Career Fair

Gies Business Career Fair - Fall 2023

This page has information for employer partners. All University of Illinois students should refer to Handshake for career fair registration.

Employers should consider participating in our virtual fair via Handshake.

All University of Illinois students can still register through Handshake.

To register, use event name:

Illinois Gies Business Fall 2023 Virtual Career Fair.

I-Hotel and Conference Center
1900 S 1st Street
Champaign, IL 61820

A block of rooms have been reserved for Gies Business Career Fair. Contact Russell Zillman, Gies Campus Recruiting Assistant, for details.

Shipping is conducted through Best Expo. View Shipping instructions here.

Please submit your shipping form to Best Expo by August 30.
Best Expo must have your career fair materials by September 7.
Missing label information means no delivery to your career fair booth.
Unpaid materials will be held until payment is submitted. They will not be transported to the career fair.
Late shipments will be assessed a 50% late fee or if too late, refused.
Best Expo will place your shipping materials at your booth for your team to set up.
Gies will schedule a FedEx pickup at the end of each day. Please remove the inbound label, and ensure packages are sealed and labeled correctly.

Shipping instructions to the iHotel via your own delivery vendor:

A team member must alert the iHotel that your boxes are prepped for shipment and arranged for pick up by your delivery vendor.
The iHotel will store your items in a closet until your company retrieves them the day of the career fair.

Return shipping instructions via your own delivery vendor:

The I Hotel does not have a shipping department where they prepare shipments.
Materials must be packaged, labeled, and arranged for pick up.
A team member must alert the iHotel that your boxes are prepped for shipment and arranged for pick up by your delivery vendor.