Tesla Joins Career Fair Recruiters At Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech students will be shaking hands and passing out resumes today with perspective employers.

Spring Career Fair takes this afternoon, bringing hundreds of out-of-town recruiters to meet with the engineers and innovators of tomorrow.

Each semester students look forward to this day. This is the day that their years of education could meet pivotal decisions. A resume in the right hands could be the key to success.

“My dream job would be to work for Tesla, and I’ve always been passionate about the automotive industry. Tesla is the perfect mesh of that for me. This Career Fair, they’ll be here so I get to actually talk to them for a bit,”| said David Anna, a fourth year student who described the electric powered automaker as a company he’d be honored to be a part of, partly because he believes in their mission.

Although Tesla is a major recruiter at this Career Fair, they are not the only automaker that has Anna’s attention.  “I’ll be having an internship with Ford this summer. I’ll be interning in their purchasing department.”

As Career Fair has grown over the years, so has attendance of both students and future employers. In fact, the school has adopted a Career Fair exam policy asking instructors not to administer exams, or due dates during the event to ensure attendance of all students.

The event gives students a chance to talk with employers and find out about their needs and criteria. For employers, they get the opportunity meet students and get an idea of what they will bring to the work force.

Professor Brad King tells of a recent encounter with an aerospace company after Tech students made a recent presentation.  “They were so impressed with our students, they came up to me and said, ‘Man, do you have anymore like that back on campus?’ And I said, ‘Oh you better believe we do.’ So as a result, the space dynamics lab is sending their director and a recruiting team up here to Michigan Tech.”

Michigan Tech hosts two Career Fairs annually, with the Fall event scheduled for October