2019 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 • Experienced using Epic within a healthcare environment

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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