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.
*A gallery of all headshots will be shared with attendees following the event. Check-in during the fair to receive your headshot.
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Career Week Events
Resume Review Day
Get a 15-minute resume review from ArchKey, Corval Group, DLR Group, Kimley-Horn, Knutson Construction, PCL Construction, Weis Builders, and Wold Architects and Engineers before the career fair! Wednesday, October 1, 3-5pm in-person in 524 Bruininks Hall. Sign-up required to participate.
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, during this session we will be offering insider tips from our Career Consultants and employers attending the fair, explaining how the fair is set up, how you can excel at your elevator pitch and more! Wednesday, October 1, 5-6pm in 518 Bruininks Hall. Free Mesa Pizza for all 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 Northwestern - St. Paul
- 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
Ancoats
ArchKey Solutions
Architerra Group
ARCO
Bauer Design Build
Burns & McDonnell
Carl Bolander and Sons, LLC
City of Minneapolis - Public Works
CNH Architects
Corval Group
Cushing Terrell
DLR Group
DSG
EAPC Architects Engineers
Egan Company
Elder-Jones, Inc
Enclave
Frattalone Companies
Gardner Builders
Gilbane Building Company
Greiner Construction
Greystone Construction Company
H+U Construction
Hensel Phelps
IRONMARK Building Co.
ISG
JE Dunn Construction
JLG Architects
Kimley-Horn
Knutson Construction
Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
Landmark Properties
Lennar Corporation
Life Time Property Development
Loeffler Construction & Consulting
LS Black Constructors
LSE Architects
Market & Johnson, Inc.
McGough
Metropolitan Council
Meyer Contracting
MG2 Corporation
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Mortenson
MRV Architects
New Hudson Facades, LLC
Opus Design Build, L.L.C.
PCL Construction, Inc
Pope Design Group
RG Construction Services
Rice Companies
RJM Construction
Ryan Companies
Schwieters Companies
SitelogIQ
Stahl Construction
Stanley Consultants
Stantec
Stevens Construction Corp.
Swanson & Youngdale
The Adkins Association, inc. Architects
The Weitz Company
Total Tool Supply, Inc.
TW Constructors
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
Versacon, Inc.
W.D.S. Construction, Inc.
Weis Builders, Inc.
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Wold Architects and Engineers
WSB & Associates, Inc.
*Compiled weekly, visit Handshake for an up-to-date list