On Wednesday, April 30th, the Career Center and CSU students embarked on the final road trip of the semester to visit some cool engineering and tech companies. Along the way, we made stops at Agilent Technologies, Wolf Robotics, and ended the day at Vestas Blades in Windsor. It was a day filled with food, fun, and jam-packed with great tips from employers on how to land jobs or internships with their companies. Both Agilent and Wolf hire a number of CSU interns every year, and those interns oftentimes will get fulltime job offers when they graduate. (See, there's a reason why we say it's important to do an internship while you're in college!) Since Vestas is brand-new to the area, there is no internship program set up yet, but there are high hopes that they will be able to hire interns in the near future!

Besides learning about great career opportunities, we also learned about office cultures and values, and got to see the behind-the-scenes operations that keep these companies going. Some of the cool things we got to see include a board room equipped with a ping-pong table and video games, and an on-sight work-out facility for employees to use. We also got to see robots and stand next to HUGE blades that will power wind turbines across the world. You won't get this kind of experience from reading a website or job description!

If you missed out on attending a Career Road Trip this semester, don't worry—we will be planning furiously over the summer to bring you many more interesting employers to visit throughout the Fall semester. If there is a company that YOU would like to visit, we would love to hear your suggestions. Just send an email to susan.leblanc@colostate.edu.

 

See you on the road!

Susan