Recruiting Season at Duke (September 3 – November 15):
[Academic Calendar; Duke Football Calendar]
Please keep in mind our black out dates* outlined below and avoid scheduling recruiting activities during these dates.
August 26 – August 30: First week of fall classes*
September 2: Labor Day*
September 17: TechConnect (daytime, in person)
September 17: DEI Reverse Fair (evening, in person) [no evening events will be allowed]*
September 18: Fall All-Industry Career Fair (daytime, in person) [no events will be allowed during hours of fair 10am-2pm]
September 18: Student Athlete Networking Fair (evening, in person)
October 2 – October 4: Rosh Hashanah [no events or interviews allowed 10/2 evening through 10/4 evening]
October 11 – October 15: Fall Break [only virtual multi-school events will be allowed]*
November 15: Last day of fall recruiting activities
November 26 – December 2: Thanksgiving holiday break*
December 2 – December 16: Classes end; reading period; final exams*
December 17 – January 8: Winter Break [only virtual multi-school events will be allowed]*
