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Career Fair provides opportunities for students, employers
With so many College of Engineering students about to make the leap into the real world, it was no coincidence that more than 300 companies and government organizations from across the country convened at the McKimmon Center in February, hoping to get a chance to meet with the future graduates.
The Spring 2008 Engineering Career Fair took place February 7-8, making it the first time in the history of the event that it expanded to two days. The career fair is among the largest of its kind in the country.
Brian Koehler, who directs the event and coordinates the college’s First-Year Engineering Program, said adding the second day was a step the College had to take to meet the demand from employers, and it has already allowed for tremendous growth for the event. More than 330 employers participated in the spring event, while the fall career fair featured 190 companies.
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The Engineering Career Fair drew more than 330 companies to the McKimmon Center in February. |
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Employers who attended the spring event included Caterpillar, Cisco, General Electric, Progress Energy, Sony Ericsson, Tyco Electronics and Vanguard.
The next event, to be held this fall, will also take place over two days, Koehler said.
"There is so much demand … that we wanted to stop turning companies away based on the 190-company capacity of the McKimmon Center," Koehler said.
The popularity of the event has already spread beyond North Carolina’s borders. Koehler said the fall event drew engineering students from Iowa, Georgia, Texas and New York. |
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