March 03, 2025
Employer representatives spoke with students looking to find success at the Spring 2025 Mizzou Engineering Career Fair.
Mizzou Engineering is a place where dreams become reality and experimental learning and creativity flourish. It’s also where top engineering companies recruit the next generation of talent ready to enter the workforce.
Employer representatives spoke with students during the Spring 2025 Mizzou Engineering Career Fair at MizzouRec. Employer Relations Coordinator Shay Jasper said the event was buzzing with energy.
“We’re happy so many companies were able to attend our spring fair,” she said. “Students looked comfortable and excited to be networking with recruiters from regional, national and even international organizations. Thank you to all the employers and industry representatives who came to the fair.”
Typically smaller than the Fall Career Fair, the Spring Career Fair offers students who have never experienced a fair before the opportunity to practice networking with employers before seriously looking for an internship in the fall.
“This being my first Mizzou Engineering Career Fair, I was amazed by the number of students taking their first steps toward their dream careers. I understand how attending a career fair of this size can be intimidating,” Jasper said. “But students should remember everyone is here to support you. You have the skills and the expertise. You just need to find the right match, and that’s what the Engineering Career Services Office can help with.”
Networking for success
With 13 undergraduate degrees and 16 graduate degree programs to choose from, Mizzou Engineering students have a wide range of expertise and are prepared for careers in many sectors of the economy.
Scroll to meet 12 future engineers and learn more about what they were looking for at this career fair and what their dream job would be.
“I’m here to see how the skills I learned in grad school fit what companies are looking for. I’m networking and trying to gain knowledge about open positions.
A realistic dream job would be to start as a process engineer and then transition into a role as a project manager. I think that path would fit the skills I learned in undergrad, getting a master’s, and now my PhD.”
“I came to the career fair today to represent the MU Virtual Reality Organization. The career fair is not only a good opportunity to meet companies for employment, but also to seek sponsorships or partnerships for student orgs.
My dream job would be research and development for any company on virtual reality. A lot of companies here were excited to talk to me about that.”
“I’m at the career fair to get more sponsors for the MissouriHacks and TigerHacks hackathons, as well as finding opportunities for positions after graduating.
A dream job for me would be working on a red team cybersecurity team or working as a software engineer or developer for a Fortune 500 company.”
“I love getting the opportunity to meet people working in all the different fields of civil engineering, I like getting to meet all the new people and I like networking.
I want to go into land development and land surveying.”
“I came to the career fair to get an internship for this summer that involves materials, sustainability or clean energy.
I’m not sure yet what my dream job is, so long as it keeps me happy and it involves fields I’m interested in, such as sustainability and keeping the earth clean and healthy.”
“I came to the career fair to get an internship or co-op. I would like to work in a food or manufacturing company.
My dream job would definitely be a manufacturing engineer that works in a food company.”
“I want to get an internship in mechanical engineering that involves designing things in SolidWorks or AutoCAD.
My dream job would probably be to work for Boeing. I’m from St. Louis and they’re a big company there.”
“Getting internship experience will make it easier for me to get a job and start earning money.
I want to build one of those big industrial machines that make goods like boxes, pens or stickers.”
“I’m looking for an internship for this summer in the automotive industry. I’m also interested in HVAC.
A dream job would be working for a car company like Aston Martin or Ferrari.”
“I’m looking for an internship that hopefully leads into a job. I researched about 10 companies before coming today, hopefully one of them has a manufacturing or sales engineering position for me.
A dream job would be a traveling sales engineer.”
“I’ve gone to the career fair every semester since freshman year, I think it’s a great way to connect with companies and engage with my peers.
I really enjoy the tech world. My dream job would be to use my industrial engineering training to do something involving the supply chain or something in product management.”
“I’m at the career fair today to find an internship as well as network with companies so that once I graduate, I can secure a full-time position.
My dream job would be working for Apple on their Apple Vision Pro team. I think it’s a really cool piece of technology and I’d love to get the chance to work on it.”