2017 MSOE Career 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?  3rd year Computer Engineering and Software Engineering student with GPA of 3.0  Excelled in thermodynamics and heat transfer classes  Designed an HVAC system for a 100,000-square-foot office complex as a senior design project  Tutored 5-7 students in calculus and physics  Will earn two bachelor’s degrees: architectural engineering and construction management  Developed and implemented a curriculum to educate MSOE college students about responsible sexual health Accomplishments resulting from employment?  Worked in retail supervising 4 sales associates  Teamed with 3 engineers to develop marketing strategies for new garden tractor product line  Learned to use CAD program Micro Station  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?  Active member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Passed Fundamentals of Engineering exam  Elected President of Student Government Association (SGA)  Worked with Special Olympics as a member of Circle K organization

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

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