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Spring Career Fairs
Big 10 Engineering - Diversity and Inclusion Career Fair
Tuesday, Jan 21 | 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Virtual in Handshake
This fair aims to highlight top employers dedicated to diversity and inclusion for students. The virtual format of the event encourages networking between students, alumni, and recruiting professionals that will open the door to co-op, intern, and full-time opportunities in the field of engineering.
More information on the Big 10 Engineering - Diversity and Inclusion Career Fair
Engineering Co-op & Intern Exchange
Wednesday, Jan 29 | 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Munn Ice Arena
This career fair encourages networking between students, alumni and recruiting professionals highlighting co-op and internship opportunities across all industries.
More information on the Co-Op & Intern Exchange
Environmental, Energy, Geography, Natural Resources, and Sustainability Career Fair
Wednesday, Feb 19 | 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Munn Ice Arena
Explore internship and full-time employment opportunities with companies in the Environmental, Energy, Geography, Natural Resources, and Sustainability industries.This career fair is hosted by the Career Services Network
All Majors Career Fair
Thursday, Feb 20 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | MSUFCU Club (Spartan Stadium, 4th Floor)
Connect with a wide range of employers seeking internship and full-time opportunities. This career fair is hosted by the Career Services Network
More information on the All Majors Career Fair
Summer Job Fair
Wednesday, Mar 26 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | MSUFCU Club (Spartan Stadium, 4th Floor)
Looking for a summer job? This event will showcase internships, part-time employment and volunteer opportunities from all industries. This career fair is hosted by the Career Services Network
Employer Events at Career Café
Students can connect with a unique offering of employers at the Career Cafe, located in the College of Engineering lobby. Bring your resume and grab a free snack!
Wednesday, January 22nd | 11am-2pm
Local Area Employers
Wednesday, January 29th | 11am-2pm
Employer Partner Companies
Wednesday, February 5th | 11am-2pm
Companies attending the Construction Management and Supply Chain Management career fairs
Monday, February 10th | 10am-2pm and
Wednesday, February 12th | 10am-2pm
Civil Engineering Mini Career Fair
Engineering Week Edition (Michigan focused)
Monday, February 17 | West-Michigan Companies
Tuesday, February 18 | Mid-Michigan Companies
Wednesday, February 19 | Detroit Area Companies
Wednesday, February 26th | 11am-2pm
Last Call! Open to all employers.
Our online recruiting system, Handshake, connects employers with MSU students. Students can research companies, apply for jobs, register for events and send peers questions.
Use the Handshake Guide to get started today!
Plus check out our 5 tips for making the most of Handshake!
1. Upload your updated resume This will help you complete your profile + you'll need it to start applying to jobs!
2. Complete your Career Interests. This helps ensure you will see the most relevant jobs and events in the system.
3. Update your privacy preferences to make sure employers can message you and make sure your resume is public.
4. Follow employers and jobs your are interested in. This way you'll get notified of new jobs, application deadlines and event registrations for your top employers.
5. Create Saved Searches to have new jobs emailed to you weekly!
LinkedIn is a great platform to uncover potential Spartan friendly opportunities, to search for jobs, and make connections with people who work in jobs and at companies of interest.
Check out our tips for optimizing LinkedIn.
1. Build your LinkedIn profile. A complete profile makes it easier for recruiters to find you.
2. Build your Job Search Alerts and Job Preferences to receive relevant job postings via email and make it easier for recruiters to find you.
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Instructions for creating your Job Search Alerts and Preferences
3. Network like a champion! Read Chapter 8 in WHO Logic to learn how to build a networking and communication plan. You can do this!
Check out our Michigan State University Engineering Connection LinkedIn Group!
Other helpful resources
RESUME BOOKS
We frequently distribute resume books to employers that reach out to us. Maximize your odds of finding a co-op by dropping your (updated) resume! Join our Co-op/Intern Engineering Resume Book | Summer 2025
GET CREDIT FOR YOUR INTERNSHIP
Did you know you can get credit for your internship or co-op? Once you have secured employment head over to the EGRx webpage to learn more.
ON-CAMPUS JOBS
MSU hires more than 17,000 students per year! Check out this list of current on-campus jobs posted in Handshake. Some departments might post on their own site, for those check out MSU department resources. Interested in Undergraduate Research? Check out research opportunities.
OTHER JOB BOARDS
Here are a few of our favorite job boards (besides Handshake) LinkedIn | indeed.com | mitalent.org | aftercollege.com | careers.esd.org | engineerjobs.com | hellowestmichigan.com
FRAUDULENT JOB POSTINGS
If you have concerns about the legitimacy of a job or internship posting, please contact careers@egr.msu.edu. No legitimate employer will send payment in advance and ask the employee to send a portion of it back. DO NOT provide any personal information especially social security numbers or financial information! Find more tips on avoiding scams here.