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The school year may have just started, but Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology has already posted a "No Vacancy" sign on its fall career fair after
exceeding the preliminary limit for companies desiring to seek students for full
time, internship and coop employment.
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Popular Place: Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology's fall career fairs are always the largest
of three quarterly events organized by the Office of Career Services
each school year. A total of 216 companies have reserved booth space
for the Oct. 8 event. Last year's fall event attracted 205 companies
to the field house area of the Sports and Recreation Center. |
Over 200 companies have registered to attend the Oct. 8 event in the field
house area of the Sports and Recreation Center.
"The early indications reveal that it is going to be another active
recruiting year for our students, especially those in engineering and science
fields," stated Kevin Hewerdine, director of career services and employer
relations.
"Despite what we're hearing nationally about declining economic and hiring
climates, we haven't seen any drop off in hiring interest yet. In fact, we
filled 216 company interview booths (for the fall career fair) with little or no
promotion on our part. Interest in getting to meet Rose-Hulman students is still
very high."
The list of companies making reservations of the fall event include Archer
Daniels Midland Company, Boston Scientific, Caterpillar, ConocoPhillips, Cummins
Inc., Dow Chemical Company, Duke Energy, Eli Lilly and Company, Frito Lay,
General Electric, Halliburton, HNTB Corporation, Honda, Honeywell/UOP, Ingersoll
Rand, Johnson & Johnson, Kroger Company, Marathon Oil, Microsoft, Milliken &
Company, National Instruments, Northrop Grumman, Nucor Steel, ON Semiconductor,
Procter & Gamble, Raytheon, Roche Diagnostics, Rockwell Collins, Siemens Energy,
Solar Turbines, Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation, Stryker Medical, Texas
Instruments, Timken Company, Toyota and Vectren Corporation. (The entire list of
companies can be found at
www.rose-hulman.edu/careerservices/FairAttendees)
Most companies are planning to return on Oct. 9 to interview students for
positions or set up plant trips later in the 2008-09 job recruitment cycle.
The fall career fair is always the largest of three quarterly events
organized by the Office of Career Services and a committee of 100 students. A
total of 205 companies attended last year's fall event. Other career fairs are
scheduled on January 28 and April 22 this school year.
The Office of Career Services is also making it easier for those companies
that want to interview Rose-Hulman students, without the expense of coming to
campus. Technical video conferencing equipment has been added to services that
allow students to conduct interviews with national companies or employers in
their hometowns.
A mentoring program is also being developed with the Office of Alumni Affairs
to allow Rose-Hulman alumni to give career advice, and a listening ear to
students wanting helpful information from those that have been through the
rigors of a Rose-Hulman education, according to Hewerdine.
More information about Rose-Hulman's career services and employer relations
operations is available at
www.rose-hulman.edu/careerservices.
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