RHIT CE SUMMER JOBS

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RHIT CESUMMER JOBS INTERNSHIPS

• Jim McKinney PE
• R.C. Hutchins Professor
• of Civil Engineering
• December 12, 2007

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JOB LEADS

• CAREER SERVICES
• ADVERTISEMENTS
• COLD CALLS / LETTERS
• FAMILY
• CE DEPARTMENT
• FACULTY
• COMPANY REQUESTS
• ALUMNI
• ALUMNI DIRECTORY
• ON-LINE
• ALUMNI NETWORKING
• RHIT CE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE

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PRE-INTERVIEW

• PREPARATION / RESEARCH
• CAREER SERVICE
• FACULTY
• STUDENTS
• ALUMNI
• ON-LINE Company Profiles
• DRESS
• PROFESSIONAL
• BEARING
• CONDUCT DURING INTERVIEW

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INTERVIEW

• INTERVIEWER LOOKING FOR .
• TECHNICAL SKILLS
• QUALIFICATIONS
• FITNESS for JOB
• PERSONAL SKILLS
• BEHAVIORS
• COMMUNICATIONS
• IMPACT
• LISTENING
• INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
• PLANNING ORGANIZING
• INITIATIVE / MOTIVATION
• LEADERSHIP / TEAMWORK
• ADAPTABILITY / FLEXIBILITY

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FOLLOW UP

• NOTEBOOK / JOURNAL of JOB SEARCH
• NAMES
• TITLE/ORGANIZATION
• ADDRESS Postal e-Mail
• TELEPHONE
• CONVERSATION DETAILS
• DATES
• FOLLOW UP
• TYPEWRITTEN LETTER
• MAY NEED TO SEND RESUME
• TELEPHONE CALLS
• e-MAIL
• FOLLOW-UP WITHIN 1 MONTH
• CALL after reasonable time

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STEVE SOPHOMORE Home address
steve..sophomore_at_rose-hulman.edu 222 Mangolia
Street Toadhop, IN 47801 (81
2)555-5555 Objective
Co-op or intern position in the field of Civil
Engineering Education
Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering, May 2006
Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology, Terre Haute, IN
3.3/4.0 current G.P.A.
Toadhop High School, Toadhop, IN May
2001 Salutatorian, Honor Society
President, Beta Club President
3.98/4.0   Other Qualifications Classes
in Surveying, CE Materials, and Structural
Analysis Consulting Engineering Program
Skilled with Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and Project   Work
Experience SEM Materials, Tulsa, OK Lab
Technician 5/07-9/07 Performed quality tests
on liquid asphalt samples HWC, Terre Haute,
IN Engineering Intern 5/06-8/06
Transportation planning and design.
Part of the design team for the new terrain
I-69. Conducted traffic counts and traffic
surveys of state highways in Sullivan, Greene and
Knox Counties McDonald's,
Toadhop, IN Crew Chief
11/95-5/06  Trained all new
employees Recognized as
"Employee of the Month" four times  Honors
Activities American Society of
Civil Engineers, member Special
Olympics, volunteer Intramural
sports soccer, basketball, softball, Cycling
References James L. McKinney,
PhD, PE R.C. Hutchins
Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering
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Alumni Search Request
Name Major Expected graduation date e-mail
address 
Search Criteria
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