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.
Upcoming Events
Deadline: LSAMP Summer Research Academy (SRA) Application
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
12:00AM
Applications for the UT System LSAMP Summer Research Academy are due on February 15th. For more information, visit UT System LSAMP Summer Research Academy.
EOE GuideRight
Saturday, March 3, 2012
1:00PM - 1:40PM
Hosted by EOE for future engineering students. Registration opens on February 1. For more information, visit EOE GuideRight.
This program occurs on campus during Explore UT, the university's annual open house.
Deadline: MITE Summer Camp Participant Application
Monday, April 2, 2012
12:00AM
Applications for the My Introduction to Engineering (MITE) Summer Camp for current 10th and 11th graders must be postmarked by April 2, 2012. For more details please visit My Introduction to Engineering.
Leadership Empowerment Weekend
Friday, April 13, 2012
3:00PM -
Hosted by EOE for student leaders of Pi Sigma Pi, NSBE, and SHPE. Registration opens on March 1. You must be present for both days. For more information, visit Leadership Empowerment Weekend.
