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NC State’s Engineering Career Fair one of nation’s largest

Engineering Career Fair
Engineering Career Fair

The spring 2016 NC State Engineering Career Fair will be held Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the McKimmon Center on NC State’s campus.

The biannual event is one of the largest career fairs of its kind in the nation and draws thousands of participants seeking full-time positions, co-op opportunities and internships. The career fair is not limited to NC State students and routinely draws students from other colleges and universities in North Carolina and from other states.

The spring 2016 career fair will include more than 200 registered companies, government agencies and academic units. Fields represented include energy, manufacturing, automotive, finance, insurance, software development and other sectors of the economy.

NC State engineering students are some of the best-prepared in the country and were picked 15th in recruiter rankings by The Wall Street Journal.

The Engineering Career Fair affords news organizations an excellent snapshot of the local, state and national economy. The fall version of the event stretches over two days and is held each October.

The NC State Engineering Career Fair is open to the public and is free of charge.

Date and time: Wednesday, Feb. 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 Location: The Jane S. McKimmon Center at 1101 Gorman Street on the NC State campus in Raleigh.

Parking: Parking is available at The McKimmon Center and at Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium with shuttle service to and from the event via the Yellow Line. Check http://coe.transloc.com to track the shuttle buses.

More information: Call 919-515-3263 or visit students.engr.ncsu.edu/careerfair

Media contact: Brent Lancaster, Engineering Communications. 919-515-3848 or bwlancas@ncsu.edu