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.