Food World’s Best Career Fairs

Food is Your Advantage

Three times a year, more than 150 of the very best food, beverage, and hospitality employers attend our New York campus career fair looking to hire interns and soon-to-be graduates. It’s part of why CIA students average 3 job offers at graduation!

Our career fairs are such a big deal that we host them on non-class days, because we want to ensure every CIA student has the opportunity to attend. Businesses want to be there, and for some, visiting CIA is the only time they are actively recruiting.

It鈥檚 one of the unique CIA advantages: Employers and job opportunities come to you鈥攏ot the other way around.

CIA Career Fair Highlights

You鈥檒l have the opportunity to connect one-on-one with multiple company representatives, all in one place. Ask questions, talk up your skills, and make important networking connections鈥攚hich often lead to on-the-spot job and internship interviews.

150+

Companies Attend

375+

Recruiters representing a diverse range of food and hospitality businesses.

1,600

Students have visited

4,000

Reported student and alumni interviews with highly interested employers for the year.

鈥淚 love recruiting at CIA because we get students that have experienced real life work situations in their classrooms. They鈥檙e prepared. They鈥檙e professional鈥攁nd they look forward to growing base success.鈥
Melissa Termyna Director of People & Culture Gurney鈥檚 Resorts
鈥淚鈥檝e been coming for over 20 years. I enjoy supporting the school as a graduate鈥攊t鈥檚 important to connect with our students and connect them with our industry.鈥
Zane Holmquist 鈥91 Vice President of Food and Beverage Operations, Corporate Chef Stein Eriksen Lodge
鈥淐IA has some of the best students. Students with some of the highest work ethic…and we get a team member from CIA that we know has a passion.鈥
Andrew Chabot 鈥02 Vice President of Food and Beverage Blackberry Farm/Blackberry Mountain

Year-Round Career Support

Our career fairs may be the showstopper, but we provide academic and career support throughout the year鈥攅ven after you graduate! At CIA鈥檚 Center for Career and Academic Advising, you can enhance your r茅sum茅 and interviewing skills, learning about internships and job opportunities, and plan your course schedule with our helpful advisors.

Culinary Connect

, our online job portal exclusively for CIA students and alumni, provides additional access to more than 35,000 industry employers. Search opportunities by field, city, state, country, cuisine, and restaurant quality designation. Thousands of jobs are posted every year!

A woman at a booth is presenting information to two individuals at an indoor event. There is a laptop on the table displaying an image. Other items and pamphlets are spread out on the table. Several people are visible in the background, engaging in conversations.
A woman with glasses sits behind a table displaying an open book and vibrant flowers in a warmly lit room. She is engaged in conversation with another woman standing across from her. Various booths and attendees are visible in the background.

Ready to Plan Your CIA Visit?

Interested in learning more about the exciting opportunities you鈥檒l find at CIA? Consider attending one of our admissions events! Throughout the year, we offer campus tours, open houses, and online events so you can ask questions, learn more about our programs, and chat with admissions counselors. We can also put you in touch with CIA students who would be happy to tell you more about the career fair!

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