Career/Internship Fair

Thank you for your interest in participating in the 2025 College of Architecture Internship / Career Fair. This event is an excellent opportunity to bring multiple students and potential employers together. Participating students are expected to treat this event in a serious and professional manner. This means a well-designed portfolio, properly formatted resume, and thorough research into the firms with whom you will interview.

This event is intended for 3^rd and 4th year undergraduate architecture students and Master of Architecture students, 3rd and 4th year Interior Design students, and 3rd and 4^th year Landscape Architecture students, and Community and Regional Planning students. Participation in this Internship/Career Fair event is not limited to students who will enroll in an internship course.

Whether this is your first Internship / Career Fair or your third, this site contains excellent advice for developing your professional reputation, and effectively presenting yourself. 

Digital Materials:

• Design portfolio: This document should show your work to date through academic, professional, and/or personal creative activity. Format the document for both online viewing as well as printing. Your look book spread (explained below) can contain a link to the online version of your portfolio, and you should bring a physical copy of your portfolio for in person interviews during the career fair.
• CV/resume: This document should explain your experience, skills, and professional focus. Information about formatting this document will be covered in your internship course or through prep sessions hosted by student organizations in the College.

• 2-page spread for the look book: (Submissions due January 17, 2025) The look book will be sent out to employers who are registered for the career fair. This document will contain spreads for all students who wish to be included. The 2-page spread will allow you to shown an example of your work as well as a link to your online portfolio. A template must be used to be included.
  If you are planning to submit a lookbook to participate in the career fair this year, please follow the naming protocol outlined here: Year-Major-Last-First.pdf (3-ARCH-Kelly-Brian.pdf)
  • Year levels: 3, 4, 2M1, 2M2, 3M1, 3M2, 3M3
  • Majors: ARCH, IDES, LARC, CRPL

  These files must also be printed to pdf in spreads, not pages.

Registration:

To participate in this year’s career fair, you will need to submit the 2-page look book as a pdf using the template provided to a shared folder via this form: https://forms.office.com/r/Vg7bNrAC4D by January 17, 2025.

Internship and Career Fair (February 20-21, 2025)

We have dedicated February 20-21, 2025, as a time when your class schedules will be more flexible to allow for interviews. It will be your responsibility to confirm attendance policies with your course instructors, but we have asked them to allow for flexibility if possible.

Career Fair Prep Sessions

January 2, 2025:  Portfolio “design” layout at 7pm (Via Zoom) Hosted by the American Institute of Architecture Students (Contact:  Elise Benson ebenson9@huskers.unl.edu)

January 7, 2025: CV/ Resume at 7pm (Via Zoom) Hosted by National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (Contact: Rachel Fuelberth rfuelberth3@huskers.unl.edu)

January 14, 2025: Soft skills + Interview skills at 7pm (Via Zoom) Hosted by American Society of Interior Designers /International Interior Design Association (Contact: Marissa Henthorn mhenthorn2@huskers.unl.edu)

January 23, 2025: Portfolio “Design” at 7pm (Via Zoom) Hosted by Tau Sigma Delta (Contact: Pierce Bower piercebower@huskers.unl.edu)

All Sessions run 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Interview Advice

Please keep in mind that your participation in the College of Architecture Internship / Career Fair comes with the responsibilities of showing up to your scheduled interviews, being well-prepared, and conducting yourself in a professional manner. A no-show reflects badly on you, and the college. If you do not show up, please realize that you have taken an opportunity from both your colleagues and the attending firm to use your interview appointment time.  

Thank you for your firm's interest in our annual UNL College of Architecture Internship / Career Fair! We are excited to connect you with these emerging and talented professionals. Here is a brief summary of the 2025 event.

Registration:

Offices who wish to participate in the Fair should register by clicking here prior to January 17, 2025. Registered offices will be provided a master list of students who are looking for employment. 

Event Format:

Students will be participating from Architecture (UG and Masters), Interior Design (UG), Landscape Architecture (UG), and Community and Regional Planning (Masters). All interviews will occur in-person at Architecture Hall.

Thank you for your firm's interest in our annual UNL College of Architecture Internship / Career Fair! We are excited to connect you with these emerging and talented professionals. Here is some information regarding our 2025 event:

Location of  Interview Spaces

The Gallery (2^nd Floor, Room 210, Architecture Hall East, in front of the Dean's Office) typically opens each morning around 7:45 am and you are welcome to begin setting up at this time. Directories and signs will be installed the night before your day of interviews so that each of you can find your respective space and begin setting up prior to fair time. Most of you will have a 30" x 8'-0" collapsible table for your use. Depending upon actual location, others of you may have something similar – we should be able to accommodate any reasonable need. Electrical service shall be provided. You are welcome to pin-up as much material as your pin-up walls will allow.

We will make it a point to greet each of you before 8:30 am in order to introduce ourselves and see if we can provide you with any additional support. A catered lunch is scheduled between noon and 1 pm, and bottled water will be provided throughout the day.

Management of Available Timeslots & Scheduled Interviews

Event format: This year’s format will offer flexibility and the opportunity for you to meet several students. The morning of both days will be exhibition style where students will be able to walk around and meet you informally at your booth. Following a networking lunch, the afternoon will consist of 20 minute interviews similar to past years’ events. The interview schedule will be under your control and you can make arrangements to connect with those you meet in the morning, or to pre-schedule interview times with students you have connected with prior to the event through the look book.  

Printed Materials

Registered firms are strongly encouraged to mail ahead any relevant printed material that you would like posted prior to your interview day(s).

Please send all promotional material (email for Powerpoint presentations or mail for print materials) for display by February 07, 2025, to:

Dean's Office
UNL College of Architecture
210 Architecture Hall East
Lincoln NE 68588-0106
archstaff@unl.edu
402.472.9212

Powerpoint Slides

Registered firms are strongly encouraged to post a maximum of (4) Powerpoint slides (in .PPT format) that promote the portfolio and office culture of the respective firm. These slides will then be copied and pasted into a larger continuously-looping promotional slideshow in a public area during the length of our event. (To insure slide inclusion, please make sure that all slide content can be selected, copied, and pasted into a new .PPT file.) Please use still images only - no videos. Please email these files by Feb. 07, 2025 to bkelly2@unl.edu.

Large-Scale Displays and Exhibits

If so desired, we are able to receive your convention exhibits prior to your arrival. These will be securely held in the Dean's Office suite prior to your arrival. After your last day of interviews, please make your own arrangements to have these materials sent back to your firm using services such as Fed-Ex or UPS, both of which can pick up these materials from the Dean's Office.

Please send exhibit materials to:

Dean's Office
UNL College of Architecture
210 Architecture Hall East
Lincoln NE 68588-0106
archstaff@unl.edu
402.472.9212