Students: Connect With Potential Employers at Career Fairs

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 22, 2016) — As part of the University of Kentucky's "Hire Blue" week of career-related events, College of Engineering Career Development and the Society of Women Engineers will host the Fall 2016 Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The fair will run from noon to 4 p.m. at Memorial Coliseum

Students and alumni from all majors will be able to talk to about 115 employers about full-time, co-op or internship opportunities. 

A career fair is a great chance to meet prospective employers, start networking with companies and their representatives, learn about industries and career paths, and even sign up for interviews. More than 30 companies will interview students and alumni on campus in the days following the fair.  

The "Hire Blue" events will continue on Sept. 28 with the Business Internship and Career Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Gatton College of Business and Economics.

"Increasingly, companies are looking to connect and network with freshmen and sophomores, not only upper division students or graduating seniors," said UK Director of Engineering Career Development and International Programs Ilka Balk.

About 85 percent of all UK engineering students gain experience before graduation, often as early as sophomore year, Balk said. Job seekers can research employers attending both fairs at https://uky-csm.symplicity.com/events/fb8bb92dbad76484bf282a99f833203a/employers, or by downloading the UK Career Fair Plus app on Google Play Store and App Store. 

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MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Harder, 859-323-2396, whitney.harder@uky.edu