12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU1 Course Overview Resume

12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU2 Class 1 outline  Course Overview  Resume  Work on resume  Class wrapup  Group info sheet

12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU3 The syllabus and Group Info sheet  Review syllabus  Detail Group Info sheet – (more at end of lecture) Intent is to balance the composition of the group you are in. The group assignments are for the project you choose for your effort in this class. You will be writing a R&D proposal Elements that are essential to a productive group  Technical writing skills  Core EE and Core CpE knowledge

Resume  Ref: A Guide to Writing as an Engineer, Ch 9, pp  Ref: Pocket Book of Technical Wringing, pp  A resume is summary of your professional experience, education, and other relevant background for the position you are seeking. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU4

Resumes  A resume encapsulates your professional career.  The information is presented in a format that can be scanned in 20 to 30 seconds. Put yourself in reviewers shoes – not much time to do the review  A resume must be continually updated to reflect all accomplishments and milestones in your career. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU5

Today’s era  With electronic processing you should keep your resume current.  Companies often electronically scan resumes they receive and then search for keywords relating to experience, qualification, and skills.  As your resume will most likely be scanned, don’t be fancy.  Companies also scan the social websites once they start to look at a prospective candidate 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU6

Points that should be in resume  Name and contact information Name, address, phone and web information available  If you don’t regularly check don’t include it!  Objective Objective should clearly relate to the position for which you are applying “Seeking a tough, challenging engineering position in radio-frequency communication systems where I can help achieve corporate goals in a team environment.” 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU7

More on objective The objective tells the prospective employer that you know the type and focus of the position you want. Presented in a way that tells employer that you are a team player and hard worker. Presented such that shows you know  The company  The company’s products  Management  General focus. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU8

Resume Points (cont-3)  Strengths List what qualities that set you above your peers  Education When are where you went to school and degrees Presented with degree first and then where you earned it. BS Electrical and Computer Engineering (June 2009)  The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH  The strongest points are purely factual. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU9

On a early career resume Early in you career you should also list relevant course areas  Computer Architecture  Digital Systems  Embedded processors  Pulse and Digital Circuits  Digital VLSI  Signal Processing  Control Systems 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU10

Resume Points – Computer Skills  Computer literacy is a very central part of being an engineer today.  Engineers use computers for Engineering and scientific calculations Engineering drawing (drafting) More – class input  List languages, OSs, hardware, applications  As computers are central make sure you resume is spell checked logically formatted. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU11

Resume Points - Experience  List any prior employment Dates, Company, Position June 1973 – September 1974, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, Research and Development Engineer. Responsible for the design of commercial photographic printers and the subsystems of those printers. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU12

Resume Points _ Personal  Personal As a final section you can include job-related information that is neither educational nor job experience related. EX: If your name may imply that you might not be a citizen of the US and your are, state so clearly. - AND PUT IT NEAR TOP Your availability to start work. Willing to relocate. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU13

Resume Presentation Styles  Chronological Design Divide background into education, work experience, and possibly military Strength of this style – shows work history in a glance Weakness – does not give a capsule picture of your key qualifications 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU14

Resume presentation styles  Functional approach Divides background into areas or groups of related education and experience. Ex: Groups: technical expertise and business experience  Early in a career, the chronological style is best 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU15

Resume assignment  Create your resume or polish one you already have  Due to drop box – date posted on class web page accessed through personal web page. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU16

Forming into groups  In this class you will from into groups.  Two possibilities: I use a skills sheet to form you into to groups attempting to balance skills – no consideration for personalities. I will allow you to form your own groups. Usually has some teams with less than optimal skills balance and usually a student or two who feel left out. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU17

What skills do you want in a group.  Group manager A student who can be the leader and manage the work, dividing the task to the individuals and making sure each person comes through on their tasks.  Documentation organizer A student who will organize the submission be each member of the team into the reports required.  Workers Responsible for the accomplishment of the tasks This may have these member partitioned into subgroups of hardware and software. It is essential to have expertise in the skill set required to investigate the technology needed for the problem/project. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU18

Group Information Sheet  Could be used to form groups  Students will form groups  Each group will submit a group information sheet after formation. Group members (incl. contact info) For each member  Group role – technical area of responsibility  Member skill set and basis for skill set. 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU19

Wrapup  Provided information to form you into groups  Highlighted some points to consider on a resume  Started work on you resume 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU20

Work time  Start work on your resume and forming into groups 12/28/08 - L1 Crs OvrvwCopyright Joanne DeGroat, ECE, OSU21