Career Development
Your campus Career Services center should be your one-stop shop for all types of resources such as writing and oral workshops. Make sure to check with them on upcoming events.
The following documents are helpful aids to assist students in their career development, ranging from sample resumes, cover letters, job interviewing tips, ethics, etiquette, etc..
Ethics:
- Pursuing Profit with Honor – Michael Josephson, Josephson Institute of Ethics – Presented by Edgar Camerino of Rick Engineering Company on August 27, 2010, at the SDSU MESA Engineering Program (MEP) / Maximizing Science Potential (MSP) Fall Student Meeting Orientation.
Resumes:
- SDSU Career Services handouts
- Resume format
- Resume sample with descriptions
- Resume workshop
- Resume critique worksheet
- Developing a successful resume
- Resume Sample for NSF MESA Summer Team Internship Program
Cover Letters:
- SDSU Career Services handout
- Cover letter template
- Cover letter sample format
- Engineering cover letter sample
- Engineering cover letter sample 1
- Engineering cover letter sample 2
- Cover Letter Format
Employment:
- SDSU Career Services handout
- Process for seeking employment
- Job fair tips
- Dress for success
- Dress to impress for success
- Job seeker action verbs
- Transferable skills
- Entry level job success
- Starting out strong work experience
- Strategies and habits for internship success
- e-Portfolio
Interviews:
- Interview critique form
- Sample interview questions 1
- Sample interview questions 2
- Sample interview questions 3
- Preparing for an interview by Northrop Grumman
- Quick interviewing tips
- Ten Tough Interview Questions and Ten Great Answers
- Interview questions and answers
- Job shadowing thank you letter
- Job shadowing thank you letter 2 (see page 10)
- Job interview thank you letter
Recommended Readings:
- Title: Strengths Based Leadership Author: Tom Rath, Barry Conchie
- Title: Leading Change Author: John P. Kotter Recommended by Dr. Douglas Fenner from 2010 Team SPAWAR MESA Training Academy
- Title: The Culture of Collaboration Author: Evan Rosen Recommended by Dr. Douglas Fenner from 2010 Team SPAWAR MESA Training Academy
- Title: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Author: Stephen R. Covey
- Title: Outliers: The Story of Success Author: Malcolm Gladwell
- Title: The Tipping Point Author: Malcolm Gladwell
- Title: Blink Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Online Lecture Videos:
- iTunes University – Select ‘iTunes Store’ under iTunes, Select ‘iTunes U’, ‘iTunes U Power Search’ and then search for videos by topic.
- YouTube – Search for videos by topic.
- Khan Academy
- MIT Open Courseware
- Paul Dawkins Online Tutorials and Notes – Algebra through Differential Equations
- Just Math Tutorials – Algebra through Differential Equations
- Mathwords: Terms and Formulas from Beginning Algebra to Calculus
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