Montana State University hosts Fall 2024 Career Fair

BOZEMAN - Montana State University hosted its Fall 2024 Career Fair Oct. 2-3, drawing hundreds of students from across the university to meet with potential employers at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.

The two-day event connects Bobcats with employers actively recruiting to fill positions, said Jennifer Shore, director of career and internship service at the Allen Yarnell Center for Student Success, which organized the fair.

Thousands of students attended this year's event, where they moved among tables representing dozens of local and national employers including Billings Clinic, BNSF Railway, the Bureau of Land Management, the Central Intelligence Agency, Montana Conservation Corps, onXmaps, Stockman Bank of Montana and the J. Crew Group. In total, 307 employers were present at the event.

"There truly is something for everyone, whether building connections and starting the networking process, developing experiential learning with an internship or finding meaningful work in a full-time position," Shore said.

Brook Spiers, an account executive with Adobe based out of Texas, said her company is looking for students who are ready for the new forces that will change the workplace, such as artificial intelligence.

"You name it, and we have a department looking for employees," she said.

At another table, Shree Watson, a partnership ecologist, and Meryl Storb, a hydrologist, represented the U.S. Geological Survey at the event. Both are MSU alumni. Watson said that Montana State's emphasis on student research prepares students to apply that directly with the USGS.

Cialeo Smith, a senior in the mechanical engineering program, mentioned that he appreciated the number of opportunities at the fair. "There are a couple of companies, one based out of Butte, that I was looking at," he said.

"The career fair is providing me with opportunities where my major is going to take me," said Tearin Rath, a sophomore in MSU's electrical engineering program. "It's showing me the light at the end of the tunnel."

"I really appreciate that MSU has put this on. It gives us a great opportunity to look for jobs," said Gabrielle Kuzma, a senior studying environmental sciences.

The fall job fair is one of several events the AYCSS hosts for students to meet employers. For more information about these events, visit montana.edu/aycss/careers/events. For more information about the variety of career services offered by the AYCSS, visit montana.edu/aycss/careers.