Chase Career Center Services & Events - Spring 2021
Virtual Coaching Appointments and Walk-In Hours
We are accessible virtually to serve your career coaching needs, whether you are seeking a resume review, interview advice, or details regarding the upcoming virtual career fair!
Students may schedule virtual 1:1 coaching sessions with a Career Coach from Mon-Fri, 9-4. CLICK HERE to make an appointment with a Career Coach.
Chase Career Peers are also available for virtual walk-ins when classes are in session! CLICK HERE to view and access Career Peer walk-in hours.
Virtual Career Blast 2021 - February 17th
The UMass Office of Career Development & Professional Connections will host the campus-wide Virtual Career Blast 2021: Full-time Employment, Summer Jobs & Internships Fair, the only campus-wide career fair for all majors, on Wednesday, February 17th from 10am-3pm. You may view the official event listing in Handshake.
Meet representatives from a wide variety of fields for many majors, ranging from banking, retail, customer service, operations, staffing firms, non-profits, government, and education, including summer camps. Learn about full-time employment, summer jobs and summer internships. Isenberg students are strongly encouraged to attend!
Like this past fall's Virtual Isenberg Career Day event, this fair will be held virtually via the Career Fair Plus platform. Career Fair Plus creates an intuitive, user-friendly experience for students and employers allowing for both 1-on-1 video meetings as well as group meetings and sessions. Please download the Career Fair Plus app in preparation for the virtual fair and check out this video demo to see how it works!
You must register on Career Fair Plus to be able to attend this virtual fair.
- Download the Career Fair Plus app to your phone. Click here to download to iOS, or click here to download for Android
- Search for University of Massachusetts Amherst (Hint - start typing Amherst in the search bar and UMass will come right up)
- Select Spring 2021 Virtual Campus Wide Career Blast (All Majors Welcome) on February 17th
- Begin reviewing the list of participating employers
- Create your Career Fair Plus account, complete your profile, and upload your resume. You will need an account and profile in order to schedule meetings with employers. Watch this video to see how easy it is.
- Set a calendar alert for yourself for Wednesday, February 10th @ 10am to begin booking meetings with your desired employers. Meetings will be booked on a first come, first served basis, so log in early!
Have questions or need help preparing for the fair? Click HERE to make an appointment with a Chase Career Coach.
For additional guidance, refer to our Virtual Career Day Tips Sheet below, or access Chase's How to Navigate a Career Fair Guide.
Virtual Interviews
Access IsenbergWorks and Handshake to Apply
UMass/Isenberg will not host any on-campus interviews during the 2020-2021 academic year - all interviews will take place virtually.
Students are encouraged to regularly access both IsenbergWorks AND Handshake to apply for jobs, internships, and virtual interviews.
Interview processes and virtual connection instructions will vary by firm, so be sure to monitor your email for specific details. For example, in some cases, the employer will schedule the interview slots on their end, while in others, Chase will handle interview scheduling via IsenbergWorks. However, in every case, the employer will make virtual connection arrangements on their end and communicate those arrangements to interview candidates.
Also note that UMass Career Services and the Chase Career Center are encouraging employers to utilize technological and phone methods to interview job candidates in place of in-person office interviews until Covid19 safety precautions are lifted. This recommendation is in accordance with The UMass Amherst Community Safety Agreement for Students, which supports limiting off-campus travel as much as possible.
Please contact Melissa Salva, Director of Employer Engagement, with any questions about the interview process.
Employer-Sponsored Virtual Recruiting Events
Information Sessions, Employer Panels, Workshops, etc.
The Chase Career Center will advertise all employer-sponsored virtual events as follows:
- In “This Week at Chase” emails sent to all Isenberg students on Sunday evenings
- In IsenbergWorks – access the “Career Fairs, Info Sessions & Workshops” tab on the left
- In Handshake – access "Events"
Please contact Melissa Salva, Director of Employer Engagement, with any questions about recruiting events.
Spring 2021 Public Accounting Recruiting Details
CLICK HERE to access the calendar of spring 2021 public accounting recruiting events managed by the Chase Career Center, including virtual drop-in hours, “20 Minutes with” appointments, BAP presentations, and remote interviews.
Connection links for virtual drop-in rooms can be found in the individual event listings included in the IsenbergWorks events calendar.
Students may begin signing up for "20 Minutes with" appointments in IsenbergWorks starting on Feb. 1st at 12:01 a.m. Slots may be claimed on a first come, first served basis, and firms will reach out directly to students with specific virtual connection instructions.
All interviews will take place virtually, but the scheduling process will vary by firm. Some interviews will be scheduled via IsenbergWorks per our normal process and take place on one specific date (see calendar). Other interviews will take place over the course of multiple days/weeks and will be scheduled directly by the firms themselves. However, the application process for each firm will originate in IsenbergWorks – all firm postings should be accessible in the system by Feb. 1st. Please be sure to check your email regularly, and carefully read all interview and connection instructions you receive.
