{"id":11637,"date":"2024-12-20T08:45:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&p=11637"},"modified":"2024-12-20T09:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:24:44","slug":"premiere-recruitment-event-career-conference-connects-2000-students-with-employers-from-across-u-s","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/premiere-recruitment-event-career-conference-connects-2000-students-with-employers-from-across-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere recruitment event: Career Conference connects 2,000 students with employers from across U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

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More than 360 companies looking to fill hiring needs, helping students reach career goals<\/h2>\n

About 2,000 students at UW-Stout connected with recruiters from more than 360 companies from across the United States during the four-day Career Conference Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leading employers in engineering, packaging, plastics, design, hospitality and more were on campus in September for five industry-focused fairs hosted by Career Services<\/a>, at the Memorial Student Center.<\/p>\n

Menards, one of the attending companies, offers internships in all areas of its operations, including in-store, distribution, manufacturing and corporate, information technology infrastructure and programming, marketing, graphic design, media production, accounting, business, supply chain management, engineering and human resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always looking for hardworking and dedicated people to join the Menards team and many of our talented and reliable team members and managers are Stout alumni. The conversations we have with Stout students at career fairs always leave quite an impression. We know that at the end of the day, we\u2019ll have talked to some of our future interns,\u201d Chance Morse, Menards General Office operations manager.<\/p>\n

As one of the largest career conferences in the Midwest, with more than 2,500 employers attending the past 10 semiannual events, it contributes to the success of recent graduates, who have a\u00a099% employment rate<\/a>\u00a0within six months of graduation or are pursuing a graduate degree.<\/p>\n

Not only do employers connect with students graduating into the workforce, they connect with juniors and seniors looking for paid internships and other opportunities to enhance their applied learning. The\u00a0Cooperative Education and Internship Program<\/a>\u00a0helps to coordinate students\u2019 required experiential learning components and builds partnerships between employers, students, and university faculty and staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fall event is the premier recruitment event to support our hiring and our co-op and intern program for next year,\u201d said Career Services Director Bryan Barts. \u201cThere is continued strong recruiting for fields related to energy, infrastructure and engineering, as well as consumer products, packaging and manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortune 500 companies attending include\u00a0Boston Scientific, ConAgra, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Hilton, Hormel, IBM, Kimberly Clark, Kraft Heinz, Land O\u2019Lakes, Marriott, Northwestern Mutual, Parker Hannifin, Polaris, Rockwell Automation, Sherwin-Williams, Sonoco and Xcel Energy.<\/p>\n

Companies with Wisconsin facilities representing different industries include EVCO Plastics, Great Northern Corp, Green Bay Packaging, Harley-Davidson, Heartland Business Systems, Kohler, Landmark Resort, Market & Johnson, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Menards, Milwaukee Tool, Phillips-Medisize, Prent Corporation, Sand Valley, Skyward, Waupaca Foundry and Wilderness Resort.<\/p>\n

Phillips-Medisize, in west-central Wisconsin, also has locations in California, Arizona, Idaho, Massachusetts and Arkansas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe choose to attend the conference for the top-notch organization of the event. It is easy to find candidates because nearly all in attendance\u00a0are in majors related to our industry,\u201d said Jen Parker, early careers manager with Phillips-Medisize. \u201cStout students are well prepared for this event and have done their research on the organizations they are most interested\u00a0in being employed at.\u00a0We are looking for interns to fill a multitude of roles in engineering, finance, communications, human resources and more. We are looking for students ready to learn and contribute. Our company employs many Stout alumni, ranging from entry-level to top leadership in our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several companies will be joining the conference for the first time, including Wells Blue Bunny, ADDMAN Engineering, AMS Industries, ARCO, Center for Urban Teaching, Buesser Concrete, JT Engineering, North Pine Aggregate, Printron Engravers, Rheem Manufacturing, Gant Aspen, Tjader and Highstrom, United Packaging and U.S. Vets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Career Conference provides Heartland Business Systems a great opportunity to connect and engage with students. Not only do UW-Stout\u2019s information technology programs align with our business, but the students are also passionate and dedicated to learning. HBS has hired several IT interns from Stout, with many of them still working with us post-graduation,\u201d said Abby Vandenberg, HBS college recruiter.<\/p>\n

Career Conference Week kicks off the fall recruitment season of\u00a0Career Services\u2019 programs and events<\/a>\u00a0for students, including Blue Devil Prep for Success, the MN Government and Nonprofit Career Fair, UMN Built Environment Career Fair, the Wisconsin Biohealth Summit, Internship Draft Day and Graduate Degree Fair.<\/p>\n

The CEIP program<\/a>\u00a0received the 2024 annual Excellence & Innovation\u00a0Stewards of Place award<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0American Association of State Colleges and Universities<\/a>\u00a0\u201cfor its outstanding results and potential to influence and serve as a model for other institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Written by Abbey Goers<\/p>\n

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