Happening now: NYC Tech Talent Draft at Cornell, the university’s first engineering and technical startup career fair since winning the Applied Sciences NYC bid. More than 40 New York City, central New York State and Northeast region startup companies are recruiting at the fair this afternoon at Cornell’s Ithaca campus.

Startup companies attending the fair include: Knewton, Harvest, Red Rover, Gate Guru, IyouVo, Nohms Technologies, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Livingsocial, Ideeli, TripAdvisor, Buzzfeed, DreamIt, Agile, Ordr.in, MakerBot Industries, NextJump, Sefaira, Shelby.tv, Moat, Akiban, and Coursekit.

Organized by NYCEDC, the NYC Tech Talent Draft provides computer science and engineering students with a firsthand look at exciting startup careers in the City’s booming tech hub.

Related reading: “Cornell Gets a Jump Start on Recruiting Tech Talent to NYC” (Betabeat)