Event
Build Your Boilermaker Pipeline
“It truly was an enriching and informative experience. This event really helps employers like us who are looking for a way to get involved with the university.”
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Join us for curated panels, relationship building, food and drink at 16 Tech – and launch your Purdue talent recruiting network in Indianapolis.
When
Tuesday – November 12, 2024
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Where
16 Tech | Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
1210 Waterway Blvd Ste. 2000
Indianapolis, In 46202
Registration
There is no fee for the program, and meals are complimentary – but seating is limited and registration is required.
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Hosted by the Purdue Office of Engagement, Build Your Boilermaker Pipeline is a daylong strategy session supporting Indiana employers who seek to access the Purdue talent pipeline and are recruiting amidst global competition. Join us now to learn how to engage your company with students early and establish your campus presence — while there’s still time to be among the first to make your mark on Purdue’s first comprehensive, urban campus and beyond. This event is a great way to connect and network face-to-face with key Purdue faculty and staff.
Doors open at 9:00 a.m. with optional continental breakfast and networking. Event concludes with a networking reception from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Parking is available (see photo) at 16 Tech North Parking Garage 1460 Breedlove LN, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
Explore opportunities and strategies to leverage your company’s home-court location with Purdue innovation and student talent, including but not limited to:
- Co-ops – up-level your engineering recruiting game through Purdue’s nationally renowned and highly ranked co-op programs
- Internships – build your workforce pipeline with exceptional Purdue students that already call Indianapolis home
- EPICS – advance your nonprofit mission via student design, engineering, and other community-based project partnerships
- Vertically Integrated Projects – engage student talent via long-term industry research projects
- The Data Mine – engage highly motivated students from diverse backgrounds in your organization’s work with the most valuable resource on Earth: data
Guests & Hosts
Our guests are typically business owners, executives, recruiters and hiring managers, internship/co-op coordinators, technical leads, and project and program managers with ongoing Purdue innovation and/or recruitment needs in STEM and business disciplines.
Build Your Boilermaker Pipeline is hosted by Julie Rigrish, Southern Indiana Office of Engagement, and Virginia Vought, Central Indiana Office of Engagement, with the help of partners across Purdue. This program is a brain gain/retain effort, building bridges between Indiana-based employers and the pipeline of Purdue-trained talent, for a thriving Indiana.
The Purdue Office of Engagement fosters reciprocal relationships with external partners, leveraging university resources in teaching, research and engagement to solve societal challenges.
For more information on this year’s event, contact Sam Cleveland, senior event planner, confreg@purdue.edu.
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