The Texas Tech College of Engineering will host a career fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
Approximately 200 companies will visit the Civic Center and offer Tech students internships as well as part-time and full-time jobs, said Jeff Sammons, a spokesperson for the College of Engineering.
"This is a valuable experience for engineering students," he said. "Not only does this allow students to get internships and jobs but it also gives them valuable experience with their job interviewing skills."
Sammons said the college anticipates between 1,200 and 1,500 students will attend during the day.
"We hear from many of the companies that come that our students are well prepared for the field," he said. "They say hiring a Tech grad is a great choice for them."
To make it easier for students as well as companies to find candidates or jobs in their line of work or study, the organizers of the career fair color-coded the respective majors in different colors, Sammons said. Students will wear nametags marked with colored dots indicating their major, and companies will have colored dots on their signs representing students of particular majors they are interested in speaking with.
The engineering job fair was rescheduled from Sept. 17 to today because the Civic Center was designated as a shelter for Hurricane Ike evacuees from Southeast Texas during that time, according to a College of Engineering news release.
The career fair began on campus in 1999 with 22 companies attending, Sammons said. The fair has since expanded to more than 200 companies and must be hosted off campus due to the space required to accommodate the participating companies.
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