Build Your Boilermaker Pipeline
Join us for curated panels, relationship building, food and drink at 16 Tech – and launch your Purdue talent recruiting network in Indianapolis.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
There is no fee for the program, and meals are complimentary – but seating is limited and registration is required, here: purdue.edu/engagement/bybp/
OVERVIEW
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.
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 or check out the full agenda at https://www.purdue.edu/engagement/bybp.