Need Work, Novi? Southeast Michigan Job Fair Coming to OU Thursday

Get your suit and tie and resume ready.

More than 60 companies have signed on to be part of the second annual , planned for Feb. 23 at .

Last year, the event attracted 1,500 job seekers and 78 companies.

Organizers are hoping for 80 companies this year, and they stress that in order to take part in the event, companies must have immediate full-time openings in southeast Michigan.

So these jobs are for real.

The city of Novi is one of several Southeast Michigan cities sponsoring the event, along with the university. 

Maureen Gentry, who works for the city of Rochester Hills, is an organizer of the event. She said most of the job openings that will be featured at the job hub are in IT and engineering (though Home Depot will be at the fair, too, and they have more than 100 job openings in various positions in the region, Gentry said.)

The event is free to job-seekers and $125 for companies. Registration and details about all of the job openings are available at www.mijobhub.com.

The employers

As of this week, the following 32 companies had signed on:

• AXA Equitable
• BETA CAE Systems, USA Inc.
• Design Systems, Inc.
• Emergent Systems Corporation
• Employee Health Insurance Management, Inc.
• Gates Corporation
• Geometric Americas, Inc.
• Global Information Technology
• Gonzalez Contingent Workforce Services
• Halpin Design
• Hamadeh Educational Services
• Harman
• Hewlett-Packard
• Hi-Lex Controls
• hiredmyway.com
• Home Depot
• iDashboards
• Illuminating Concepts
• ImageSoft, Inc.
• Industrial Automation
• Kelly Services
• Malace International
• Marposs Corporation
• Member Driven Technologies
• MyInsuranceExpert.com
• Peter Basso Associates, Inc.
• PGK Engineering
• Polk
• Shannon Precision Fastener, LLC
• Terumo Heart, Inc.
• Valeo
• YourSource Management Group

The details

• When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 23
• Where: Oakland Center on the campus of OU, 2200 N. Squirrel Road
• To park: OU is not in session that week, so there will be plenty of parking available in the campus lots.
• For employers: You must have immediate full-time job openings to fill in southeast Michigan. There is a $125 non-refundable registration fee. Register online at www.mijobhub.com. 
• For job candidates: The event is free but you need to register at www.mijobhub.com by Feb. 16.