Design your career in 2021
Cheers and War Eagle to a new year!
We survived 2020, and the initial weeks of 2021 seem off to a bumpy start. I never imagined on January 1, 2020 that we would meet you in 350+ Zoom career coaching appointments, you would schedule over 2,900 employer meetings at a virtual career fair, not to mention regularly attend your classes and student or meetings from (hopefully) the most comfortable seat on your couch.
And yet, 2020 had its upsides too.
- Africa was declared free of polio
- SpaceX launched the first-ever commercial spaceflight
- Tesla became the world’s most valuable carmaker, an indicator of the huge momentum behind electric vehicles
- AI solved protein-folding, one of biology’s greatest challenges
- Zoom became the most downloaded app of the year, and video calling kept us close while we were forced to be apart
- The Internet survived the biggest capacity stress test in history
- Researchers, scientists, and healthcare professionals around the world helped develop, trial, and deploy multiple COVID vaccines in less than 12 months.*
Personally, 2020 meant a renewed sense of what matters most and a deeper (sometimes painful) self-awareness of how I process the world. How do you define 2020? Over the long winter break, I hope you were able to re-charge from the upheaval of the year, spend time with people who bring you joy, and reflect on what matters most to you. Maybe you even spent time on these 4 ways to make the most of your winter break.
Heading into the spring semester...
we in the Engineering Career Development & Corporate Relations (CDCR) office are more convinced than ever that making meaning of your experiences -- all of them! in the classroom, the field, the lab, the student org meeting, or anywhere else you spend time -- is vital to designing the career path that's right for your next step after Auburn. It's why we're here -- to equip you to discover, develop, and launch purposeful careers.
With that, here is what we have in store to support you this year.
- Virtual 1:1 career coaching appointments on Career Fair Prep, Major & Career Exploration, Mock Interviews, Resumes + Cover Letters, Internship + Job Search, & more!
- Weekly group coaching Tailored to your needs when you arrive and designed for you to learn from your career coach & your peers
- Nuts + Bolts of Engineering Resumes I Mondays, 3-4 PM
- Strategies for Successful (Job & Internship) Searches I Thursdays, 12:30 - 1:30 PM
- Nuts + Bolts of Engineering Resumes I Mondays, 3-4 PM
- Explore companies + network with employers through 1:1 chats with the employer-in-residence, info sessions @ student organization meetings, job shadowing with companies like NASA & Stryker Corporation, and career fairs on CareerFair+.
Stay tuned for all the details on Handshake >>
It's impossible to say what the next year will bring, but at times of uncertainty I have complete confidence in the Auburn Engineers of the future. I hope you'll be empowered to design the career you want for your future, building it one semester at a time. We'll be here to help you in the process.
War Eagle,
Jessica Bowers & the Engineering Career Team
*Science and Technology achievements identified and shared on LinkedIn by Martin Harbech, a LinkedIn 2020 Top Voice