MILWAUKEE _ More than 100 employers will be on the UW-Milwaukee campus on Thursday, Oct. 5, to recruit for a wide variety of positions.

Among the employers participating will be Foxconn Technology Group. This will be the first college job fair in which the company is participating in Wisconsin.

The Taiwanese electronics manufacturer plans to build a massive plant complex in Mount Pleasant that could employ as many as 13,000 people.

A Foxconn representative will be available for interviews from 9:45 to 10:05 a.m., as will a UWM student and Jean Salzer, director of UWM’s Career Planning and Resource Center.

The fair will be held in the Wisconsin Room at the UWM Student Union. Media can gather at the Wisconsin Room Lounge, just to the right of the main entrance, at 9:45 a.m.

The Fall Career Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. UWM students and alumni can meet face to face with over 100 employers for internships and full- and part-time job opportunities.

About UWM

Recognized as one of the nation’s 115 top research universities, UW-Milwaukee provides a world-class education to 26,000 students from 89 countries on a budget of $667 million. Its 14 schools and colleges include Wisconsin’s only schools of architecture, freshwater sciences and public health, and it is a leading educator of nurses and teachers. UW-Milwaukee partners with leading companies to conduct joint research, offer student internships and serve as an economic engine for southeastern Wisconsin. The Princeton Review named UW-Milwaukee a 2018 “Best Midwestern” university based on overall academic excellence and student reviews, and the Sierra Club has recognized it as Wisconsin’s leading sustainable university.