Recruiting Calendar

To ensure that all students have the opportunity to attend information sessions and interviews, you may want to consult the interfaith calendar for religious days that are commonly observed.

June 2024

  • 6/10: Recruiting registration opens on Handshake for all organizations (employer events, coffee chats, interviews, career fair)
    • All full-time and internship positions associated with interviews in Handshake will become visible to students immediately after the schedule is approved

August/September 2024

  • 8/19:  Priority deadline for Fall employer event requests and 2024 Fall HireTigers Career Fair registration deadline
  • 9/3: First day of classes; recruiting events for full-time and internship positions begin
  • 9/9 -9/12:  Coffee Chat Week
  • 9/13: Fall HireTigers Career Fair from 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (in person, Dillon Gym, no other recruiting events will be scheduled this day)
  • 9/16: Campus/Virtual interviews for full-time and internship positions begin
  • 9/20: Science & Technology Job Fair from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (in person, Dillon Gym, no other recruiting event will be scheduled)

October 2024

  • 10/2-10/4:  Rosh Hashanah - (religious observance, recruiting open)
  • 10/7-10/11: Midterm exams (campus/virtual recruiting activities will not be held during this time)
  • 10/12-10/20: Fall recess (campus/virtual recruiting activities will not be held during this time)
  • 10/21: Classes resume and full-time and internship campus/virtual recruiting activities resume
  • 10/25:  Coffee Chats Day 

November 2024

  • 11/11-11/15: Networking Coffee Chat Week (employers can register through Handshake)
  • 11/26 -12/1: Thanksgiving Break (campus/virtual recruiting activities will not be held during this time)
  • 12/2: Full-time and internship campus/virtual recruiting activities resume

December 2024

  • 12/8: Fall recruiting ends (resumes on January 27)
  • 12/8-12/15: Reading period
  • 12/16-12/22: Final exam week

January 2025

  • 1/13: Wintersession begins
  • 1/27: Spring semester classes begin 
  • 1/27-1/31: Bicker Week (employers events cannot be scheduled during this week)

February 2025

  • 02/03 - Spring recruiting begin
  • 02/17-02/20 - Coffee Chat Week
  • 02/20 - Graduate Networking Event - Undercover Bosses
  • 02/21 - Spring Networking Career Fair
  • 02/28 - All Ivy  Environment Career Fair

March 2025

  • 3/3-3/7: Mid-term week
  • 3/8-3/16: Spring recess
  • 3/17: Classes and campus/virtual recruiting activities resume
  • TBD: Full-Time Opportunities Virtual Career Fair

April 2025

  • 4/11: Last day of Spring Employer Events (info sessions, networking events, etc.)
  • 4/25: Spring semester and campus/virtual interviews/coffee chats ends
  • 4/24:  Reading Period begins followed by Final Exams
     

Please note that virtual Princeton specific events posted in Handshake between June 15 – August 15 will be vetted and approved if they meet our requirements