Ag, Food, Business Career Fair

Wednesday, September 18, 2024: 1-4pm
North Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center
About the Fair
Connect with organizations for full-time opportunities and internships. At the fair, you'll be able to explore opportunities, engage with employers, and make an impression that can help you to stand out in the job or internship application process. While you're there, get a free headshot from a professional photographer!
Prepare a resume, have an elevator pitch, and dress in a way that is authentic to you. Registration suggested, drop-ins welcome.
Fields represented: Agriculture, Animal Science, Banking/Finance, Communication, Food Industry, Marketing, and Sales.
On Campus Interviews
Employers will be interviewing after the fair. You must meet with company representatives to possibly secure an interview. Employers conducting on campus interviews:
- Agropur
- Bayer
- Cargill
- Hormel
- Hurley & Associates
- Insight Global
Ways to Prepare
Career Fair Prep Session
Are you worried about what you should wear, what employers want to hear from you or how to differentiate yourself from your peers? Worry not, we will be offering insider tips and a chance to ask questions before the fair. Tuesday, September 17, 5-5:45pm in 33 McNeal Hall. Free Papa Johns pizza and padfolios for attendees!
Employer Panel with Free Chick-fil-A
Come for the free Chick-fil-A for lunch and stay for an amazing employer panel featuring Curious Plot, General Mills, Land O'Lakes and Scoular right before the fair! Wednesday, September 18, 12-12:50pm in the St. Paul Student Center.
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Additional Ways to Prepare
Check out our tips on Preparing for a Career Fair or Make an Appointment with your career consultant to get ready.
Employers Registered
Actalent
ADM
AgriBank
Agropur
ALCIVIA
American Foods Group
Anderson Chemical Company
Bachman's
Bayer
Bell Museum
BMO Financial Group
Butler Machinery Company
Cargill
CFANS Alumni Relations
CHS Inc.
Compeer Financial
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa
Curious Plot
Custer State Park Resort
Dacotah Bank
Evergreen Construction Company
FM
GDM Seeds
General Mills
Genus PLC - ABS Global
Gertens Family of Businesses
Grain Millers
Greenix Pest Control
Holden Farms
Hormel Foods Corporation
Hurley & Associates
Hy-Vee
Insight Global
Land O'Lakes
Merieux NutriSciences
Midwest Poultry Consortium
Minnesota Farmers Union
MN Department of Agriculture
Northwestern Mutual
PepsiCo
Post Consumer Brands
Practical Farmers of Iowa
Savatree
Seneca Foods Corporation - Agriculture
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative
SunOpta
Syngenta
Titan Machinery
United Farmers Cooperative - Agronomy
United States Marine Corps: Officer Station Twin Cities
University of Minnesota Extension
University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
White Knight Pest Control
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
Ziegler CAT
*Compiled weekly, visit Handshake for an up-to-date list