Rivals Steakhouse in Austin, Texas bustled with people last weekend (March 8-9), as Engage Digital hosted its 2nd annual Tech Career Expo. The massively successful event brought in 48 recruiting tech companies – selling out the show floor – looking to fill 2,600 open positions.

The event drew in over 2,400 onsite job seekers and 4,100 online registered job seekers. Information from all online registered job seekers has been forwarded to all recruiting companies in order to maximize connections and facilitate great hiring.

Those who made it out to the event enjoyed an unmatched opportunity to meet and network with employers and talented professionals from across the nation, all in one central location during Interactive Week. We were not affiliated with SXSW this year, so no badge was required to attend.

The following companies welcoming job seekers: WhaleShark Media (RetailMeNot.com); Groupon, Inc.; Advisory Board Company; Quantcast; Microsoft; ARC; athenahealth; Bazaarvoice; Comcast; CompassLearning; CSID; Data Foundry;Dell; Digby; eBay Inc.; Enova; Evernote; Gemalto; General Motors; HostGator.com; Intel; Isis Mobile Commerce; Kinnser Software; Luna Data Solutions, Inc.; MapMyFitness, Inc.; Mitratech; Myspace ; Pandora; Patient Conversation Media; Public Consulting Group , Reddwerks, SailPoint, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, SendGrid, Sparefoot.com; Spredfast; SurveyMonkey; T3; Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA); United Airlines; Viacom; Visa; Volusion; Yelp; Yodle; Zenoss and Zoosk.

Engage Digital is very pleased with the Tech Career Expo’s extraordinary success this year and would like to thank those who participated in the event.

We hope everyone found the event valuable and are looking forward to planning what is sure to be an even stronger event next year. Look for additional Tech Career Expo’s in other parts of the country later in 2013.

Stop by today – Rivals – on the corner of 5th and Trinity Streets, in Austin.

- We are not affiliated with Interactive Week, so no badge or ticket is needed to attend.

- The event takes 11am to 5pm, Friday and Saturday, March 8-9, 2013 at Rivals Steakhouse, on the corner of 5th street and Trinity Street, one block from the Austin Convention Center. It’s a very short walk (1 minute) so you can get to the show and then move on to your next activity.

- If you have any travel related questions (directions, parking, etc, please visit our travel page).

- Dress is casual.

- Positions range from development, design and engineering to management, marketing and sales.

- Participating companies range from public companies and established firms to early stage startups.

- Open positions are located in Austin, Denver, Boston, Silicon Valley, Portland, Paris, Berlin and many more cities all over the U.S. and the world.

- 48 companies with 2,600+ open positions are participating.

- Even if you are not actively looking for a new position, this is a great way to grow your network in a casual environment

Participating companies include:

WhaleShark Media (RetailMeNot.com), Groupon, Inc., Advisory Board Company, Quantcast, Microsoft, ARC, athenahealth, Bazaarvoice, Comcast, CompassLearning, CSID, Data Foundry, Dell, Digby , eBay Inc., Enova, Evernote, Gemalto, General Motors, HostGator.com, Intel, Isis Mobile Commerce, Kinnser Software, Luna Data Solutions, Inc., MapMyFitness, Inc., Mitratech , Myspace , Pandora, Patient Conversation Media, Public Consulting Group , Reddwerks, SailPoint, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, SendGrid, Sparefoot.com, Spredfast, SurveyMonkey, T3, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association(TWIA), United Airlines, Viacom, Visa, Volusion, Yelp, Yodle, Zenoss and Zoosk.

See you at the show.

Keep an eye out for the Geeks Rule buttons that will be around downtown Austin.

The following 48 companies are confirmed for this year’s Austin Tech Career Expo

WhaleShark Media (RetailMeNot.com), Groupon, Inc., Advisory Board Company, Quantcast, Microsoft, ARC, athenahealth, Bazaarvoice, Comcast, CompassLearning, CSID, Data Foundry, Dell, Digby , eBay Inc., Enova, Evernote, Gemalto, General Motors, HostGator.com, Intel, Isis Mobile Commerce, Kinnser Software , Luna Data Solutions, Inc., MapMyFitness, Inc., Mitratech , Myspace , Pandora, Patient Conversation Media, Public Consulting Group , Reddwerks, SailPoint, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, SendGrid, Sparefoot.com, Spredfast, SurveyMonkey, T3, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), United Airlines, U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service, Information Technology, Viacom, Visa, Volusion, Yelp, Yodle, Zenoss , Zoosk.

If you are a tech professional and plan on attending please fill out the optional registration form below to let us know you’ll be attending.

Confirmed 2013 Participating Companies Include:

We have a fantastic and continuously growing list of exhibiting companies who will be on the lookout for top talent this March, and to help you get a better feel for what to expect, our first round of companies have shared the special skills and experience they will be keeping an eye out for.

So far, more than half of our exhibiting companies listed experience with Java as one of the most sought after skills in a job candidate.  After Java, a large majority of our companies are looking for people who know their way around Ruby on Rails, Python and Linux. Our exhibiting companies are also hoping to find people with experience in software engineering, iOS and mobile development, HTML and CSS. What’s more, this first round of exhibiting companies have a total estimate of more than 1,100 positions to fill.

If you’ve got what these companies want, then be sure to sign up for the Tech Career Expo. Pre-registration is free and helps us to provide job opportunities that better fit you.