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“Launching Your Engineering Career”<br />
A survey regarding the quality <strong>of</strong> academic advising in the College <strong>of</strong> Engineering was designed to identify<br />
which attributes <strong>of</strong> academic advising were important to students <strong>and</strong> how well they felt their needs were<br />
being met. The results identified where the College should focus improvement efforts to better serve the<br />
needs <strong>of</strong> <strong>engineering</strong> students. Survey data identified the following priorities for improvement:<br />
1. Assistance with career <strong>and</strong>/or educational planning<br />
2. Providing advice about career experience opportunities<br />
3. Providing advice about permanent career employment<br />
In response to this identified student need the College hired a career development specialist who provides<br />
direct liaison with the University Career Services <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers the following services specifically<br />
oriented for <strong>engineering</strong> students:<br />
• workshops (resume writing, job search skills, cover letter writing, interviewing skills).<br />
• careersEngr list serve (provides announcements concerning internships, co-ops, full <strong>and</strong> part-time<br />
positions, workshops, Career Services information, presentations, web site information, etc.) – About<br />
1600 <strong>engineering</strong> students subscribe.<br />
• resume checks <strong>and</strong> critiques (over 350 resumes during 2003-04).<br />
• assistance for students interested in the Global Engineering Educational Exchange Program.<br />
• resume referrals to employers.<br />
The support services <strong>of</strong>fered to <strong>engineering</strong> students have been formalized into the “Launching Your<br />
Engineering Career” program that is administered in accordance with the following flow chart:<br />
Freshmen<br />
Transfer<br />
students<br />
Education/Career<br />
Plan & Career<br />
Connection<br />
Job<br />
search<br />
<strong>Department</strong><br />
invitation<br />
ENGR 102 Sophomore<br />
Course<br />
Career experience:<br />
co-op, research proj.,<br />
part-time, summer<br />
Career<br />
experience<br />
yes<br />
?<br />
no<br />
Register with<br />
Career Services<br />
Career Launch<br />
Refresher/update<br />
Launch Your<br />
Engineering Career<br />
Job<br />
search<br />
<strong>Department</strong> career<br />
experience seminar<br />
<strong>Department</strong><br />
exit interview<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
society<br />
Career<br />
position<br />
Attachments - Page 30 <strong>Aerospace</strong> Engineering<br />
$30 ?<br />
yes<br />
Sophomore<br />
Course<br />
The actual content <strong>of</strong> the two-hour “Launching Your Engineering Career” program is:<br />
• resume writing (how to create a resume; resume format; resume content; <strong>and</strong> the scannable resume.<br />
Students write a resume <strong>and</strong> submit it for a critique)
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