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Foreword chairman of Wervingsdagen
NAVIGATE YOUR PATH
With great enthusiasm, I welcome you all to the Career
Expo 2024! As this year’s edition nears, I can’t
help but reflect on our diverse journeys leading
us to this moment. Perhaps during high school,
you meticulously mapped out your future and
selected a study aligned with the chosen route.
Alternatively, you might relate more to my experience, choosing
a direction based on current interests and gut feelings. Regardless
of the approach, as we’ve travelled along our chosen paths, we’ve
likely encountered new curiosities - reinforcing choices, narrowing options,
revealing alternative routes, or even prompting complete directional shifts.
Whether drifting aimlessly on open seas or itching to explore further, Wervingsdagen provides the
compass you need for your journey.
While it is reassuring that the demand for skilled engineers is undoubtedly high, navigating the vast
array of opportunities in the Brainport Area, with companies at the forefront of technology, can prove
quite a challenge. The Career Expo can serve as a pivotal point in your journey. It’s an opportunity to
explore, learn, motivate yourself, and recalibrate your career compass. Taking place on the 5th and 6th
of March in Auditorium and Atlas, it features over 190+ companies eager to present themselves to the
future generation of engineers. As the largest technical career fair in the Netherlands, it’s the ideal place
to orient yourself and plan ahead, discovering new possibilities.
This year, the Innovation Hallway is back! Two dozen start-and scale-ups, many of which have begun
their journey on the TU/e, will showcase themselves on the bridge between Auditorium and Atlas. All
hoping that you will decide to join their still budding team, and help the company grow to become a
major innovator. This is the place to see some of the most ambitious projects ready to set sail.
But the journey doesn’t end there. The Interviewing Days will take place from the 13th to the 16th of
May and are focused on offering students the opportunity to talk with recruiters in a more casual setting.
There are also company cases that allow you to work in groups to tackle problems the hosting company
faces. Both can give you a lot of insight into the companies you are interested in and maybe give you a
head start at your future employer. If this interests you, it is definitely recommended that you perfect your
CV for when the registrations open after the Career Expo.
No matter at what stage you are in your studies, whether you just started or are already finishing your
thesis, expand your horizon and explore beyond.
Navigate your future at the Wervingsdagen Career Expo!
Nils Jongejan
Chairman
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