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: Construction management, architecture, building science and technology, engineering, facility management, interior design, and landscape architecture.
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:
- Mortenson
Ways to Prepare
Resume Review Day
Get your resume reviewed by BWBR, DLR Group, Kimley-Horn, Kraus Anderson, Mortenson, TKDA or Wold Architects and Engineers before the career fair! Wednesday, October 2, 4-5pm in 524 Bruininks Hall. Registration required.
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 of employers before the fair. Wednesday, October 2, 5-6pm in 530 Bruininks Hall. Free Mesa Pizza and padfolios for attendees!
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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.
Hosted by
College of Continuing and Professional Studies, College of Design, and Career & Internship Services. In partnership with the Minnesota Construction Association, the Career Fair and Quiz Bowl is an event organized to attract students from these upper Midwest region schools:
- Bemidji State University
- Dunwoody College of Technology
- Iowa State University
- Minnesota State University Mankato
- Minnesota State University Moorhead
- North Dakota State University
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- South Dakota State University
- St. Cloud State University
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities
- University of Northern Iowa
- University of Wisconsin Platteville
- University of Wisconsin Stout
The Career Fair will be held concurrently with the annual intercollegiate Quiz Bowl where student teams from these schools compete for the J.E. Dunn Traveling Trophy (sponsored by Minnesota Construction Association).
Employers Registered
Adolfson & Peterson Construction
ALLETE
ArchKey Solutions/Parsons Electric
ARCO/Murray National Construction
Ayres Associates
Burns & McDonnell
BWBR
Carl Bolander and Sons
Ceco Concrete Construction
Cemstone Companies - Cemstone Products Company
CNH Architects
DLR Group
Eagle Building Company
EAPC Architects Engineers
Elder-Jones, Inc
Fireline Sprinkler LLC
Gardner Builders
Gilbane Building Company
Gilbert Mechanical
H+U Construction
Harris
Hensel Phelps
HGA Architects and Engineers
ICS
IRONMARK Building Co.
ISG
iSpace Environments
JE Dunn Construction
JLG Architects
JSD Professional Services, Inc.
Kimley-Horn
Knutson Construction
Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
Landmark Properties
Lennar Corporation
LHB
Life Time
Loeffler Construction & Consulting
LS Black Constructors - Federal
LSE Architects
M/I Homes - Residential Home Builder
McGough
Metropolitan Council
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Mortenson
New Hudson Facades
New Look Contracting
OPN Architects
Opus Design Build, L.L.C.
PCL Construction, Inc
Permasteelisa North America
Pope Design Group
Primoris Service Corporation
RAM Construction Services
Rice Companies
RJM Construction
Roers Companies
Ryan Companies
Schwieters Companies
Sheehy Construction Company
Sightline Commercial Solutions
Stanley Consultants
Stevens Construction Corp.
Terra Construction
The Weitz Company - Minnesota
TKDA
Vector Construction / VCS Engineering / Vector Corrosion Technologies / NDT Corporation
Victaulic
Weis Builders
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Wold Architects and Engineers
*Compiled weekly, visit Handshake for an up-to-date list