When I ran a career office at a previous university, we organized a family weekend networking event where parents participated in what resembled a career fair to share career path information and lessons learned with students in a non-stressful, information gathering environment. The event was 2.5 hours on Friday afternoon of Family Weekend and was located in a facility that included a café — participating parents were given a $10 coupon for café items. This event promoted non-stress networking concepts for students while capitalizing on career-based experience and advice from parents of other students. Some students actually obtained internships as a result, although the event was not intended to be a job search event.