SOUTHFIELD — Compuware, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Ford Motor Company, R.L. Polk & Co., and TRW Automotive are only a few of the more than 70 major companies from throughout Michigan that will be recruiting candidates at this year’s Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Engineering & Technology Job Fair.

Keeping Michigan’s workforce from leaving the state is one of the objectives of this year’s job fair.  Students, young professionals and those in-between careers will benefit from an impressive lineup of companies with numerous job openings, as well as ESD-sponsored career workshops to assist them in their job searches. In addition, candidates will be able to enter their resumes on site into the ESD Job Bank—free of charge. The Job Bank draws thousands of hits on a daily basis.

Last year, more than 1,200 prospective employees attended the event. The Job Fair is a niche event for students, entry-level engineers and trained technicians in the engineering and technical fields with 0-5 years of experience. It is presented by the ESD Young Engineers Council and the ESD Job Bank.

If you’re looking for a full-time, internship, co-op or summer job in any discipline of engineering or technology, you won’t want to miss this event.

Admission into the job fair is $15 per person and includes a one-year student membership to ESD; opportunity to network with corporate employers from throughout Southeastern Michigan and entrance into the Career Skills Workshops.

To register, visit //ww2.esd.org/EVENTS/2008-02-19_JobFair.htm. For more information, contact Leslie Smith at 248-353-0735, ext. 4152 or lsmith@esd.org.

The Job Fair is co-sponsored by Crain’s Detroit Business, Hartland Insurance and the City of Southfield.