EGR 110

Engineering Professional Development

How to tell your story

Today’s Agenda

Get involved! The secret to telling a story is to have a variety of experiences to draw skills from.

You’ll complete an exercise in tracking experiences for a resume and identifying areas to grow in.

We’ll explore resume sections you can use.

Which one catches your eye?

The difference is experience

You don’t have to have a paid job.

You don’t have to be the president of a club or group.

You don’t have to volunteer for thousands of hours.

YOU DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!

START GETTING ENGAGED!

Engagement on campus

At no other time in your life will you be surrounded by so many opportunities to grow by showing up

and getting involved.

Clubs & OrganizationsLecturesProfessional AssociationsCultural Activities Volunteer Immersions and ServiceStudent Government Honor Societies

Why does engagement matter?

92.6% of employers care about EXPERIENCE

Keeping tabs on experience helps!

The Resume Building Worksheet will help you track your experiences and map out new ones!

Start by tracking what you already do. List the experiences you have. Paid, unpaid and volunteer, it doesn’t matter

Identify where you want to grow! (Even if you have a resume you can fill out this section) List experiences you want to have along with the ones you’re

already involved in. This could be joining a club, volunteering, or an internship

you’d like to get.

Sections of a resume

Heading

Profile (optional) or Objective (optional)

Education

Experience (Related or Relevant)

Other sections may include Academic Projects Activities (Extracurricular, Leadership, Volunteer) Skills (Computer, languages) Honors/Awards

Heading

Heading should include name, local address, phone number, and email address:

Ima Pilot5000 N. Willamette Blvd.

Portland OR 97203apilot16@up.edu

503.943-7201

Name should be larger than contact information.

May include permanent address if you are applying for an opportunity back home.

Profile

• 3-5 sentence summary of background and qualifications.

• Customize to meet the employer’s needs and highlight skills and qualifications in relationship to the position.

Profile

BSCE student with a double major in Math. Strong leadership skills combined with the ability to effectively work in teams. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Surveying, Civil 3D proficient.

Education

Include: Institution, City & State, Degree*, Major, Minor, Study

Abroad Experiences

Optional:GPA, Scholarships

University of Portland, Portland OR GPA 3.6B. S., Majors: Civil Engineering and Math May 2019 Presidential Merit Scholarship

University of Portland Salzburg Program, Salzburg, Austria 2017

Experience

Every experience paid or unpaid must have 4 elements

Title of the position you held

Employer or organization

Location

Dates of the experience

Sample: Title, Organization, City, ST Dates

Applied and Academic Experience

APPLIEDProject Engineer, General Contractor, Clackamas, OR Summer 2017 Assisted with processing of RFIs. Compiled submittal packages for engineering review. Prepared documents tracking LEED certification points.

ACADEMICPill Sorter Project, Intro to Engineering, Portland, OR Fall 2015 Worked with four classmates to create a device to sort pills. Built team working skills and gained knowledge of problem solving,

production, human resources, and research and development. Presented project to class and received third place in class

competition.

Accomplishment Statements

Good: Updated membership database.Better: Analyzed and implemented new procedures for updating member contact information in Excel, reducing data entry time by 50% and increasing data accuracy to 80%.

Good: Decreased customer complaints.Better: Implemented a customer service incentive program that decreased customer complaints by 10%.

Good: Managed wait staff and servers.Better: Managed 15 wait staff and servers at a restaurant grossing more than $10,000 per night.

Attempted accomplishment statements

Skills: Attention to Detail, Team Player, Motivated, Attention to Detail.

Experience: Stalking, shipping & receiving.

Seeking a party-time position with potential for advancement.

Consistently tanked as top sales producer for new accounts.

Additional sections

Academic Projects

Community Involvement

Volunteer Experience

Extracurricular Activities

Campus Involvement

Leadership Experience

References

Not needed on a resume.

Include name, job title, organization, phone number and email address.

Always ask your reference contacts before you add them to your list.

List references on a separate sheet of paper and bring to the interviews.

Resume Don’ts

No fancy graphics, colors, pictures etc.

No smaller than 11 point font; ideally it is 12 point.

No spelling or grammar errors.

No “I” or “my” statements.

No exaggerating or misrepresenting.

Resume Tips

There is no one “right” way to make a resume.

Must be clean and easy to read.

Important information should be easy to find.

1 page.

Emphasize your strengths and experiences (paid and unpaid) in relationship to position and

organization

include relevant/related information

What’s a cover letter?

Cover letters are a one page introduction to you as a professional.

There are three parts to a cover letter: Introduction Body Closing

The goals of a cover letter are: to direct the reader to the skills listed on your resume to let the reader know why you are specifically

interested in this position to invite a follow up conversation perhaps in an

interview

Questions?