Spring 2022 Engineering Career Fairs Week of Feb. 7 - 11

It’s Career Fair Season! Engineering Career Services in partnership with Engineering EXPO will be offering our students access to both an in-person and virtual career fair next week. After feeling the impact of the pandemic on college recruiting last year, we are excited that recruiting is robust this spring! Please encourage your students to join us at the Career Fairs and keep in mind that next week, in addition to rigorous coursework, many of our students will have the added stress from participating in career (job and internship) activities. Over the next week, we are asking for your partnership in helping our students prepare for their participation in the career fair. Here are the basics of what, when and where that you can share with students:

Spring 2022 Engineering Career Fairs

In-Person Fair Date: Tuesday, Feb. 8th

Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (CST)

Place: Illini Union

Number of Employers: 70 (maximum due to space limitations)

Target Student Population: All Grainger Engineering students (including CS+X, physics, and chemical engineering) & Grainger Engineering alumni

• Note that we are restricting this event to the target population to help with social distancing

Virtual Fair Date: Friday, Feb. 11th

Time: 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm (CST)

Place: Virtual on the Handshake platform

• Students are required to register for group sessions or schedule individual 1:1 sessions with employers

Number of Employers: 140

Target Student Population: All Grainger Engineering students (including CS+X, Physics and Chemical Engineering).

• Event opens to ALL Illinois students & alumni Wednesday, February 9th.

To date, nearly 250 unique employers are joining us at one of the fairs and registration for the virtual career fair remains open until February 9th. For reference, in Spring 2021, 150 companies participated in the fair.

This week, Engineering Career Services is offering many workshops, industry exploration and training events to prepare students for the career fair and recruiting season. Please encourage students to visit Handshake to register and participate in these programs so that they can maximize their recruiting efforts. Thank you for your partnership in encouraging students to participate in activities that support their career search success.