Fall 2026 Louisville Job Fairs & Hiring Events: Your Complete Guide
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Fall 2026 Louisville Job Fairs & Hiring Events: Your Complete Guide

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Editor's note (October 26, 2026): Every event in this guide has passed. For upcoming Louisville hiring events, see our latest job fair coverage.

LOUISVILLE, KY — If you have been waiting for the fall hiring calendar to give you a reason to print resumes, it gave you several. Five public job fairs and hiring events land in October, and they are spread across the city: a two-state expo at the Expo Center on Phillips Lane, one on West Broadway in the West End, one at the football stadium off I-65 by the Belknap campus, one downtown on Cedar Street and a nursing open house on the Downtown Medical Campus. All five have now taken place.

Five Louisville job fairs and hiring events ran between Tuesday, October 6 and Thursday, October 22, 2026; all five have taken place. Three were hosted by the Kentucky Career Center, the region's public workforce office, including a 50-employer expo with Southern Indiana; one was a multi-industry fair at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium; and one was a UofL Health open house for new grad nurses. Here is every date, time and address, and who was recruiting.

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📅 Table of Contents

Bluegrass & Hoosier Hiring Expo — Tuesday, October 6

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Kentucky Exposition Center, East Hall B (1 & 2), 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY

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The month opened with the biggest room of the fall. KentuckianaWorks and Southern Indiana Works put more than 50 employers from both sides of the river into one hall at the Expo Center, a short hop off I-65 by the airport. The employer list ran from Norton Healthcare, Sazerac, Stellar Snacks and Winland Foods to Omni Hotels, Grainger, Louisville Metro Government and the University of Louisville, across manufacturing, logistics, health care, hospitality, banking and government. Admission and parking were free. Many of those employers post openings year-round, so the job links below are the next stop if you missed it. → See details

Kentucky Career Center Job/Career Fair — Tuesday, October 13

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Goodwill Opportunity Campus, 2820 W. Broadway, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40211

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A week after the expo, the fall run moved to the West End, at the Goodwill Opportunity Campus near 28th and Broadway, which also houses a Kentucky Career Center office. The state's official event listing named three target industries: advanced manufacturing, health care and transportation. That lines up with the jobs that actually carry this city, from the plants along the Outer Loop and out at Appliance Park to the hospitals downtown and the freight network built around the airport. The listing did not name individual employers. If you work in one of those fields and missed it, the October 21 hiring event downtown is the next Career Center event, and the office at (502) 388-3010 can tell you what else is coming.

JobNewsLouisville.com Job Fair — Wednesday, October 14

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | PNC Club, L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, 2550 S. Floyd St., Louisville, KY 40208

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The very next morning, the biggest private fair of the fall set up on the club level at the stadium on South Floyd. It was free, with free parking, and the roster leaned hard into government and health care: Louisville Metro Government, JCPS, Louisville Department of Corrections, Metro Animal Services, the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, The Brook Hospitals and New Vista, plus trades, security and staffing firms. Registration ran through the organizer's event page. Several names on the list were staffing agencies, so if one calls you back, ask who the actual employer is and whether the assignment converts to permanent. → See details

Kentucky Career Center Hiring Event — Wednesday, October 21

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Kentucky Career Center, 600 Cedar St., Louisville, KY 40202

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A week later the Career Center hosts its third event of the month, and it carries the longest published roster on this calendar. The state listing names 19 employers: FedEx, Humana, Louisville Metro Government, Republic Bank, Transcend Credit Union, the Justice & Public Safety Cabinet, Louisville Metro Corrections, JCPS Adult Ed, the YMCA, Goodwill Industries, Home Instead, Kelly Services, Plumbers Supply Co, Hughes Environmental, United Collection Bureau, Sabert, Algood Foods, Life Safety Services/LSS Holdings and Deposition Technology Innovations. That is a mix of banking and back-office work, public safety, food production, home care and logistics, and it is the one event on this list where you can plan your morning around specific tables before you leave the house. Free parking is available on site. The listing does not post an admission price or a registration requirement, so call (502) 388-3010 to confirm before you go. → See details

UofL Health Nursing Career Open House — Thursday, October 22

2:30 – 6:30 p.m. | UofL Health – Heart Hospital, Conference Center, 201 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY 40202

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The calendar closes the next afternoon on the Downtown Medical Campus. This one is not a general fair: it is one health system recruiting nurses, aimed at new grad registered nurses and at nursing students interested in UofL Health's Summer 2027 Nurse Extern Program. The listing does not say whether experienced bedside RNs are part of it, so if that is you, ask the recruiting team at (502) 587-4011 before you take the afternoon off. RSVP through the link on UofL Health's event page, and bring a resume, since the health system says onsite interviews may be offered. Park in the Jewish Hospital garage and get your ticket validated at the event. → See details

🔎 How to Pick the Right Ones

  • Want the biggest room: October 21 downtown, where 19 employers are already named.
  • Plant, production or warehouse experience: Sabert, Algood Foods and FedEx on October 21.
  • Want a government or public safety job: October 21 downtown, where Louisville Metro Government, Louisville Metro Corrections and the Justice & Public Safety Cabinet are all on the roster.
  • New grad nurses and nursing students: October 22 at the Heart Hospital, where UofL Health may interview on site.
  • Home care: Home Instead on October 21.
  • Office, banking or customer service: October 21. Humana, Republic Bank, Transcend Credit Union and United Collection Bureau are all on that roster.
  • You can only do one: take October 21, where the 19-employer roster tells you exactly who you are driving downtown to meet.

What to Bring to Any of Them

  • Ten to fifteen printed resumes, one page each.
  • A photo ID and your work history with real dates, supervisor names and phone numbers. Public employers ask for all of it.
  • Copies of any license, certification or CDL endorsement.
  • Your resume saved as a PDF on your phone for recruiters who want it emailed on the spot.
  • A thirty-second answer to "what are you looking for." Practice it on the Watterson.
  • Business casual and comfortable shoes. You will be standing in lines.

💼 Where to Aim in Louisville This Fall

A fair is one morning. The openings are posting every day, and the best move you can make before any of these dates is to apply online first, so you walk up to a table as an applicant rather than a stranger. These searches cover the same fields and several of the same employers you will meet in October.

Start here:

Louisville Fall Job Fair FAQ

Are these Louisville job fairs open to the public?

The October 21 hiring event is run by the region's public workforce office, and its official listing carries no student, alumni or veteran restriction. The October 22 UofL Health open house is aimed at new grad RNs and nursing students rather than the general public.

Do they cost anything?

The Kentucky Career Center listing for October 21 does not post an admission price. The Career Center describes its services as free of charge, but call (502) 388-3010 if you want to be certain.

Do I need to register?

The Career Center listing for October 21 does not mention registration, so walking in should work, but a quick call ahead never hurts. For October 22, UofL Health asks you to RSVP through the link on its event page.

Which employers were at the October 13 fair?

The listing named industries rather than companies: advanced manufacturing, health care and transportation. For a named roster, the October 21 event downtown lists 19 employers.

Can I get hired on the spot?

Some private employers move fast. Public employers such as Metro Government, Corrections and JCPS run formal applications and background checks, so treat those tables as the start of a process, not a same-day offer.

Will this guide be updated?

Yes. Louisville employers and the Career Center add hiring events through the fall, and organizers sometimes change rooms or times. We update this guide as events are confirmed, dropped or moved, so check back before you head out.

Walk In Already on Their Radar

The people who get callbacks from a job fair are usually the ones who applied before they showed up. Create a free LocalJobPage account to save searches and get new Louisville openings sent to you, and browse every job posted in Louisville right now between now and October 21.

Employers: if you are hiring in Jefferson County this fall and are not on any of these rosters, post your openings on LocalJobPage and reach Louisville job seekers who are actively looking.

Related Reading

Cedar Street on Wednesday, Abraham Flexner Way on Thursday afternoon. Two chances left in October. Print the resumes and go.

Updated October 18, 2026: added the UofL Health Nursing Career Open House on Oct. 22 at the Heart Hospital, for new grad RNs and nursing students. Updated October 4, 2026: added the Bluegrass & Hoosier Hiring Expo on Oct. 6 at the Kentucky Exposition Center.

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