College students join with employers at profession and internship truthful
Brandeis college students take steps towards future careers, exploring alternatives throughout industries.
By Julian Cardillo ’14
Pictures by Gaelen Morse
October 15, 2025
College students crammed right into a bustling and packed Sherman Perform Corridor for the Fall 2025 All-Majors Profession and Internship Truthful hosted by the Hiatt Career Center.
The occasion introduced collectively greater than 45 employers from throughout industries — from enterprise and healthcare to schooling, authorities, finance and social providers — providing college students an opportunity to discover a variety of profession paths and apply their networking expertise.
“That is our marquee recruiting occasion for the autumn,” stated Melissa O’Karma, affiliate director of exterior engagement on the Hiatt Profession Heart. “We do that twice a yr, and it’s actually about bringing a various vary of employers collectively to share job and internship alternatives with college students. It’s additionally about serving to college students discover ways to community and navigate a profession truthful.”
Hiatt’s crew additionally launched a “pupil assist area,” designed to assist attendees put together to fulfill potential employers earlier than getting into the principle flooring.
“After we first began internet hosting large-scale, in-person profession festivals, we noticed that college students wanted a bit extra assist,” O’Karma defined. “It may be overwhelming to stroll right into a room with 50 employers and know learn how to strategy it. We wish to make this a optimistic expertise and present college students that these sorts of occasions are doable — and even pleasant.”
Connections throughout each subject
The truthful drew participation from organizations spanning practically each trade, reinforcing the flexibility of a Brandeis liberal-arts education.
“The beauty of a liberal arts diploma is that our alumni are working in each single trade,” O’Karma stated. “Careers are usually not linear. Simply since you majored in a single factor doesn’t imply that has to outline your complete profession path. It’s about taking the experiences you’ve had and constructing a much bigger image.”
That message resonated with many college students, together with Tasbia Uddin ’29, who continues to be contemplating potential majors.
“I actually wished to discover completely different choices in know-how and healthcare and see what I wish to do from there,” Uddin stated. “Speaking to completely different employers and seeing all of the completely different paths I can pursue is de facto useful in planning out my future.”
For Aaron Gold, a second-year grasp’s pupil in computer science, the occasion was a chance to make significant skilled connections.
“Profession festivals are an incredible likelihood to speak with folks at corporations you may not have interacted with earlier than,” Gold stated. “Even when you simply make a couple of new connections, that’s a couple of extra individuals who know your title. That may make an actual distinction if you’re making use of in a while.”
Alternatives for each pupil
The Hiatt Profession Heart presents complete sources to assist college students and alumni discover careers, safe internships and jobs, and develop skilled expertise. From customized advising and resume or cowl letter steering to interview preparation instruments and job listings on Handshake, Hiatt helps each stage of profession growth.
Hiatt additionally gives funding for internships, a “Profession Closet” with enterprise apparel, a LinkedIn photograph sales space to take knowledgeable headshot and digital instruments for distant customers. Hiatt hosts the profession truthful to assist college students start enthusiastic about what they might wish to discover after commencement.
“Even when you’re not actively on the lookout for a job, you may come to a profession truthful and have that have connecting with employers,” O’Karma stated. “There’s one thing right here for everyone. We actually attempt to make this an inclusive truthful in order that probably the most connections can occur.”
