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Tips To Get Ready For Career Fair

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Hello from Career Services! We are so excited to kick off the Fall 2025 Career Fair — and we know that many of you are anxiously awaiting the chance to speak with more than 350 employers. With just a week to go, we have compiled some tips to help you minimize your stress and maximize your opportunities.

Download Handshake and Set Up Your Profile

Don’t wait until you get to the Career Fair — download Handshake ahead of time! You’ll need the app to find the latest information about the companies at the fair.

Companies want to be able to find candidates by searching through Handshake, too! Make sure your profile makes it easy for them to find you.

  • First, learn more about building a public Handshake profile.
  • Next, optimize your resume. Career Services is happy to help with this — don’t forget to share your resume with us once you have it done.
  • Upload your final resume to your Handshake profile and make it public. 
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Building a Career in Steel: How a Michigan Tech Alum Found Her Path at Nucor

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In this episode of Husky Careers: Unleashed, host Ryan Thompson chats with Michigan Tech alumna Jenna Davids, who graduated in 2019 with a civil engineering degree and now works as an engineering supervisor at Nucor’s Insulated Panel Group. Jenna shares her journey from civil engineering student to leader in the steel industry, highlighting the importance of internships, mentorship, and company culture along the way.

Nucor Insulated Panel Group Logo

Discovering Opportunities Through Internships

Jenna completed three internships while at Tech, each shaping her career path in different ways. A freshman internship in manufacturing gave her valuable experience, while her second role in road construction confirmed her interest in hands-on work. Her third internship with Nucor happened almost by accident. She approached their booth at Career Fair just to practice, and that conversation, along with her request for feedback, led to an internship offer.

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New for 2025: Summer Internship Survey

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We are asking all students who had a summer internship to let us know more about it. This email was sent to all currently enrolled Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors today.

We hope you had a rewarding and valuable experience during your summer internship! To help us better understand your internship journey and continue improving opportunities for future students, we invite you to complete our Summer Internship Survey. Your feedback is incredibly important and will guide us in strengthening employer partnerships, enhancing student support, and making internships even more meaningful.  (Help for completing the survey is available on Handshake)

As a thank you for sharing your thoughts, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win exciting prizes! Taking a few minutes to complete the survey not only gives you a chance to win, but also ensures your voice is heard and makes a direct impact on the experiences of your fellow Huskies in the years ahead.

The survey should only take about 5 minutes of your time, and every response counts. 

Note: Paste this into your browser if the link above does not work: https://mtu.joinhandshake.com/stu/experiences/new

We’ll ask students to complet this survey during the first few weeks of this semester and expect to share aggregated results after the Career Fair.

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Husky Careers: Unleashed – New Career Podcast

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Michigan Tech Career Services is excited to unveil our newest content offering, Husky Careers: Unleashed. This new career focused podcast has us sit down with alumni, students, staff, and other guests to learn about their career journey. Episodes are an informal conversations that tackle career tips, common questions, and can help you on your own career journey.

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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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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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Career Services Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) Meeting

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It is one of our favorite times of the year here at Michigan Tech, besides Career Fair season, of course. A few weeks ago, our team welcomed our Corporate Partners on campus for our annual Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) Meeting. What is the annual CAB Meeting, you ask? We invite our partners to campus for a few days to talk about what is going on in industry, updates from our leadership at Michigan Tech, and how we can best work together to ensure that we continue with record breaking placement rates for our Huskies that graduate each year.

These two and a half days are packed with workshops, presentations, and, of course, an opportunity to network while enjoying the beautiful summer of the Copper Country. The annual CAB meeting is another great opportunity to get involved on campus as part of our Career Services Partner Program (CSPP). In addition to discounts at recruiting events, on-campus marketing opportunities, and early access to register for events and fairs.

Career Services Corporate Advisory Board Meeting

If you are interested in learning more about the CSPP, we encourage you to reach out to Jim Desrochers, MBA.

Learn more about the benefits of joining the CSPP: https://bit.ly/3PQaxgI

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Partner Program Benefits Updated for 2025-26

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Joining the Career Services Partner Program offers a dynamic and evolving set of benefits designed to strengthen the connection between students and employers. Each year, Career Services carefully evaluates and updates the program offerings based on feedback from both students and corporate partners, ensuring that the benefits remain relevant, impactful, and mutually valuable. This commitment to continuous improvement helps foster meaningful engagement, expand recruitment opportunities, and enhance the overall career development experience for students.

By participating in the program, corporate partners gain priority access to top student talent, increased visibility on campus, and tailored support to meet their hiring goals. Whether it’s through targeted networking events, exclusive branding opportunities, or early access to schedules, partners are equipped with tools that maximize their outreach and effectiveness in connecting with future employees. These strategic touchpoints are crafted with input from industry leaders and students alike, making the program a responsive and results-driven initiative.

For students, the benefits are equally significant—ranging from direct interactions with employers to participation in specialized workshops and events that support their professional growth. The program opens doors to internships, co-ops, and full-time positions while fostering a deeper understanding of industry expectations. Overall, the Career Services Partner Program serves as a collaborative platform that empowers students and employers to thrive together in a competitive and ever-changing job market.

The benefits for the Academic Year that starts with Fall 2025 and extends through Spring 2026 have been updated and enhanced as listed on the Partner Program page.

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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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