Pace University Hosts its Spring 2024 Job and Internship Career Fair

KPMG, New York Red Bulls, Hachette Book Group USA, ZWILLING JA Henckels, Conair, FBI, and Christian Louboutin among over 115 recruiters

Pace University Career Services on Friday hosted one of its signature events: the spring 2024 Job and Internship Career Fair. With record-breaking student turnout, it was the largest Job Fair in the University’s history.

Over 800 hundred students turned out – including many from Pace’s campus in lower Manhattan -- to the employment fair. Over 115 companies were in attendance including New York Red Bulls, Hachette Book Group USA, ZWILLING JA Henckels, Conair Corporation, FBI, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Christian Louboutin, Conair Corporation, and KPMG — the event was open to all majors.

The event featured free smoothies from one of the University’s student-run businesses, music, and other amenities like a “Quiet Room” for students to prepare. KPMG, one of the world’s leading professional services firms, providing audit, tax, and advisory services to many of the world’s most prestigious organizations, sponsored a coffee truck. Not only did this give students a little caffeine boost but allowed an opportunity for extra networking with this “Big Four” accounting giant.

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“At Pace, we understand the importance of engaging and preparing our students early, and creating impactful employer events that lead to great internships and jobs,” said Phyllis Mooney, assistant vice president of Career Services at Pace University.

Pace’s Career Services is a leader in the region for providing a range of career counseling and programming to ensure that the students they serve are career-ready and know how to articulate the skills employers are looking for in their entry-level candidates. In fact, as Class of 2023 First Destination Survey review comes to a close, Career Services found that 94% of Pace’s Bachelor graduates were employed or continuing their education six months from graduation.

Pace’s Career Services also offers their employer partners a tailored, successful recruiting experience that introduces recruiters to talented students that represent the very best of Westchester, the New York City region, and the world—resulting in extraordinary outcomes. Top brands that employ Pace students include Amazon, American Express, Christian Dior, FEMA, IBM, Mac Cosmetics, The Madison Square Garden Company, Meta, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Pfizer, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Daniella Schneider, a junior majoring in Public Relations, took advantage of the “Perfect Your Pitch” workshop to get ready for the fair last fall and made a great impression on Today Media. She accepted a Marketing Internship with Westchester Magazine this semester and is loving it. “This internship has taught me so much in the marketing, advertising, and PR world as well as event planning,” said Schneider. “I love getting to work on different events that Westchester Magazine holds and seeing what goes into these amazing events.”

For Julia Kalem, a graduate student majoring in Human Resources Management from Cologne, Germany, the packed room provided ample opportunities to land a job or an internship.

“This is my first time visiting the Pleasantville campus, it’s been quite enjoyable,” said Kalem, who was among students from the lower Manhattan campus that attended the Job Fair. “Today, I've had productive interactions with several recruiters who have been very open. Currently, I'm interning at a bank and exploring opportunities to remain in the United States temporarily before eventually returning to Germany.”

Sports marketing major Alexandra Witucki 26’ engaged in a conversation with Marshall Adrian Diaz from the Federal Air Marshal Services. “Today, my aim is to broaden my horizons and establish valuable connections,” said Witucki. ”I’m eager to explore the opportunities available and so far, it's been quite promising.”

About Pace University

Since 1906, Pace University has been transforming the lives of its diverse students—academically, professionally, and socioeconomically. With campuses in New York City and Westchester County, Pace offers bachelor, master, and doctoral degree programs to 13,600 students in its College of Health Professions, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Lubin School of Business, Sands College of Performing Arts, School of Education, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.