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Career Services Event
Wednesday
12
November
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Private Sector Career Expo 2025

For recruiters and students
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Maison de la paix, Pétale 2

Meet young talent, connect with our students and alumni, and raise the profile of your company all in one day.

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Private Sector Career Expo 2025 is a new addition this year to the annual slate of career events organised by the Geneva Graduate Institute's Career Services.

This one-day career fair focuses on private sector employers and is hosted in partnership with companies and corporations from around Geneva.

The event is exclusive to students and alumni of the Geneva Graduate Institute and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

 

Information for students:

 

This page will be updated in October with the full list of participating companies and when they will be presenting in the day. Registration will open approximately three weeks before the event.

 

Information for employers:

 

How to participate:

All private sector entities are eligible to participate, from local businesses to multinational corporations. Contact the Career Services team at career@graduateinstitute.ch to reserve your company's participation. Act soon! Spaces are limited.

 

About our students:

The approximately one thousand Master and PhD students of the Geneva Graduate Institute represent over 100 nationalities: approximately 10% are Swiss, 30% are from Europe, and 60% are from elsewhere around the world.

They undertake degrees in International Relations and Political Science, International Economics, International History and Politics, International Law, and Anthropology and Sociology. Additionally, our interdisciplinary Master's program in International and Development Studies has specialisations in Conflict, Peace and Security; Environment and Sustainability, Gender; Race and Diversity; Human Rights and Humanitarianism; Mobilities, Migrations and Boundaries; Sustainable Trade and Finance; and Global Health.

 

Event format:

  • Time and location: Wednesday 12 November from 10h00 - 16h00 at La Maison de la paix in Geneva.
     
  • Cost: Free of charge for participating companies and for attending students and alumni.
     
  • Each participating company will have a maximum 1-hour slot in one of our classrooms to make a career presentation and have time for Q&A.
Presentations will take place in classrooms that seat 30-40 students.

 

 

A glance at our previous career fairs:

This is the 1st annual edition of the Private Sector Career Expo, but it's not our first career fair! We also host an annual NGO career fair every autumn semester, and an annual International Organisations career fair every spring semester. See below key figures and photos from recent past events.

UN Career Days 2024:

  • Employers participating: 26
  • Student and alumni attendees: 600+

NGO Career Days 2024:

  • Employers participating: 26
  • Student and alumni attendees: 400+

IO Career Days 2025:

  • Employers participating: 29
  • Students and alumni attendees: 530+

 

Photos from similar private sector career presentations at the Institute:

Employer presentation 2022
Employer presentation in 2024
Employer presentation in 2025

Disclaimer

This event may be filmed, recorded and/or photographed on behalf of the Geneva Graduate Institute. The Institute may use these recordings and photographs for internal and external communications for information, teaching and research purposes, and/or promotion and illustration through its various media channels (website, social media, newsletters).

By participating in this event, you are agreeing to the possibility of appearing in the aforementioned films, recordings and photographs, and their subsequent use by the Institute.

Your personal data is collected only for the organisation of this event.

For further information, please consult our privacy policy, our FAQ or contact us directly: events@graduateinstitute.ch.