April 15, 2015 ENGR B47 Lecture#16 Introduction to Engineering and Design Professional Development

Big Picture Two things happening in lectures  Professional Development section  Guest speakers Engineering Ethics short-changed Goal for remaining five weeks  Tips for getting first job  Tips for everything beyond that NO final exam (YES Motor Presentations) 2

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 3

Fixing Up Old Assignments If you missed something or received poor grade  Missed quizzes  Personal Assessment  Other? Come see me during office hours  Monday 1-3pm  Thursday 2-5pm  By appointment Will receive instructions on how to make up for partial credit / improved grade 4

Ed. Plans All have been completed by Cynthia Quintanilla Will be distributed by Transfer Mentors today If you haven’t finished the survey yet  Talk to me after class!  You will not pass without verified Ed. Plan Bring to class on Monday!  I will verify completed Ed. Plans  If you have it, you get full credit (5% of course grade) 5

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Two Pieces of Advice to Start “The best job you’ll ever have hasn’t been invented yet” - HR Specialist whose name I forgot “Half of what I’m about to tell you is wrong... nobody knows which half yet” - Dan Gilbert (Harvard Psychology Professor) 7

8 Building the Career You Want In college  Develop technical skills  Develop interpersonal skills  Develop a professional network  Get an internship / co-op experience  Find an entry level job Find a mentor Continue education (diversification?)  Seminars  Conferences  Advanced degree Advancing / taking on new responsibility Expect to have a few Careers Expect to have many jobs

Where to Begin? Classes are still #1  GPA is a bar  Different companies set it at different places  But it’s not the only thing The best-case scenario is the “inside track”  Show up at company info-sessions  Show up at career fairs  Be open to friends and colleagues  Ask good questions of guest speakers Resumes get lost in the shuffle, faces and stories might actually be remembered 9

A Can’t Miss Résumé Passed along by someone within the company Perfect GPA A wealth of diverse work experience Proof of motivation & responsibility Proof of independent accomplishments Proof of team accomplishments Quantified results No one has this Especially not those fresh out of college 10

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 LED booklights gone awry!) Know your weaknesses and strengths 11

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” 12

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 instead of full sentences Probably subject headings 100s of samples and 1000s of opinions online BC  Writing Center (link)link  Job Placement Center (link)link 13 Remember: · There are exceptions to every rule · This is a moving target (HR folks & job seekers cat & mouse) · It only takes one!

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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 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 (will cover in class / find samples online) 5.List of References  I will not contact them  Show me you know who you would include if this were real 15

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 16

More to Come Will discuss cover letters Will discuss interviews Will have class time for questions / revisions 17