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HIRING COMPANIES
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Virginia Life Sciences Career Fair is a one-day event organized by Virginia Bio's project Virginia Bio-Connect to connect employers from the Commonwealth's life sciences ecosystem with job seekers. This hybrid event is held in person, at Omni Hotel, Richmond, and virtually for an opportunity to attend the fair from the convenience of your home or office. The event is FREE for recruiters and job seekers.

Virginia Bio is a member-based organization focused on promoting Virginia's life sciences ecosystem and strengthening its talent attraction. The organization's project, VA Bio-Connect, has an overarching goal to scale up and grow the life sciences industry in Virginia. The project seeks to assist and serve existing and emerging companies through programming and collaboration.

JOB SEEKERS

Whether you are looking to start or transition your career into the life sciences industry, Virginia Life Sciences Career Fair is your ideal chance to discover and connect with the companies hiring in the field. Register to browse open positions, learn about hiring companies, get job search (hiring) tips at short educational sessions, and network with industry professionals. Chat, interview, get hired, and open a new chapter in your life sciences career. How it works.

Before the fair

  • Register and upload your resume
  • Browse the employers and open positions

At the fair

  • Connect with employers via the chat box or at the booth (in-person)
  • Listen to the education sessions to learn more about the companies and to hear hiring tips from employers.
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EMPLOYERS

Virginia Life Sciences Career Fair is created to connect you with hundreds of potential candidates seeking a job in the life sciences field. Attend in person or virtually at absolutely NO COST! However, the number of physical and virtual boots is limited, offered on a first-come, first serve basis. The career fair will let you interview candidates from the state and beyond, so if you're looking for one or several hires, our event is perfect for all your hiring needs.

Attending In person

With an in-person registration, you get a booth set (6 ft table with 2 chairs), continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee service.

Attending virtually

You can do virtually everything - from creating your virtual booth, to extending a job offer to potential candidates.

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HIRING COMPANIES
  • Register to attend in person, or virtually, or both!
  • Customize your virtual booth
  • Login and join the live session from anywhere
  • Connect - During the event, engage with attendees through your own discussion feed, one-on-one chats, and video calls
  • Follow-up - Use the follow-up tools to directly reach out to job seekers

Included with in person registration

  • Booth set: table (6 x 14ft), 2 chairs, table sign.
  • Complimentary continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee.
  • Unlimited job posting upload
  • All event attendee resume search functionality
  • Logo featured as exhibitor on the event website homepage

For more information, visit the FAQ section.

Frequently Asked Questions
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No, this event is at no cost to employers or candidates interested in participating in the hybrid career fair.

Yes, the in-person location will be held at the Omni Richmond Hotel, 100 S 12th St, Richmond, VA 23219, on October 5. The in-person event will coincide with the virtual career fair from 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM.

Employers: All employers within the life sciences and biotechnology industry are welcome to participate and register
Candidates: Undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students from 2-year and 4+ year institutions, entry and mid-level professionals, those transitioning to new fields, and all who want to attend!

  • Employers register here
  • Candidates register here

The vFairs Platform has developed an automated process to create and populate each exhibitor's booth/interview station. Once participation is confirmed, our team will send you a link to begin the process. Employers will be provided with booth templates to choose from. Once completed, company information, logos, job posting details, etc., will be uploaded.

  • Company profile
  • Contact information
  • Links to company websites, social media pages, career sites, etc.
  • Video vignettes (if desired)
  • Documents and presentations to introduce the company.

Participating employers will upload all job postings through the booth setup link. Additional assistance will be provided for those companies with more than 15 job postings

  • No. An employer can check their postings or search the database anytime.
  • Each employer will be assigned an admin account after registering to which they can login and check their account.

The site will close permanently one week after the event.

Yes. Recruiters can chat with job seekers during the virtual event. Employers can conduct group chats with job seekers as well as video calls. So, practically, the employer can hire during the event!

$21 to self park and $25 for valet. Other parking decks are available directly across the street from Omni Hotel. In addition to Omni’s parking rates, there are 3 parking garages within a one block radius with daily rates between $5-$10. Hourly options of $4.00 also exist within those parking decks.
If you have trouble logging in please email us at vabioconnect@getvfairs.io If you need technical assistance inside the event please visit the TECHNICAL SUPPORT chatroom from the main navigation menu.
No additional software is required to join the event, just a stable internet connection. Please bring along your resume to share with hiring companies.

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