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Category: Recruiting

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Handshake Collection For Alumni

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Career Services is excited to introduce a new Handshake Collection: By Huskies For Huskies.

Similar to “staff picks” at your favorite bookstore, this curated collection highlights select job opportunities to help you discover roles that may be a great fit.

If you’d like to feature a job from your company in this collection, we’d love to include it! Simply send the URL of your Handshake job posting to career@mtu.edu, and Career Services will manually add it to the By Huskies For Huskies collection.

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Local Jobs Fair Survey

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This August, over 7,000 Huskies will return to campus to continue their studies—many of whom are looking for part-time jobs that align with and enhance their academic skills. We’re exploring the idea of hosting a local jobs expo and would love to know if your company would be interested in participating. If your company has an office based in Baraga, Houghton, or Keweenaw counties – we’d like to hear from you.

While you may already know about Michigan Tech’s strong student body, you might be surprised by the breadth of degrees and programs we offer.  Whether you’re looking for reliable weekend help, a consistent part-time employee, or are open to hosting a student for a brief job shadow, there’s likely a student whose talents align with your needs.

We’ve put together a brief 2-question survey to gauge interest:

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SWE Collaboration

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For over six decades, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) has given women engineers a unique place and voice within the engineering industry. Part of our Career Fair traditions include having an “Evening with Industry” (EWI) dinner the night before fall career fair.

EWI is an annual event hosted by the Society of Women Engineers the night before the Fall Career Fair. EWI provides a relaxed environment where students and corporate representatives can interact before the career fair.

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New for 2025: College of Business Career Fair

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We’re pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2025 College of Business Career Fair at Michigan Tech! The event will take place in Houghton, about a month after the university-wide Career Fair.

The fair will be hosted on our campus in the Memorial Union Building (MUB) Ballroom. We are excited to welcome you and appreciate your participation. We look forward to helping you connect with top talent and making this event a valuable experience for your organization.  The College of Business has many different undergraduate and graduate degrees:

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You’re Invited: Fall 2025 Natural Resources Career Fair

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Michigan Tech’s College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES) invites you to attend the Fall 2025 Natural Resources Career Fair, held on campus on Thursday, November 6, 2025.

This annual event connects employers with talented students and graduates from a range of natural resources disciplines, including:

  • Forestry
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Applied Ecology and Environmental Science
  • Geographic Information Science (GIS)
  • Environmental Science and Sustainability
  • Sustainable Bioproducts
  • Environmental Data Science
  • Natural Resource Management

Both undergraduate and graduate students from these programs will be in attendance.

Ready to connect with top talent?

To learn more or to register, please visit the fair registration page in Handshake or email us at careerfair@mtu.edu

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Signing Day – Spring 2025

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Graduation is coming fast! What is the ultimate result of all that hard work? Starting a job with a new company, applying those skills in a new occupation, and earning money!

We copied the idea of a high school recruit signing for a new college or a professional athlete getting drafted.  Here are some group photos from the Spring 2025 Design Expo held on campus to highlight Senior Design and Enterprise Projects.

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Fall 2025 Career Fest Schedule

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Are you concerned that students won’t recognize your brand? Career Fest events allow you to highlight the things you make and do!

What kinds of things does your company bring to an industry trade show? Bring those same items to campus to show off to our students in an outdoor, casual event. This “show and tell” format lets students learn what you do or make and what kinds of jobs they can find at your company. Enhance your branding by participating in one or more of these days.

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Fall Career Fair Registration Open

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Welcome to the MTU Fall 2025 Career Fair, one of the largest and most highly regarded events of its kind in the Midwest. We are excited to welcome you and appreciate your participation. We look forward to helping you connect with top talent and making this event a valuable experience for your organization.

If you’re looking to expand your team and strengthen your presence on campus, we encourage you to register today. If you have other questions, please email us at careerfair@mtu.edu

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Using LinkedIn For Job Postings

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Over 10,000 Michigan Tech Alumni are members of the LinkedIn Michigan Tech Alumni group. In order to join this group, you’ll need to prove that you attended Michigan Tech. We welcome all alumni to join this group for professional networking.

If you may want to boost the job opportunities at your company, consider posting them to this group. Most people will write a short post that links to the “careers” page on their company website.

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