Chapter 7: Problem 1
Make a list of all the engineering student organizations at your institution. Are you an active member of one or more of these organizations? If not, join the one you are most interested in.
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Chapter 7: Problem 1
Make a list of all the engineering student organizations at your institution. Are you an active member of one or more of these organizations? If not, join the one you are most interested in.
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Determine whether there is a local section of the national engineering society you are most interested in. Find out when the local section holds its meetings and attend one of them. While at the meeting, try to meet as many members as you can. Ask one of them if you can visit them to conduct an informational interview.
Based on the instructions given in the section on "Preparing a Resume," create your own resume. Ask several people to critique it. These could be fellow students, professors, career center staff, or practicing engineers. Revise your resume based on the input you get, and develop plans to participate in activities that would make your resume more impressive (e.g., join and participate in student organizations; find out how to earn academic awards, scholarships, or recognition; map out strategies for landing pre-professional engineering jobs; etc.). Commit to having a resume that is ready-to-go throughout your college years.
Go to the "StudyAbroad" website: www.studyabroad.com. Pick a city or country you might be interested in and search for programs under the subject "Engineering." Review the programs there. Prepare a 2-3 minute presentation for your Introduction to Engineering class on what you learned.
Write down ten positive features of your college or university. Rank them in order of importance. Pick ten different people (students, faculty members, department chair, dean) and tell each person about one of the features on your list. How did they respond?
Review the benefits of a study abroad experience listed below: \begin{tabular}{|l|} \hline Build greater self-confidence, self-reliance, and maturity \\ \hline Broaden your world understanding and gain a new perspective on the world \\ \hline Improve your cross-cultural communication skills \\ \hline Develop your ability to adapt to new and unfamiliar environments \\ \hline Acquire second language skills \\ \hline Make new, lasting contacts and friendships \\ \hline Distinguish yourself from your peers in future job searches \\ \hline \end{tabular} Are these benefits you would like to have? Write a short paper on where you are on two of these items and how a study-abroad experience would change you.
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