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Public interest technology (PIT) career fairs build connections between universities developing civic-minded technologists and employers in industry, government and civil society. PIT Career Fairs will be running seasonally through 2024 and into 2025.
Discover opportunities to connect with young public interest technologists below. This page will be updated as dates, times and registration links for each Career Fair become available.
September 3rd, 2024 | Charlottesville, Va.
Employers will have the unique opportunity to engage with students across a wide variety of majors and class years. Designed to educate students about Public Interest Technology career paths, the program will include lightning talks, networking, and hands-on technology demos. The event will take place in the luxury suites in Scott Stadium from 5 – 8pm.
Employer Contact: David Lapinski
Director of Employer Relations
September 24th, 2024 | Austin, Texas
The School of Information will connect employers in the realm of public interest technology with talented iSchool students seeking internships and full-time roles in Data Science & Analytics; Library Science, Preservation & Archives, Records Management; UX Research & UX Design; Accessibility; Health & Social Informatics; Human-Centered Data Science; Information Security; and more.
Employer Contact: Rachel Konakci
Assistant Director of Career Development
October 1st | Virtual
October 18th | Washington, D.C.
February 2025 (TBD) | Pittsburgh, Penn.
The Public Interest Tech Career Fair Series offers both in-person and virtual options, including a destination event in Washington, D.C. Each iteration aims to connect government agencies and social impact organizations with innovative and savvy graduate students from across disciplines – including data analytics, policy and social sciences – who are ready to leverage their skills for the public interest.
Registration link coming soon
Employer Contact: Diane Taylor
Senior Associate Director, Reidy Career Center
February 27th, 2025 | Columbus, Ohio
Engage with enthusiastic, purpose-driven candidates dedicated to leveraging their technical skills for social impact, and showcase career pathways that exemplify your organization’s dedication to public interest technology and social responsibility. This full-day event kicks off with a breakfast for employers at 9:00 a.m. and wraps up with a student networking session at 4:00 p.m.
Registration link coming soon
Employer Contact: Michael Pires
Business Operations Manager, The Battelle Center
February, 2025 (TBD) | Virtual
The second Law & PIT Multi-institution Career Fair seeks to connect PIT employers and legal students through informational sessions, mock interviews, active recruitment, and informational interviews. Through the career fair, employers will explore and showcase what work in the field of public interest technology looks like for legal professionals. Co-hosted with UPenn, Villanova and Drexel.
Registration coming soon
Employer Contact: Laura Bingham
Executive Director, Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology
March 20, 2025 | San José, Calif.
The PIT Career Resource Fair will connect PIT employers with students from San José State, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU East Bay and San Francisco State University. Panel discussions, workshops, and networking activities will address emerging trends and career development in the PIT sector. This platform will facilitate meaningful interactions, attracting students exploring career paths and employers seeking top talent. Takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Registration link coming soon
Employer Contact: Bobbi Makani
Executive Director of the Career Center
April 4, 2025 | Williamsburg, Va.
The in-person fair will take place on W&M’s campus to maximize student attendance W&M is in Williamsburg, Virginia located in the middle of the Hampton Roads peninsula equidistant between Richmond and Virginia Beach, a centralized location easy for regional employers to reach.
Employer Contact: Stan Inman
Director, Employer Development & Engagement
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The PIT-UN Career Fair RFP
Each year, the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) seeks proposals from its member institutions’ Career Placement or Career Counseling Service staff for Career Fair(s) to connect students with employers and community partners who are designing, developing, and deploying technology that serves the public interest – a growing and diverse field known as public interest technology (PIT).
A successful PIT Career Fair is be a collaboration between a member institution’s Career Placement or Career Counseling Office, their PIT-UN Designees or PIT-UN Network Challenge Principal Investigators, and regional employers and/or employer organizations to ensure the event facilitates opportunities that are related not just to technology, but explicitly to public interest technology.
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