In April of 2023, Greater Lafayette Career+ hosted the first Hire Me! Interview Fair event. This unique hiring event allowed regional high school juniors and seniors to connect with local industry professionals.
Join us for next year’s event on February 28th, 2024 at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds! More information to come.
Employer Connect provides a format of transparency where area employers can share information about career pathways, career progressions and earning potential for these roles. This transparency helps students make informed decisions about their career pathways and the education required to attain their destination careers.
Employer Connect lets local employers see how Career+ supports the development of the workforce needed to remain productive, profitable, and competitive in the future. Through Employer Connect, employers can also invite students to participate in industry tours, internships, work-based learning opportunities, career events, and interviews.
In 1995, based on research supporting the versatility and effectiveness of SIS, Cook Group Inc. licensed the technology from the Purdue Research Foundation and established Cook Biotech Inc. to develop and commercialize the new biomaterials. This collaboration bridged the two worlds of a well-established, innovative medical company and a prestigious research university. Since then, Cook Biotech has developed and manufactured products for clinical applications ranging from dura repair to diabetic foot ulcers, from dental repair to hernia repair. To date, we have shipped more than 6 million products through our global network of partners and distributors. Click here to learn more!
Evonik is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals. The focus on more specialty businesses, customer-orientated innovative prowess and a trustful and performance-oriented corporate culture form the heart of Evonik’s corporate strategy. They are the lever for profitable growth and a sustained increase in the value of the company. Evonik benefits specifically from its customer proximity and leading market positions. Click here to learn more!
Kirby Risk Corporation is a multi-faceted organization dedicated to meeting your needs with innovative and effective solutions. With more than 40 locations throughout Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Georgia, we have the experience and resources to provide you with reliable technical assistance, logistics management, communications systems and quality products to meet your needs and enhance your competitive position. We are focused on helping you address the growing competitive pressures to reduce costs, conserve resources, improve productivity and reduce time to manufacture goods and services. We provide a wide range of services including quality electrical supplies, electrical apparatus sales and repair services, wiring harness/cable manufacturing and quality industrial component manufacturing. Click here to learn more!
Established in true entrepreneurial spirit, Oscar Winski began as one man’s response to a community’s problem. Over the last 100+ years, we have grown into a multidivisional company that serves customers all across the state of Indiana, the nation and beyond. Whether it’s serving our customers, taking care of our employees, connecting with our neighbors in the public or conserving our planet, Oscar Winski Company holds fast to a belief that people matter most, and doing the right thing has its rewards. Click here to learn more!
Using scientific expertise and technical know-how, Primient provides high-quality products for customers in the food, beverage, paper, packaging, personal care, apparel, and animal nutrition industries. Click here to learn more!
Radian Research, Inc. is a recognized world leader of Energy Reference Standards, Energy Meter Testing Systems, Current Transformer Testers, Meter Test Boards, DC to AC Transfer Standards, and Automated Laboratory Energy Reference Systems. Radian provides both portable and primary energy reference standards that are absolutely unequaled in accuracy, stability and reliability. Radian customers typically consist of electric utility companies, energy meter manufacturers, energy meter test system manufacturers and national metrology institutes located throughout the world. Click here to learn more!
At Rea Magnet Wire, we power the world – at work, at home, and on the road. As the world’s leading supplier of magnet wire and nonferrous metals, we’ve earned a reputation for providing an exceptional customer experience and first-class quality & collaboration. With five North American manufacturing facilities and an additional five joint venture locations in China, Rea has the global footprint to support our partners in today’s connected marketplace. Click here to learn more!
As a leading global manufacturer of steerable hydraulic drive solutions, Terra Drive Systems produces the brands that help to drive you forward in the toughest conditions across any terrain, from the flooded rice fields of Louisiana to the snow-covered mountains of Austria and beyond. We're dedicated to growing sales with enthusiastic customers -- we're dedicated to YOU. Click here to learn more!
We are a world-class manufacturer of advanced engineered solutions and services for transportation, logistics and distribution industries, with capabilities recognized for innovation, reliability and industry expertise. Our commitment to our customers, employees and communities drives everything we do. Our deep understanding of changing demands gives us insight into what to create and how to create it. And, our courage to make big innovations puts us in a class of our own in providing breakthrough improvements for our customers’ business. Click here to learn more!
We transport and handle cars, tractors, trains, windmills, or even whole factories for some of the most well-known companies in the world. The more complicated and bigger the cargo, the better. To keep the cargo safely and efficiently moving, we are powered by 8,200 amazing people, working as truck-drivers, at ports, at 121 processing centers, and offices in 29 countries. We have over 130 vessels sailing on every ocean with some of the lowest emission levels in the roll-on/ roll-off segment. And we have systems and software that fit in the palm of a hand to keep cargo information flowing in real-time. Click here to learn more!