2016 MSOE Career Services Dept Guide

Qualification statements should be no more than two or three sentences communicating your academic strengths, accomplishments resulting from employment/internships, computer skills (if important to the position you seek), achievements through organization/volunteer/civic/professional affiliations and other achievements/recognition.

Examples:

Academic strengths? x 3rd year Computer Engineering and Software Engineering student with GPA of 3.00 x Excelled in thermodynamics and heat transfer classes x Designed an HVAC system for a 100,000-square-foot office complex as a senior design project x Tutored 5-7 students in calculus and physics x Will earn two bachelor’s degrees: architectural engineering and construction management x Developed and implemented a curriculum to educate MSOE college students about responsible sexual health. Accomplishments resulting from employment? x Worked in retail supervising 4 sales associates x Teamed with 3 engineers to develop marketing strategies for new garden tractor product line x Learned to use CAD program Micro Station x Taught blueprint reading to 15 new manufacturing line employees

Computer skills? If computer skills are key to the position you seek, it is recommended that they be listed as a qualification rather than under computer skills later in the resume

Achievements/skills learned through affiliations? x Active member of IEEE x Passed Fundamentals of Engineering exam x Elected President of Student Government Association (SGA) x Worked with Special Olympics as a member of Circle K organization

Other achievements/recognition? x Proficient in German (foreign languages) x Captain of intercollegiate hockey team x Earned Black Belt in Tae-Kwon-Do x Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities

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