NEXT CAREER FAIR
Feb. 6th, 2024 11am to 4pm MT

NEXT DAY INTERVIEWS
Feb. 7th, 2024

Career Fair

Held once each semester, fall and spring, the South Dakota Mines Career Fair connects over 1,000 students with 178 employers nationwide (about a fourth from South Dakota, the rest from across the United States). Many employers recruit on our campus every year, but each Career Fair also sees new participants looking to recruit South Dakota Mines job seeking students. Many employers conduct next-day interviews with students.


EMPLOYERS

New Employers

Register with Handshake .
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Returning Employers

Log In to Handshake. 

STUDENTS

Don't Miss Out!

Any current South Dakota Mines student can participate - from freshmen to graduate students. Learn about career, internship, and co-op opportunities and network with potential employers.

Career Fair: Info and Tips

FACULTY

Can Log-In Too

Faculty are able to log into Handshake to view participating employers, updates are made as new employers register. Faculty, can sign up and register with Handshake using their Mines email account.


More Information for Employers

Spring Career Fair - February 6th, 2024
South Dakota Mines - King Center
11:00AM - 4:00PM MT

Early Bird - Single Booth: $500.00 (1-3 Recruiters Only)
Early Bird - Single Booth (Non-Profit/Government Agency): $400.00 (1-3 Recruiters Only)
Early Bird - Double Booth: $1000.00 (4-6 Recruiters)
Early Bird - Triple Booth: $1500.00 (7-9 Recruiters)
Early Bird - Quadruple Booth: $2000.00 (10-12 Recruiters)
Early Bird Pricing Ends on January 8th, 2024

Registration Fee Includes:
Employer breakfast, lunch, and refreshments the day of the career fair for recruiters
Electricity to booth(s)
Free wifi
Free parking
Next day interview space(s) available upon request in registration
Career Services $100 contribution

Exhibitor Information 

About Handshake 

Handshake is the fast and powerful recruiting platform for South Dakota Mines students and alumni. It uses cutting edge technology to better connect employers with qualified candidates. Students and alumni can build profiles highlighting their academic accomplishments, skills and extracurricular activities, then make those profiles visible to companies on Handshake to market themselves to potential employers. 

Employers may use Handshake to post jobs, internships, and co-op listings, register for career fairs, attend virtual career fairs, manage on-campus recruiting, advertise events, and message students and alumni who meet your qualifications. Employers will also be able to promote their brand more effectively by customizing your employer profile, job postings, and events to be more visually appealing to students.
Learn more about Handshake here.

Questions?

Contact Career Services

careerservices@sdsmt.edu
(605) 394-2667



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CAREER
FAIR


~1400

STUDENTS


57

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS


221

EMPLOYERS


51

SD EMPLOYERS


38

STATES


Data based on most recently
completed academic semester

RESPEC
LockheedMartin
South Dakota DENR
EmersonProcessManagement
L-3 Communications
DowChemical
FreeportMcMoRan
logoMicrosoft
BarrickGold
Daktronics
Cargill
BurnsMcDonnell
Halliburton
Kiewit
logoPeabody

 

Raven Industries
Caterpillar
BakerHughes

Kimberly Clark

logoCoeurMining
Rockwell Collins
Garmin

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Innovative Systems
Lyondell Basell
Nucor
logoExxon