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You should read all of the other materials in this website on preparing to answer questions, dress code, etc.  A few other miscellaneous thing you should do are:

1. Take copies of your resume, transcript, sample reports or class projects you did well on
2. Make a list  of exactly what you learned in each of your classes and in the clubs you joined, and the service organizations you participated in and how you expect to use that material in the future.
3.  Read over the employer’s web site very carefully to see what they do for a living.
4. Know where they have offices.
5. Know the names of the people in the company if they are listed, and the positions they hold.
6. Know what jobs they have worked on in the past and are currently working on.
7. Google those jobs and make sure you know what the project was for.
8. See if you can find out what part the employer played on the project.
9. If you see unfamiliar terms like Corbels, go to http://dictionary.reference.com/ and make sure you know what it is.  Anything they advertise that they do for a living, you should know the meaning and definition of all the terms.
10. For example, go to Brown & Gay
11. Click on About Us, then Services.
12. Watch the videos, read the white papers.
13. Go back and click on Careers.
14. See the cities where they work, what they do, who are they currently hiring,
15. Anything you can learn about the company is useful. and impressive to the interviewer.
16. DO NOT bring up any of this knowledge during the interview yourself.  You should only use it in response to questions like “Are you familiar with where we work?”  Then and only then you reply “Yes ma’am, mostly in Texas, Austin, Houston, the Woodlands, … “

Dr. Lowery:

I would like to provide one suggestion for those submitting resumes for any job posting.  If the candidate puts a phone number on the resume, which they should, please have them set up a voice mail box and check it periodically.  Several candidates did not have a voicemail set up or it was an automated one which does not sound too professional.

I know many use their phone only for texting and data, however those are not always the best means of communication.  Many employers, including myself, like to have a quick phone interview to see if the candidate meet the job requirements (available hours, drivers license, and other job specific requirements).

Saiied:

Mr. Bartoskewitz mentioned that after attending a local career fair, you felt that international students were being handicapped by the potential red tape employers had to handle to hire you.  That is certainly true in some instances, but often it is only because they are unfamiliar with it, or had problems with it in the past.

No doubt.  If you want to work in this country it won’t be as easy as if you were born here.  However, I know quite a few international students who overcame this and got really nice jobs.  Some stayed here, and some ended up working for their US company back home as their representative.

All of this may not apply to you, but you might consider something along these lines:

1)      You have to make a case for yourself.  Don’t just go up to the recruiter and say “Here I am”, like your peers.  Go well dressed with a full resume, stating everything you ever did that makes you stand out above your peers.  Put your photo on your resume so they will remember who you were when they talked with you.

2)      Admit your disadvantages, both to them and to yourself, but try and slant them to your advantage.  Something like “I was born in Iran and graduated from college 2^nd out of a total of 543 engineers from wherever.  I took advanced classes in the following subjects and did these other nifty things.  I came to the United States to attend what is considered in Iran as the top engineering school to learn water resources. And hope to someday return to contribute those talents to my hometown and country.

3)      I am hoping to work in the U.S. for about 10 years to complement my technical education and fully develop my engineering skills. I hope also to develop strong bonds with the engineering community here, then return home, hopefully still under the guidance and/or partnership of my US employer.  I feel that such cooperative efforts would be highly advantageous to all concerned.

4)      I have good business skills, speak fluent Farsi, Greek, Spanish, whatever and have good knowledge of the business practices and mores of the region, along with good contacts with the engineering and business community there.  I feel that the technical skills I have gained at A&M, along with engineering practical experience here could open major business opportunities.

5)      I am currently in the country under a H1B Visa which permits me to work here for 2 years to gain practical engineering experience, with no paperwork required of the hiring company.  After that time a single form is required simply stating that I am indeed employed and contributing to the company.  Copies of these forms can be found at http://www.path2usa.com/h1b-visa-petition-requirements   (I have no idea of any of this, but I remember some other student told me something along these lines.  You do the legwork to show them how little is involved.)

6)      I would also say that the recruiters attending a jobs fair don’t have the same ability to see past small hurdles, as do those back at the home office.  Thus, I would suggest that you look over the jobs emailed to you and posted on the jobs listserv, and send them your resume.  I think those people will be far more open to hiring an international student and will often pass your resume on up the line if they aren’t sure what to do with it.  If you don’t have the jobs listserv address, email me back and I will forward it to you.

7)    I am also told that there are F and J visas which require different things, some of which let you work for 27 months before any paperwork is required?  I have no idea.  But spell it out carefully so they perceive no risk on their part, or at least as little as is the case, and hopefully no cost added in hiring you.  One student told me that on one of these visas there would be a thousand or two dollars legal work involved and that he would happily save it up from his salary so there would be no expense to the company.  If so, let them know.

If I can help you in any way, please let me know.

Good luck,

L^3

Hello Dr. Lowery,

My name is Mohamed, and I have been looking for employment since last fall. I had a lot of interviews from big and middle sized companies, but unfortunately I wasn’t offered any positions yet. I attached my resume in case you think I fit in a certain Job.

My purpose is not only the experience but also it will help me a lot financially as my sponsor is not paying for my living expenses.

Many Thanks,

Mohamed

Mohamed:

Your resume is well written and impressive, but not good enough for your situation.  You are obviously well qualified, but you have made no case for why they should hire you.  You have only told them of your extensive past experience, but no matter how impressive it is, that’s probably not what is bothering them.

They wonder if you intend to stay in this country after graduation, if indeed you will even be able to do so.  Tell them if you intend to stay in this country to practice engineering after graduation and whether you have guaranteed permission to do so.  That they will incur no fees or costs or paperwork that they don’t understand in order to keep you here.  How their job fits perfectly with your interests and capabilities.  How your current visa permits you to stay, and for how long.  Discuss anything that they might worry about and for which they don’t have the time or resources to determine, and so they just move on to the next candidate.  You have to consider every worry they have about hiring an international student.  They may have never hired one before, don’t know how, don’t know how much trouble and paperwork they will run into, etc.

Obviously your answers have to all be true, or you won’t have a chance.  But you must be ready to address any negatives they have about hiring you, and discuss it with them.

International students are obviously at a disadvantage, especially with small companies.  They don’t know what the rules are for hiring you, they don’t think you will probably stay after graduation and give them a chance to hire you long-term, after investing a lot of money in your internship.  Often they think that all of these unknowns are just too much trouble.  You are the one who has to show them why you are an excellent choice for the job.

You should re-write your resume, correct these problems, and keep trying.  Also, you should have a list of objectives beyond the educational objectives that you listed, including that you intend to stay in this country after graduation, that you want to work for a specific company (large, small, …) who deals in management, project development, construction, environmental, whatever.  Be specific so they see that your interests and talents align with their needs.  List the courses you took that they would be interested in, what you covered in the class, who was the professor and what kind of work have they done that you learned a lot from.

You also have an great advantage having interviewed with firms in the past.  If they mentioned, or even hinted at any reason why they did not select you for the position, be ready to either fix that problem or to minimize its influence on your next interview.  If you really don’t know why, re-contact the person who interviewed you and thank them for the interview opportunity they gave you.  Assure them that you are contacting them again only to try and improve your interviewing skills and would greatly appreciate learning what influenced their decision.

Good luck,

L^3

Joe:

Looking for a new job is always daunting. Since you graduated and have a couple of years experience I would suggest the following:

1. Sign up with the TAMU Career Center services at http://careercenter.tamu.edu/. They have assistance available for both current and former students.
2. Send me your name and email address (Lowery@tamu.edu) using the subject line “Add to jobs list server” and I will add you to our list server so you will get copies of any job offers that come to our attention.  The only problem with this is that when you get a job and want to stop the emails you have to again send me your email address to take you off.
3. If you like, email me back and I will send you copies of past job email offers sent out to our students. I have no idea if they are located in your city or if they are in your field, so you would have to dig through them and see.  I will probably just forward the last 6 months to you.  If you reply to any of them, just say something like “Dr. Lowery at TAMU recently sent me an email regarding possible openings with your company. I realize that it is rather old, but he thought that since I was looking for such a position I should check to see if it might still be open.”
4. I will be glad to put you on Civilgrads.tamu.edu under “Earlier Graduates Wishing to Relocate”. Since you probably no longer have a computer account through A&M, you will have to put your resume on a free site somewhere.  See http://lowery.tamu.edu/placement/CivilgradsListing.htm for instructions on this.  Please be sure to tell me when you get a job and want to be taken off of Civilgrads so it won’t sit out there long after you are again working.
5. Go to http://lowery.tamu.edu/generalceinfo and read everything in sight.
6. Go ahead and file your resume with a bunch of the head hunters. They have your best interest at heart, since they don’t get paid unless they get you a job. Normally you don’t have to pay for these. Their fees are paid by the employer.  An exception is someone whose sole purpose is to send your resume to recruiters, such as ResumeXposure. They seem cheap enough, although I haven’t heard of anyone who has used them so I don’t know how effective they are. Their Better Business Bureau record is clean. Update – They are still in business after 12 years, which is pretty good.  2nd Update: Now they have an F rating, because they say they are BBB rated, but aren’t.  However, they have no complaints lodged against them for the past 3 years.  Who knows?
7. Go to yellowpages.superpages.com. Put civil engineer in the category, your state, and the city you want.  In Houston you will find 468 Civil Engineers and 69 in land development and planning.  Write a really nice generic letter (not a resume) stating that you recently graduated from Texas A&M, and after working for the past two years are now looking for other employment.  You have been educated in a wide range of civil engineering areas including etc. etc. etc., and feel competent to take responsible charge of practical engineering assignments.  “Although I have only two years of engineering experience other than that gained in my engineering classes and practical labs, I have learned to work hard, carefully follow instructions, and accomplish goals with a minimum of supervision.  If offered a position with your company I can assure you that I will make every effort to quickly become productive.  I appreciate your consideration.” Something like that, but add more personal and specific information.  Add your photograph and list of references to your resume so the employer can call or email them immediately.  Do not put “available on request”.  After you send the letter/resume to about 100 or so companies, move on to Arkansas.  Be careful not to hit the same company twice.  Put your telephone number and email address on the letter.  Put your parents telephone number on it, so someone will always be available to answer the phone while you’re out looking.  Email me a copy of the final letter/resume to critique.
8. Get a local telephone book and send the same information to anyone not listed above.
9. Go to the library and get a telephone book for the city in which you wish to work, and send your information to those engineering firms.
10. When you find a company who looks good and is willing to talk with you, write a letter of recommendation as specified here and I will be happy to send it to them. Or if you need a letter of recommendation to go with your resumes for all the firms, I will just address it to whom it may concern and send it to you.  Please realize that a lot of people take me up on this offer, so I will be unable to do any clean-up on it.  Making it respectable will have to be your job.  It should certainly be heavy on what you have learned during your last 2 years of employment and how you are able to accomplish things that they need done.
11. One other suggestion – go to the City Engineering Department and ask them what is being built in the city.  Then ask them to look at the plans. Find out where companies of interest to you are working, then go to the job site and look around.  Walk around on the site and get chased off.  Tell whoever chases you off “Sorry, you are just doing some neat stuff here and I am really interested in this type of work.”  Tell them who you are and introduce yourself.  Then go to the company and talk with someone about a job.  Tell them “Joe” chased you off the job site when you were looking around.  That shows interest in their work.
12. As an aside, I used to hate FaceBook and LinkedIn and nonsense like that.  However, I am being told more and more that they can be very useful in networking and finding a job.  LinkedIn seems to be used more for networking, and they check Facebook to see if you are a drunk.  I guess you should consider joining them, but for heaven’s sake, if you are already out there, clean them up.  The days of pictures on the beach drinking beer are certainly behind us.  Nothing but pictures of you swinging an ax on grandpa’s ranch or working on a computer or volunteering for Habitat for Humanity or the Food Bank is acceptable.  If you are between jobs, I would highly recommend that along with interviewing you volunteer for such things and put them on your resume.

Let’s start there.  Email me again when you have finished.  This assignment is no different than all the others you have successfully completed.  At first the assignment seemed daunting and you were totally lost.  Then you thought about it, tried working on it a little, and realized it’s just one more rotten thing that has to be done to move your career forward.  Then you beat it into submission, and successfully completed it.  That’s what you’re doing again.  The average worker in the US changes jobs 8 times in their career.  Fortunately, as an engineer your average will be far less.  Nevertheless, like all your other assignments, this one is important and will require both time and effort.

The days of employers knocking down our doors to get at new graduates may well be behind us.  Now we knock theirs down instead.  I assure you that there is at least one company out there today who needs a really good engineer. I can also assure that company that there is one top engineering graduate looking for work. They just need to find each other.

Keep me posted.

Good luck,

L^3

More notes to another student:

I got your resume and it looks fine.  Minor suggestions are noted on the attached.  Add a photograph and post it on a web site and on http://civilgrads.tamu.edu.  We don’t link to our jobs list because within a month the employers get more responses from non-aggies than from us, and complain.  Email me at Lowery@tamu.edu with your name and date of graduation and I will send you the address.   

Are you on http://civilgrads.tamu.edu?   If not see https://lowery.engr.tamu.edu/2021/07/19/general-information-on-getting-a-job/ section 1.C 

As you know, your Facebook was actually quite clean, but all employers go through those with a white glove for any hints at all about you.  The slightest thing can have them move on to the next candidate.  Go through any and every social media site you have ever used and scrub them.  If you have friends listed and they have pictures of you in a speedo with your bikini-clad wife, get rid of it.  Find out how to make your site and acquaintances inaccessible to any and all but close friends if at all possible. 

You are always welcome to come up and talk with us at any time, but you seem to be doing all the right things.  Send me a few copies of any cover letters you have written. 

Who have you interviewed with that didn’t hire you?  Do you have an email address for them?  Perhaps I can contact them and ask if they truly just aren’t hiring.  How did what they do align with your strong points here?  I.e. were they environmental but you were structural?

See also https://lowery.engr.tamu.edu/2021/07/19/letters-of-recommendation-for-scholarships-employment-graduate-school-or-anything-else/ if you want me to write you a letter of recommendation.  I still have several students frantically looking after over a year, but most are finally getting jobs.  As I said, thing are truly brutal right now.  If the government really cuts 10% across the board, you and I will both be looking for work.

Email me back with the above information and again in a month to let me know how you are doing. 

Dr. Lowery,

With my graduation date fast approaching, and no employment waiting for me, I am looking for any way to get my Resume into the hands of employers. One of my friends clued me in to the fact that you have a database of Resumes that you allow employers to access. Is there any way I could add my Resume to it as well?  Any further advice on job hunting would be appreciated as well.  Thank you for your time.

Joe

Joe:

I would be happy to add your resume to http://Civilgrads.tamu.edu   Incidentally, if you put “civil engineering graduates” or “civil engineering resumes” into Google, Civilgrads comes up pretty high.

1) Write your resume using Word or some similar word processor.  It must be outstanding to get a job in this market.  You should probably save the document as an Adobe pdf file (Save As), since many employers are leery of opening a .docx document for fear of viruses.

2) See http://civilgrads.tamu.edu for typical resumes.  Some have photos, which I think helps tremendously.  Some are very well written, some are minimal.  Employers notice such things.  In the past such things didn’t matter since everyone got 10 job offers anyway.  Now they matter a lot.  Put your very best foot forward.  Everything you worked hard on and accomplished should be included, regardless of how long the resume gets.  If they get bored they will just stop reading it.  They won’t throw it away.  See also https://lowery.engr.tamu.edu/2021/07/19/general-information-on-getting-a-job/ for more tips.

3) Post it on your web server or on a free site such as https://sites.google.com/.  You can just copy and paste your .pdf or .docx document into the Google site.  Not too fancy, but it works, minimally. The advantage of this is that In the future, should you wish to update it, you have direct accesses to it.  You don’t have to ask me to change it for you.   Here’s a recent one uploaded by Mr. Minter showing what you can do if you spend some time on it.  Very nice.  Here’s mine. Ugly, but only 2 minutes effort.  If you are still a student at A&M you can also post stuff at http://people.tamu.edu/.  However, once you graduate they will cancel your account and you will still have to move it to another site if you want to continue to display it.

4) If you graduated some years ago and just can’t get a free site to work because of how much things have changed, then send me a .pdf (preferable) or a Word copy of your resume and I will post it on my site.  The problem there is you can’t change it.  You have to email a revised copy to me every time you want to make a change, and then email me to remove it when you get a job.  If you are a current student, then you will have to drop by and prove that you are a double amputee and thus can’t get a free site to work.  Otherwise, you danged well should have the smarts and perseverance to make yourself a public web site.  You will definitely want one in the future.

5) If you are an international student you should go ahead and answer questions that most companies will demand to know, but may figure it’s just too much trouble to get and will discard your resume:

• Do you definitely intend to stay here long enough for them to train you and then make a profit on you?
• How much trouble will you be to keep here? (Paperwork, fees, expenses, …)
• How many forms have to be signed before they can hire you?
• How many hoops will they have to jump through to satisfy immigration, etc.?
• State exactly what will be required of them and make sure you fully address how little trouble it will be for them to do any paperwork to hire you.
• If appropriate, state “Have permission to work for 2 years after which time I will apply for permanent residency”, or whatever, so they will immediately know that you can start work without any effort on their part.
• If you were born here but inherited your parent’s last name of Hasbalahan, you should add at the top of your resume:  Born, Corpus Christi, Texas or US Citizen.  Many people put this on their resume anyway.

One student wrote “OBJECTIVE:  I am seeking a full-time position in project development and control, cost estimation, scheduling, risk management, or data analysis, preferably with a firm in the Houston Metroplex.  Although I have extensive international experience, I will be staying in the U.S. after graduation.  My fiancé is currently in the last processing stage of her green card application and I will obtain Permanent Residency through marriage next year.  Before that I can work based on the Optional Practical Training program”.

6) Then email me the following information in a single email using “My Resume, and your name” in the subject line:

1. Your name
2. The date you graduated, or plan to graduate, which should also be listed on your resume.
3. What your interest is (General, Structural, Environmental, Graduate Students, etc.)
4. The address where your resume is posted (if posted, for example http://sites.google.com/site/loweryattamudotedu.

Note that if you currently have your resume posted on your TAMU account (for example http://people.tamu.edu/~lowery/) the university will close it when you graduate.  Be sure and move any such material to your free web site.  Also, when you graduate you will no longer be listed as a student which I use to send you job information.

Also note that if you use me as a reference and they call me, I will have to contact you first to make sure you want me to talk to them, as per FERPA regulations.  Make sure you warn me that you are using me as a reference and that I have your email address.

Keep me informed and let me know if I be of any help, and how.  If you need a letter of recommendation, please see http://lowery.tamu.edu/recommend/

Good luck,

L^3

http://lowery.tamu.edu

Howdy:

If you are still looking and the SEC career fair didn’t go so well for you, I recommend an appointment with one of the career counselors at https://careercenter.tamu.edu/current-students They will sit down with you at a scheduled appointment and not only polish your resume, but also help you find jobs at firms that don’t come to the career fair. They know best how to use tools like LinkedIn to put yourself out there and to search for the best opportunities. It will be worth your time.

Robert “Bob” A. Appleton, P.E.

Associate Professor of Practice

Zachry Department of Civil Engineering

 

DLEB Building, Room 108

3136 Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843-3136

Office – (979)458-8217

October 4, 2010

Howdy Dr. Lowery,

Good to hear from you too. It’s been rough out here in the engineering world, and despite what the news says about economic recovery, its pretty bad still. Recovery is slow, and really non-existent. Another round of layoffs may be on the horizon for civil engineers in Texas before the end of the year, but we all hope that doesn’t happen. I am at a stable firm and doing quite well personally. But the last 24 months have not been exactly smooth. I have been laid off twice, once while I was an EIT and once as a PE (the company actually had to close its doors). Finding a job after each of those layoffs was challenging and not as timely as I would have hoped.

During those times I fondly remember you talking about the engineering hats, and about how y’all were preparing us to go out in the world and be able to put on a structural hat when need be, and then other times take that hat off and market yourself and perform as an environmental engineer, etc. I did my best to put that into practice as I interviewed for positions that weren’t really available with firms that weren’t hiring or who didn’t have enough work to take on another employee. I used all the civil knowledge I have accumulated to try and fit into a need at each firm.

I hope all is well in Aggieland and in the Civil Department as well. I am sure you are preaching to your students that they should all immediately go to graduate school after they graduate with their bachelors? I have been telling all college students who will be graduating soon to stay in school. Its a really bad market out there and it’s tough no matter what profession you are in. Engineers have not been immune, especially with our ties to the construction industry.

Best wishes,

NW, PE
Class of 2004

Fortunately things have improved dramatically since 2010.  As of today (6-11-15) as far as we know, all of our graduates either have jobs, or are still working on it with a high probability of success.

For other ideas on the potential of Civil Engineering, see:

• U.S. News Money Careers
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Monster
• Civil Engineering Careers
• CNN Money

Certainly, although you will have to send me more information beyond that listed in Section 4, and email it to me, and very preferably give me a call at 979-845-4395 so I can chat with you about how you have been doing over the last 7 years.  Every little thing you can remind me about what activities you did and who you knew here at A&M, plus fill me in on what companies and the names of people who you have since worked for, who you have since met, what you did on your jobs, what other students you ran with here at A&M that you have kept in contact with, what organizations you were in here at A&M and have joined since, what public services you have worked on lately, which groups you have joined since you graduated, why you need a security clearance (if permitted), etc.

Everything you can tell me to help me remember these things that you probably already told me about in your numerous visits to A&M and calls and emails we traded over the years but which I have forgotten, will help.  These people are very serious about finding out who you are, and my having to say I don’t know when I really should remember that you told me years ago about presenting a paper to the International Association of Engineers in France is not a minus, but it’s certainly not a plus either.

Especially, giving me a phone call is by far the most important.

Do I think you have turned into a terrorist over the years while moving up to head the division at a major engineering company?  Not at all.  But they may.

: )

I look forward to working with you on this, and good luck,

L^3

From: Joe
Sent: Tuesday
To: Lowery Jr, Lee L <lowery@civil.tamu.edu>
Subject: Meeting with you

Would it be possible to meet with you this Thursday at 1:30 PM?

I am one of your former students.

Joe

From: lowery@civil.tamu.edu
To: Joe
Subject: RE: Meeting with you

Sure Joe.  Concerning?

Lee

From: Joe
Sent: Wednesday, July 20

My area of expertise is structural engineering.  What I would ideally like is to have a job as a lecturer teaching building design and energy conservation.  I look forward to meeting you.

Joe

Joe:

Sorry, but I’ll have to pass on that.  Meeting with me would be just about like meeting with the janitor.  I have nothing at all to do with getting anyone a job in such a position.  I would suggest that you contact

http://www.tamu.edu/about/employment.html

There you find “If you are seeking a faculty or research position, please contact the Dean of Faculties Office directly by emailing dof@tamu.edu or calling 979-845-4274.”

If you want to come in and talk old times, count me in, but otherwise …

I wish you luck,

Lee

From: Joe
Sent: Thursday, July 21
My question would have been if not the Civil Engineering Department, then who should I contact.
Thank you for your message.

Joe

From: lowery@civil.tamu.edu
Subject: RE: Meeting with you
Joe:

I think Civil Engineering (environmental) would indeed be a perfect match, as well as several other departments.  However, I have talked with many people about employment here, and have helped no one.  Nary a one.  It is usually one of my former students who I taught back in 1992, who graduated with a Master’s and got a PhD at Illinois.  They went into business, later started their own engineering company, and recently sold it for $90 million.

Now they end up in my office saying they are retiring and want to “give back” by teaching the new generation what they have learned in the past 25 years.  Very nice.  Absolutely great.  What a deal.  Most of them already have so much money they don’t know what to do with it and don’t even want to be paid.  They’ll teach for free.

The problem is they are sitting in the wrong office, because all employment is centralized through the Dean of Facilities Office, without exception.  If our department decides we need a CO2 expert, (as I understand it, since I have nothing to do with it) we have to write up a request and send it to Facilities.  They then check it for political correctness, available funding, approval from the Dean of Engineering, and I have no idea what all else, and publish it publicly.

Still, the bottom line is my student goes away mad because I didn’t hire them, or give them the personal cell phone number of the Department Head (which I don’t know), or write them a letter requesting that they be hired.

I hope that they ARE hired.  We need all the help we can get.

Still, sorry guys, I’m a prof.  I teach.  I have nothing to do with hiring in any shape, form, or fashion.  Once you get hired you and I will probably become best friends and have lunch regularly.  But as for now, the most valuable thing I can do for you is not waste your time pretending that I can increase your chances of getting a job at A&M in any way.  Not by meeting with you, nor by giving you inside information, or tips on how to go about it, or who to see, or …

To the best of my knowledge, your ONLY way to success is to contact

http://www.tamu.edu/about/employment.html

There you will find “If you are seeking a faculty or research position, please contact the Dean of Faculties Office directly by emailing dof@tamu.edu or calling 979-845-4274.”

I really do wish you luck,

L^3

If you are interested in working for the CE Department, I would consider sending your information to the faculty if you can convince me you have something in which they might be interested.  You are welcome to cut and paste the following information and email it to me at Lowery@tamu.edu with an attached copy of your resume, for their consideration.

Just a note – often the department cannot hire our own students because you would be dealing with information about your fellow students.  However, you see what kind of information we need, so you might try sending a similar email to other departments like MEEN, HIST, POLS, etc.  You will find a complete list of departments in the university at http://www.tamu.edu/about/departments.html.  Just click on them and send a short request for consideration to the Associate Department Head.  Also see https://jobsforaggies.tamu.edu/.

We have hired quite a few economics and business majors, so they are probably happy to return the favor.

A last note: The information you give will be posted on a non-secure server, and should be considered open to the public.  Don’t put anything on there that you care about, just enough to let someone tell if you are qualified, and interested, and to get back with you.

Good luck,

L^3

To: Civil Engineering Faculty
Subject: Interest in a student worker position

Howdy all:

I have a student who asked that I forward their interest in employment with the department to you.  Their information is listed below, along with their resume should you be interested.  Feel free to contact them directly if you like.

Thanks,

Lee

STUDENT INFORMATION

Name:

Email address:

Telephone number:

Web page:

Classification (freshman, sophomore, etc.):

Number of hours taken at A&M:

Semesters until graduation:

Graduate student or Undergraduate student:

GPA:

Type of work sought: (for example “any”, office, research assistant, lab work, other):

If you don’t care to do certain kinds of work like general office duties or research or whatever, so state:

Desired Field: (any, environmental, structural, etc.):

What classes have you taken that would be useful in your employment:

What skills do you have that would be useful in your employment (have you worked with concrete, surveying, constructed web pages, computer programming, Excel, Word, etc.):

Other experience that you would like to have considered:

Anything else you would like to tell them that might impress them:

Please attach your resume to this email.