{"id":2159,"date":"2025-10-16T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campuses\/indianapolis\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:53:50","slug":"news-purdue-career-fair-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campuses\/indianapolis\/news-purdue-career-fair-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue students and companies connect at burgeoning career fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-image-slider section has-black-background has-padding-bottom-small \" data-columns=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"glide\">\n            <div class=\"glide__track\" data-glide-el=\"track\">\n                <div class=\"glide__slides\">\n                                                                                                        <div class=\"glide__slide\">\n                                    <figure 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                              <button class=\"glide__bullet slider__bullet\"\n                                    data-glide-dir=\"=1\"\n                                    aria-label=\"slide 2\"><\/button>\n                                                    <button class=\"glide__bullet slider__bullet\"\n                                    data-glide-dir=\"=2\"\n                                    aria-label=\"slide 3\"><\/button>\n                                                    <button class=\"glide__bullet slider__bullet\"\n                                    data-glide-dir=\"=3\"\n                                    aria-label=\"slide 4\"><\/button>\n                                                    <button class=\"glide__bullet slider__bullet\"\n                                    data-glide-dir=\"=4\"\n                                    aria-label=\"slide 5\"><\/button>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                <button class=\"glide__arrow arrow--right\">next<\/button>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"section has-padding-top-small has-padding-bottom-small  page-layout-wide\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>More than 640 Purdue students networked with over 60 employers at the Engineering, Science and Tech Connect Career Fair Sept. 30 at the Campus Center in Indianapolis. The popular fair, which attracted almost 100 more students than last year, kicked off with a breakfast for the participating employers and a welcome from David Umulis, senior vice provost Purdue University for Indianapolis, and Patrick Francis, director of career relations for Indianapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umulis invited the company representatives to utilize interview rooms and meet with students in the new Career + Experience Collaboration Hub, which he called \u201ca one-stop shop for career, internship and co-op services\u201d housed in the Sigma Theta Tau building in Indianapolis. Purdue students in Indianapolis were able to take advantage of a unique opportunity to connect with employers, many of whom are located in and around the capital city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud of our students and the career readiness skills they are building during their time at Purdue,\u201d said Katie Nelson, senior manager of career services in the Center for Career Opportunities. \u201cAn employer emailed me early the next day noting that he was impressed with the talent and confidence of Purdue students in Indianapolis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited about who we saw,\u201d said Emily Segovia, a powertrain service engineer and product specialist at Cummins, the Indiana-based company that drew the most student interest at the career fair with 155 students. Segovia personally talked to 39 students at the event, keeping in mind a list of open positions at Cummins. \u201cWe were able to match students\u2019 skills and interests to those opportunities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Segovia and her colleague Julia Cilleruelo Fern\u00e1ndez del Moral, a senior content marketing specialist at Cummins, speaking to Purdue students in Indianapolis was a homecoming. Both graduated with Purdue degrees when the programs were administrated by IUPUI. They were among fifty different company representatives at the event who are Purdue alumni and recognize firsthand how the career fair experience helps students become interns and employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s how we originally connected with Cummins,\u201d Cilleruelo Fern\u00e1ndez del Moral said. \u201cWe were able to intern in the company and then eventually join full time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indianapolis is home to thousands of Purdue alumni who are leading companies in the heart of the state\u2019s industrial center. \u201cWe have CEOs, emerging leaders and so many fantastic representatives across disciplines,\u201d Francis said. \u201cStudents can tap into their networks and learn firsthand how experiences at Purdue launched their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kasandra Rea-Padilla, a senior studying mechanical engineering and headed to graduate school, enjoyed speaking with representatives from about 15 companies, including Cummins, Duke Energy, Shambaugh &amp; Son, and Gaylor Electric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAttending the career fair was extremely helpful in expanding my professional network and exploring potential career opportunities,\u201d said Rea-Padilla, who has already had two internships. \u201cEach conversation gave me better insight into the company culture and projects they are working on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the opportunity to attract top-tier Purdue talent drew companies to this career fair from several states away, businesses from Indiana had an even stronger showing. According to Nelson, 77% of the companies who attended are located in Indiana, providing students with numerous prospects for internships and jobs and increasing the possibility of more graduates working and living in the state after graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Indianapolis-based giants like Allison Transmission and Eli Lilly and Company to New Jersey\u2019s L\u2019Or\u00e9al and Washington, D.C.-headquartered Danaher Corp., Purdue students such as Quinton Pedrick, a senior in computer science, and Trace Downs, a junior cybersecurity major in Purdue Polytechnic Institute, found value in gathering insights from a wide range of companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was able to connect with about 15 companies total in under three hours, which was a great way to do a litmus test of culture for full time,\u201d Pedrick said. \u201cNetworking before the event and following up after helps, and even if the recruiter does not have a job, they can forward along other opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI learned about openings at companies I would have never thought had positions for cybersecurity,\u201d added Downs, who spoke with recruiters for Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Wabash Valley Power Alliance and the Indianapolis Airport Authority. \u201cThe recruiters I spoke to shared more about the values important to their organization rather than the roles,\u201d he said, adding that it\u2019s important to know their \u201cwhy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was open to all Purdue students and Purdue School of Engineering and Technology alumni whose coursework, skills and interests are primarily in the engineering, polytechnic, science or business fields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-image-slider 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