UMaine Engineering Job Fair Attracting Record Number of Employers
Contact: Patty Counihan, 581-1355; George Manlove, 591-3756
ORONO — The University of Maine’s annual Engineering Job Fair, scheduled from 10 .m.-3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18, at the new Student Recreation and Fitness Center on campus, has attracted at least 63 engineering and technology firms, a record number.
Companies from throughout Maine, New England, and as far away as Texas, will be on campus to meet with and conduct informal interviews with students interested in careers in engineering and technology.
“We really hope students will come and bring multiple copies of their resumes,” says Patty Counihan, a job fair co-organizer and director of UMaine’s Career Center. “A lot of companies from Maine are going to be there.”
At least 15 of those visiting companies will set up in private interview rooms in the Memorial Union on Friday for more formal interviews, Counihan says.
The annual engineering job fair is a wonderful opportunity for UMaine students to learn about the companies anxious to recruit them, she says. “A lot of major companies in Maine are going to be there,” she says.
“Many people say there aren’t many jobs in Maine,” Counihan says, but this year’s record number of recruiters contradicts that assertion, according to Counihan. “It’s a huge increase. It reflects the booming job market, especially for engineers.”
This year’s event has about 20 more companies than last year participating.
The UMaine Career Center will hold its annual Career Fair on Jan. 30, 2008 for more general career options. Recruiters come from healthcare, public safety, government, education, environmental and conservation, sales and marketing and many other career fields, looking to meet prospective young employees from the university. In spite of sometimes dour economic and job market forecasts, Counihan has found the number of companies interested in setting up a booth at UMaine each year continues to increase.
Complete information about this year’s engineering job fair , including companies planning to attend, is available on the Career Center website www.umaine.edu/career.