Resume Help

**a weakling spaz** · 08-07-10, 10:33 AM

It's hard to separate yourself from the thousands of other faceless people on paper. Especially in this economy. Your best bet on getting interviewed is to know someone at the company. Contact folks you went to school with and find out where they are working and if they have openings. Of course, polishing your resume is still good, but I would bet it is better than you think it is. I've been shopping around lately and I figured mine was terrible, but I have gotten several callbacks.

**CivilWars** · 08-07-10, 06:25 PM

Some basic advice is that the goal of your resume is not to get you a job, but to get you an interview, then the interview is to get you the job. So you have to make your resume interesting enough that someone wants to call you. Include a customized cover letter that impresses and intrigues the prospective employer.

**BuddyLee.** · 08-08-10, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by jmw_man

I can't agree with the above, though, I don't have any numbers to back it up. Everything I've heard has been the opposite. Now, many folks confuse a two-year technical degree with the term "engineer" used in the name and a degree from an ABET-accredited engineering technology program which would be required if you intended to obtain professional licensure from the state board. Either that or you are referring to field engineers, although, I've never heard of a field engineer that makes 25K, I guess maybe if the living expense for the area is dirt cheap... Anyways, I would never join a large company, I wouldn't think you would get a broad enough experience in whatever field you are working in.

I use to make over 25k as a field engineer doing roadway inspection and testing. Now, there are little to no work going on through the winter, I enjoy my 3-4 month winter vacation.

I went through a construction management program.

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