Plan your future and engineer your career!
Freshman year:
- Consider registering with ECAC.
- Create a resume.
- Familiarize yourself with ECAC resources.
- Think about your interests, skills, and work values.
- Attend appropriate ECAC workshops.
- Participate in Externships.
- Attend other workshops at UT, including academic review sessions and career or interest workshops.
- Consider joining professional organizations in your major as student member (e.g., AIAA, AIChE, ASCE, ASME, IEEE, AES, SPE).
Sophomore year:
- Register early with ECAC.
- Look into the Co-op Program.
- Update your resume.
- Attend relevant workshops.
- Network with employers at Expo, other career fairs, workshops, and on-campus events.
- Apply to the Co-op Program at beginning of semester.
- Participate in Externships and on-campus interviewing for intern or co-op positions.
- Use ECAC online job postings and other job sites.
- Seek work experience that allow you to explore your interests.
- Renew student membership in organizations.
Junior year:
- Register early with ECAC and Co-op Program.
- Update your resume.
- Attend ECAC workshops to refine job search skills.
- Participate in career fairs and Externships.
- Apply to Co-op Program at beginning of the semester.
- Interview on campus.
- Check ECAC online job postings weekly.
- Network and maintain professional contacts.
- Seek experience to explore your interests and enhance skills.
- Consider leadership roles in professional organizations.
Senior year:
- Register in August with ECAC.
- Update your resume.
- Attend ECAC workshops and career fairs.
- Submit your resume for employment.
- Attend employer information sessions.
- Use additional job search strategies (job postings, direct targeting of companies, etc.).
- Prepare for site visits with companies.
- Take leadership roles in professional organizations.
- Continue to use ECAC services after you graduate.
