The College of Engineering Career Fair, one of the largest Engineering Career fairs in the US started on Tuesday with a record turnout of job seekers. The Engineering Career Fair is being held on Tuesday and Wednesday, at the McKimmon Center.

Brian Koehler, director of International Engagement and Engineering and Academic Affairs, said 251 companies were scheduled to attend over the two day event.

“N.C. State Engineering Career Fair is among the top three career fairs in the country. About 4,000 job seekers are expected to attend,” Koehler said.

The fair is extended to non-N.C. State students.

“Every year, students from Duke University, UNC-Charlotte – New York, Florida, South Carolina universities – attend the fair,” Koehler said.

Koehler said the fair is the most sought after among students.

“A study was published in The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 13 stating that the College of Engineering at N.C. State was ranked 15 amongst the nation’s engineering schools and the University was ranked 19 overall,” Koehler said.

The Career Fair will see a good mix of companies in attendance from the information technology industry and civil industries to food to perfume industry, according to Koehler.

“The recruiters want students to be the future of their companies,” Koehler said.

This year, COE is working with Transloc, an online shuttle tracker system.

“For this year, Simplicity, our company database, has been generalized on the N.C. State ePack system,” Koehler said.

Job seekers will have opportunities for full time Summer 2011 internships, as well as international student opportunities.

“Honestly, in 2010, I can look at each and every parent who wants their son or daughter to get jobs and say N.C. State is the place to be.” Koehler said.

Recruiters on the first day said they were pleased with the turnout.

A representative from Team SPAWAR, one of the three Department of Navy major command said the candidate response was good.

A representative from Transloc, a Raleigh based company which provides services like bus tracking system said that he was pleased with the turnout.

The Engineering Career Fair is one of the many career fairs organized by the University, including the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Career Fair and the College of Management Career and Internship Fair.