Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Orientation

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1 Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Orientation Marissa Fenwick, BME/ChemE/CEE Career Consultant Carnegie Mellon Career and Professional Development Center Cohon University Center Lower Level, Ashley Patton, Director of Career Services and Alumni Relations, CEE Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 118G Porter Hall,

2 Career & Professional Development Center: TartanTRAK

3 The Job Search Materials Process Events

4 What Should You Have Prepared? Up-to-date: Resume Cover Letter Elevator Pitch ( 30-second Commercial ) LinkedIn Profile Need help? Drop-ins: Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. (during Fall & Spring semesters) Resume Blitz: week prior to Sept th, 1-4 p.m. Mock Job Fair/Resume Blitz: Sept. 13 th (time TBD)

5 Job Search Process 1. FIND COMPANIES: compile a list of employers 2. APPLY: submit your resume/cover letter to employers 3. NETWORK: establish relationships to enhance your search

6 FIND COMPANIES Civil and Environmental Engineering Post-Grad Statistics Located under Salaries and Destinations on Civil and Environmental Engineering RSS Feeds and Blasts Posts from faculty and staff, instructions will be ed to you after this session Hoover s Database Company names by industry, size, and location Reference USA Contains in-depth info about companies in US and Canda *Includes OneSource module containing info on over 5 million global firms LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations Create a list of foreign firms operating in the US and vice-versa *Also search business profiles AND contacts

7 FIND COMPANIES Vault Guides Click on Jobs & Internships and VAULT on Create a user name and password CareerShift Search companies, jobs, contacts, etc. by keyword, location, and more Log in to TartanTRAK, located on homepage Company Lists/Job Search Resources by Industry (robotics, pharmaceuticals, energy, and more) Click on Resources by College and CIT on Going Global To see a list of employers who have recently sponsored someone for an H-1B visa Log in to TartanTRAK, located on the homepage Use H-1B Info, then USA Search

8 MS: Employers who hired International CEE students (*2014) *AECOM, Piscataway, NJ *Alliance Structural Engineering, MD *Bright Edge Technologies, Inc., Foster City, CA Calgon Carbon, Pittsburgh, PA *Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA *Cognilytics, Pittsburgh, PA *Crown Castle *Deco Resources, Pittsburgh, PA *Facility Engineering Associates *FZ Ares, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA *Gistic Research, Inc. Hatch Mott MacDonald, NJ John Labib & Associates (JLA), Los Angeles, CA Lanxess Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA *LinkedIn, Mountain View, CA Manhattan College, New York, NY *Michael Baker Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA NERA Economic Consulting, New York, NY Paul Rizzo Associates, Pittsburgh, PA Princeton University, Princeton, NJ *RIB, Germany Salesforce.com, San Francisco, CA *Siemens Skanska, New York, NY Sentrana, Washington DC Turner Construction, New York University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN *URS Corporation *Veolia Water Wilbur Smith Assoc., Poughkeepsie, NY WM Group Engineers

9 RESEARCH Culture Size Location Industry Mission Values *Know any contacts there?

10 APPLY TartanTRAK - click on TartanTRAK on left side of page -update your profile, upload a resume Company Websites Online Search Sites Engineer Jobs - US.jobs - College Grad - Indeed - Monster - Career Builder - Jobs.net -

11 NETWORK International Students: Practice Your Conversational Skills Resources available both on and off campus Your Current Network Professors, professional organizations, your career consultant, supervisors, alumni, family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and other students Carnegie Mellon Online Alumni Directory - click on Jobs & Internships and Carnegie Mellon Online Alumni Directory Social Networking: LinkedIn build or update your LinkedIn profile Key Phrases to Use Could you recommend someone that I could send my resume to? Could you recommend tips for how to best apply? You may also want to ask questions about the company and/or their position

12 NETWORK Professional Societies American Society of Civil Engineers Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers American Geophysical Union American Society for Metals Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists Pennsylvania Water Environment Association American Water Works Association American Chemical Society American Concrete Institute Society of Women Engineers And many more!

13 CPDC Workshops & Events The Career Center offers a full schedule of professional development workshops. Mock Job Fair/Resume Blitz Career Express Resume Writing Job & Internship Search Networking Interviewing On-site Interviews Negotiating a Job Offer A schedule is on the Find Workshops and Events link on: RSVP on TartanTRAK

14 Job Fairs: Fall 2014 Technical Opportunities Conference (TOC) September Employment Opportunities Conference (EOC) October 7 Spark October 23 CEE Career Fair November 11 NOTE: Pre-registration required for some events check CPDC website *Do NOT depend on job fairs alone to find jobs*

15 CPDC: General Information Log in to TartanTRAK to make an appointment with your career consultant Click on Request a Counseling Appointment under Shortcuts to CPDC Resources Be sure to indicate appointment type and length! Marissa: Location: Advising Center: West Wing, 2 nd Floor Interviewing Center: Cohon University Center, Lower Level (next to post office) Phone: Hours: Monday Friday, 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Drop-In Appointments: Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. (during Fall & Spring semesters) Ashley: Location: Porter Hall 118G (in the CEE Suite) Phone: awpatton@andrew.cmu.edu

16 The Job Search Prepare: Resume Cover Letter Elevator Pitch ( 30-second Commercial ) LinkedIn Profile Target Companies: Create a list Apply Network Attend CPDC and CEE Workshops and Events: Resume Blitz, Mock Job Fair/Resume Blitz Related workshops Job Fairs

17 Questions?