YOU! Choose Career ExpoSeptember 172025
YOU! Choose Career Expo 2025!
Get ready for this year's big event
YOU! Choose Career Expo will be Live and In-Person on September 17, 2025, at the Richard Borchard Fairgrounds! This FREE event will provide valuable information to your students about the region’s in-demand occupations, empowering them to select career-focused endorsements and pathways as they prepare for life after graduation. Students will network with Coastal Bend businesses from the region’s top industries. This unique experience will immerse students in the world of opportunity.
At the YOU! Choose Career Expo, Workforce Solutions Coastal Bend connects students with local employers and training providers across the region’s four highest-demand industries: Business, Healthcare, Skilled Trades, and Public Service.
This event is a one-of-a-kind, high-energy experience where students step outside of the classroom and into an interactive world of career exploration. With hands-on exhibits, industry demonstrations, and direct access to professionals, students gain a real look at the career pathways available to them in their own community. Students will have the opportunity to network with local employers and access valuable resources designed to enhance their career journeys. This expo is the perfect place for the future of the Coastal Bend Workforce to take the next step in your career.
Meet employers from several industries!
Be sure to view the current list of Coastal Bend Employers, Community Organizations, Education Programs and Government Bodies joining us for this event.
Business
Public Service
Skills & Trades
Health Care
Community
Military
- CC MetroCom (B11)
- Coastal Bend College- Admissions- Continuing Education Department (B20)
- Corpus Christi ISD- Technology Services (B04)
- Del Mar College- College Outreach Student Enrollment Center (B14)
- Del Mar College- Continuing Education – Career Training (B16)
- Del Mar College- Corporate Services and Workforce Programs (B15)
- Del Mar College- Dual Enrollment (B05)
- Harte Research Institute (B08)
- Job Corps (B06)
- Learning Undefeated (B01)
- Linebarger Goggan Blair Sampson (B17)
- Omni Corpus Christi Hotel (B07)
- Port of Corpus Christi Authority- Environmental Planning and Compliance/HR (B02)
- RALLY Credit Union (B03)
- Southern Careers Institute-SCI (B18)
- Texas A&M – Kingsville- College of Business Administration (B12)
- The GEO Group Inc. (B13)
- Visit Corpus Christi (B09)
- CCISD – Police (PS13)
- City of Robstown Police (PS08)
- Coastal Bend College- Law Enforcement and Forensic Science (PS14)
- Corpus Christi Independent School District (PS17)
- Corpus Christi Police Department (PS11)
- Del Mar College- Division of Industry & Public Service (PS10)
- Del Mar College- Public Service (PS18)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (PS07)
- HHS- Health & Human Services (PS03)
- Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Office (PS04)
- Kleberg County Pct 4 (PS02)
- Nueces County- HR (PS20)
- Nueces County Sheriff’s Office (PS19)
- Sinton PD (PS12)
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Garza East (PS16)
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice- TDCJ Recruiting (PS06)
- Texas Department of Public Safety (PS05)
- Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (PS01)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (PS09)
- Airforce Turbine Services (ST33)
- American Electric Power (AEP) (ST29)
- Austin Industrial (ST06)
- Bay Ltd (ST02)
- Bechtel (ST24)
- Blue Diamond Welding (ST16)
- BrandSafway (ST14)
- CEC Energy (ST25)
- Chemours (ST38)
- Cheniere Energy (ST03)
- City of Corpus Christi- Engineering Services (ST13)
- Coastal Bend College- Industrial Technology (ST11)
- Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend (ST05)
- DMC- AAA (Building Trades) (ST19)
- DMC- Aviation Maintenance Technology (ST32)
- DMC- Career & Industry Training (ST28)
- DMC- Construction Trades (ST23)
- DMC- Industrial Instrumentation (ST07)
- DMC- Transportation Training Services (ST12)
- enCore Energy (ST37)
- G&H Towing (ST22)
- JL Specialty Welders (ST31)
- JM Davidson (ST09)
- Kiewit Offshore (ST21)
- LaGuna Crane Services (ST41)
- Multicraft Industrial Services (ST26)
- Nueces Electric Cooperative (ST18)
- OxyChem (ST17)
- STVT (ST27)
- Tesla (ST20)
- Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) (ST15)
- TAMUCC- College of Engineering and Computer Science (ST35)
- TAMUK- Industrial Management and Technology (ST40)
- TAMUK- Admission/Recruitment
- TAMUK- College of Agriculture & Natural Resources (ST30)
- TAMUK- Workforce Development (ST36)
- TAMUK- Chemical Enginerring (ST04)
- TEXAS GULF COAST ELECT. JATC (ST10)
- This One’s for the Gals (ST08)
- Turner Industries (ST34)
- Universal Technical Institute (ST39)
- Valero Bill Greehey Refineries (ST01)
- Allegiance Mobile Health (HC14)
- Amistad Health (HC17)
- CHRISTUS Spohn Health System (HC21)
- Coastal Bend Blood Center (HC15)
- Coastal Bend College- Nursing and Allied Health- Dental (HC05)
- Coastal Plains Intergrated Health (HC07)
- Del Mar College- Dept. of Nurse Education (HC13)
- Del Mar College- Kinesiology and Education (HC12)
- Nueces County Community Action Agency (HC19)
- Refugio Co. Memorial Hosp Emergency Medical Serivcess (HC11)
- Refugio Co. Memorial Hosp Labortory (HC02)
- Refugio Co. Memorial Hosp Physical Therapy (HC01)
- ResCare Community Living (HC16)
- Shoreline Treatment (HC03)
- South Texas Vocational Technical Institute- STVT- HealthCare (HC04)
- TAMUK – Counseling Services (HC09)
- TAMUCC – College of Nursing and Health Sciences (HC20)
- Walgreens Pharmacy (HC08)
- Wellsential Health (HC18)
- Cornerstone Caregiving (HC10)
- Community Action Corporation of South Texas (C04)
- Del Mar College- Trio Educational Opportunities (C06)
- Education to Employment Partners- Coastal Compass Education & Career Resource (C10)
- Education to Employment Partners- UpSkill Coastal Bend (C09)
- Elevate361 (C06)
- Family Centered Educational Agency (C02)
- Goodwill Industries of South Texas (C08)
- South Texas Family & Health Corporation (C05)
- Texas A&M University – Kingsville- Admissions/Recruitment (C05)
- TWC-VR Services (C03)
- WFS ChildCare Services (C07)
- Workforce Solutions Coastal Bend (C01)
- Army National Guard (M06)
- Corpus Christi Fire Department (M07)
- TAMU-CC Army ROTC (M04)
- U.S. Coast Guard (M03)
- United States Marines (M01)
- US Army (M05)
- US Navy (M02)
Directions & Map
Richard M. Borchard Fairgrounds
1213 Terry Shamsie Blvd, Robstown, TX 78380
Plenty of parking but get there early to avoid missing out.
Open Google Maps
Digital Resources
Student Resources
- A tool that helps you find jobs, explore careers, and plan your future.
- A website that shows how much money you need for your dream life and what jobs can pay for it.
- A site where you can learn about different jobs, what they pay, and what education you need.
- A program that helps pay for job training so you can learn new skills and get a good job.
- A website that connects students with internships to gain work experience and learn new skills.
- A paid internship program connecting young professionals with real-world work experience.
- Texas’ premier job-matching platform, offering job seekers access to employment opportunities.
- An online training platform providing free courses in high-demand skills to help job seekers advance their careers.
Teacher Resources
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