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April 20, 2015 ENGR B47 Lecture#17 Introduction to Engineering and Design Professional Development

Career BC April 29 9am - 2pm BC Campus Center Bring your fresh resume Dress professionally Practice asking good questions (even if you’re not expecting a job/internship) Check Career Placement Center for more infoCareer Placement Centermore info 3

Upcoming Schedule Week 12 Mon: Guest Speaker Wed: Intro. to Professional Development (assignment out) Week 13 Mon: In-class work on Prof. Dev. Wed: Guest Speaker Week 14 Mon: In-class work on Prof. Dev. Wed: Guest Speaker Week 15 Mon: In-class work on Prof. Dev. Wed: In-class assignment (Engineering Ethics) Finals  Turn in Prof. Dev. assignment  Motor Project Presentations 4

Your Résumé Accurate, Honest, Brief Any work experience is good experience Find something to include beyond classes  Club  Volunteering opportunity  Examples of teamwork (horror stories of LEDs gone awry!) Know your weaknesses and strengths 5 Review

Résumé NO-NOs Too long: you’ve got about 10-seconds Burying the lead (great experience / bottom of page) Not up to date Not specific to job posting Misleading or false (they’ll find out eventually) Filled with fluff  “Excellent communication skills”  “References available upon request” 6 Review

What Does it Look Like? Generally  Contact info  Education  Work experience  Everything else (skills, talents, associations, awards, maybe hobbies) Yours should be one page Probably bullet points over full sentences Probably subject heading 100s of samples and 1000s of opinions online BC  Writing Center (link)link  Job Placement Center (link)link 7 Remember: · There are exceptions to every rule · This is a moving target (HR folks & job seekers cat & mouse) · It only takes one! Review

Professional Development Assignment 8 Review

Professional Development Assignment Deliverables 1.Job/internship posting  Must include: Date posted  Company name / contact info  Minimum qualifications  Description of job (activities, responsibilities, etc.) 2.Resume for that posting  1 page minimum  Print out or pdf 3.Critique from classmate  Signed / dated copy of rough draft  Must include corrections & comments 4.Cover Letter  ½ to 1 page in length  Formatted properly  Print out or pdf 5.List of References  I will not contact them  Know who you would include if this were real 9 Review

Internship or Job Posting Find an original posting  Aggregators (Monster, Indeed, etc.) don’t count  Find link back to actual posting  You must get instructor verification Either a job you want “now”  Internship this summer or next  Part-time work during school year Or something you’ll want in 2-3 years  Entry level job for BS degree  You’ll write resume you will have in 2-3 years 10 Review

Today’s Agenda Find a job posting Double-check quality with instructor Work on resume  Find samples to emulate  Start your own  Work on content & formatting Find a peer reviewer Ask for advice of colleagues Ask for clarification from instructor Next Monday discuss Cover Letter 11

Instructor-Issued Laptops Log in with “.\Laptopuser” (no password) Check wifi toggle switch if problems Control Panel ➙ Network and Internet ➙ Connect to Network When finished  Log out!  Place in cabinet (check # on bottom for location)  Plug in to charger 12