NSBE CONVENTION CAREER GUIDE National Society of Black Engineers Brought to you by: Ford Motor Company & The American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) DEAR NSBE ANNUAL CONVENTION JOB SEEKER, NSBE Career Services, in conjunction with Ford Motor Company and the American Association of Engineering Societies, are happy to present you with this Convention Career Guide. This guide is designed to simplify your Annual Convention job seeker experience and is a compilation of all career-related events taking place at the convention. In addition, we have provided some career search tips and best practices provided by our friends at Ford Motor Company. Note: This does not take the place of NSBEGuide, which can be downloaded on your smartphone in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. For the most up-to-date information, check out NSBEGuide. Before going to the Career Fair, visit the Career Fair Prep Center, brought to you by Dell, Inc., in the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC), ROOM 210 A-C, where the following career readiness services will be provided free of charge to assist you with your professional goals. • • • • • • • Resume Review: Have your resume reviewed by a recruiter. Resume Printout: Make edits to your resume/cover letter, and print extra copies. Mock Interview: Practice your interview skills with a recruiter. Professional Image Consulting: Take care of apparel emergencies, and get your image proofed by a professional. Also have your professional headshot taken. The Job Application Station: Find and apply for jobs. Career Fair Prep Chat Skills Beyond the Resume: Ford Motor Company is helping you go further by sharing tips and techniques on how to succeed during each phase of the interview process. Conversations With Engineers: A career development speed networking session aimed at connecting NSBE collegiate and young professionals with practicing engineers who will serve as informal mentors. Hours are: Wednesday, 12 p.m.–5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. BE ONE STEP AHEAD! UPDATE YOUR NSBE CAREER CENTER JOBSEEKER PROFILE! FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS HELPING YOU GO FURTHER IN YOUR CAREER WITH THE FOLLOWING CAREER TIPS: GETTING AN INTERVIEW Receiving an interview opportunity or job offer from an employer is a limited opportunity only given to a few candidates. • • • Always follow-up with that employer if you choose not to interview or decide to decline a job offer. Employers respect that candidates may choose another employer, however, notification of your decision is expected. Not responding to an employer’s job offer leaves a bad impression of you as a candidate and may impact future opportunities. At any time, if you have concerns or questions regarding the interview, job offer or acceptance deadline, do not hesitate to contact the employer. People and resources are in place to assist prospective candidates. BACKGROUND CHECK Employers perform background checks on all hiring candidates. • • • It is very important that candidates be honest when sharing information. If you have a past situation in your background and are honest about that circumstance on your application, an employer like Ford still may offer employment. If you withhold background information that the employer discovers, an employer like Ford may decline to offer employment. Give the employer a chance to evaluate the background situation and how it affects your candidacy. If you have a new situation between the time your application was submitted and when you start employment, it is better to share that information yourself than to have it discovered and risk having your job offer rescinded. MEDICAL SCREENING A key part of the hiring process is the medical screening. This includes a drug test. • • Don’t let a drug test be the roadblock between you and the professional opportunities that your GPA, internship experience and overall professional profile will provide you. Although some substances have been recently legalized in various states, their appearance in your drug test may still have an impact on your hiring results. WHEN LOOKING FOR A JOB... Research the best time of year to look for a job in your industry. 72% of our employers hire employees in the fall. Find keywords in the application from your prospective employer, and use them as you refine your resume. The employer’s recruiting software will see the connections and flag your resume for further review. Complete the online application before contacting employers. Use the NSBE Career Center! Doing so early gives employers more time to prepare to talk with you at the Career Fair. Remember that government contractors may only receive your resume online. Monitor your social media profile! Make sure you don’t have public images or content that would distract or, worse yet, deter hiring managers or recruiters from wanting to hire you. Don’t provide red flags for recruiters and hiring managers. We asked our Career Fair Exhibitors who they are looking to recruit this year. Take a look at their responses... EXHIBITOR RECRUITMENT GOALS Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering Architectural Engineering Astronautical Engineering Automotive Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Consulting Electrical Engineering Environmental Engineering Industrial Engineering Information Technology Manufacturing Engineering Marine Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Mechanical Engineering Nuclear Engineering Petroleum Engineering Software Engineering Other Engineering AE ARCH AST AUTO CM CV CE CS CON EE EVE IE IT MANU MAR MSE ME NE PET SE O WHAT ARE COMPANIES LOOKING FOR? Exhibitor AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Accenture Adobe Systems Alcoa AMETEK Athenahealth, Inc. Ball Aerospace Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. BASF Corporation Boston Scientific Brown and Caldwell Campbell Soup Company Chevron Corporation Majors AERO, ARCH, AST, AUTO, CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, CON, EE, EVE, IE, IT MAR, ME, MANU, MSE, NE, PET, SE, O AERO, ARCH, CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, CON, EE, EVE, IE, MAR, ME, MANU, MSE, NE, PET, SE, O COMP, CS, IT, SE AERO, CE, COMP, CS, EE, EVE, IE, ME, MANU, MSE AERO, ChemE, EE, ME, MANU, MSE, NE CE, COMP, CS, EE, IT, SE AERO, CE, ChemE, EE, ME, MANU, SE AERO, AST, CE, COMP, EE, ME, SE AUTO, CE, ChemE, EE, EVE, IE, ME, MANU, PET ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU, MSE, SE, O CE, ChemE, CON, EE, EVE, ME ChemE, EE, ME, MSE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, EVE, IT, ME, PET, SE Internships/ Co-ops Experience Level No Professional Yes Recent Grad/Entry Yes Recent Grad/Entry Yes Recent Grad/Entry Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes Yes ALL ALL Yes ALL Cisco Systems CS, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU, SE Yes ALL Deloitte LLP COMP, CS, EE, EVE, IE, IT, ME, SE, O Yes ALL DuPont ChemE, EE, ME, MSE Yes ALL Eaton AERO, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU ChemE, COMP, EE, IE, ME, MANU, O CE, COMP, CS, EVE, IT, PET, SE COMP, CS, EE, ME AUTO, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU COMP, CS, IT, SE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, EVE, ME, SE, O CE, ChemE, EE, IE AUTO, COMP, CS, EE, IT, IT ME, MANU COMP, CS, SE EE, ME, MANU COMP, CE, EE, IT, ME, SE AERO, ChemE, CS, EE, EVE, IE, Yes Recent Grad/Entry Yes Professional Yes Yes Yes Yes ALL ALL ALL ALL Edwards Lifesciences Esri Facebook, Inc. Fiat Chrysler Automotobiles Fidelity Investments Fish & Richardson Fluor Ford Motor Company Google Harley-Davidson Motor Company Harris Corporation Hexcel Corporation No ALL No ALL Yes Recent Grad/Entry No Yes Yes ALL ALL Recent Grad/Entry Yes ALL N erience evel Hires Non-US Citizens Careers Abroad Min. 3.0 GPA Hires NonEngineering STEM Majors Hires Non-STEM essional No No No Yes No Grad/Entry No No No Yes Yes Grad/Entry Yes No Yes Yes Yes Grad/Entry No No Yes No No ALL Yes (PhD only) Yes Yes Yes Yes ALL Yes No No Yes Yes ALL Yes(Grad only) No No Yes No ALL No No No Yes Yes ALL No Yes Yes Yes Yes ALL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ALL ALL Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No ALL Yes (PhD only) No Yes No No ALL Yes(Grad only) Yes Yes Yes Yes ALL Yes No Yes Yes Yes ALL Yes (PhD only) No Yes No No Grad/Entry No No Yes No No essional Yes No Yes Yes Yes ALL ALL ALL ALL Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ALL Yes No Yes No No ALL Yes No No No No Grad/Entry No No Yes No No ALL ALL Grad/Entry Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No ALL No No Yes Yes Yes DuPont ChemE, EE, ME, MSE Yes ALL Eaton AERO, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU ChemE, COMP, EE, IE, ME, MANU, O CE, COMP, CS, EVE, IT, PET, SE COMP, CS, EE, ME AUTO, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU COMP, CS, IT, SE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, EVE, ME, SE, O CE, ChemE, EE, IE AUTO, COMP,Majors CS, EE, IT, IT ME, MANU AERO, ARCH, COMP, CS, SE AST, AUTO, CE, ChemE, EE, ME, COMP, MANUCS, CON, EE, COMP, IT,ME, ME,MANU, SE EVE, IE,CE, IT EE, MAR, AERO, ChemE, MSE, NE, PET, CS, SE, EE, O EVE, IE, AERO, ChemE, IT, ME, ARCH, MANU,CE, MSE AERO, EE,EE, IT,EVE, ME, IE, COMP, AUTO, CS, CON, MANU, SE MANU, MSE, NE, MAR, ME, PET, SE,CS, O CON, EE, IT, ME, SE COMP, COMP, CS, IT, SE AERO, CE, COMP, CE, ChemE, COMP,CS, CS,EE, EE,EVE, EVE, IE, ME, MANU, MSE IT, ME, MANU, MSE, SE, O AERO, ChemE, EE, ME, MANU, ARCH, CE, ChemE, EE, ME ChemE, MSE, NECOMP, CS, EE, IE, IT, CE, CS, EE, IT, SE ME,COMP, MSE, SE AERO, CE, ChemE, EE, ME, EE, IT, ME AUTO, MANU,EE, SE IE, ME, MANU, SE CE, COMP, EE,CS, ME, AERO, AST, CE, ChemE, COMP, SE EE, EVE, IT, ME, SE AUTO, CE, ChemE, EE, EVE, IE, CS, IT, SE AERO, COMP, CS, EE, IT, ME, ME, MANU, PET ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, IE, IT, SE COMP, CS, IT, SE SE, O ME, MANU, MSE, AERO, CE, ChemE, COMP, CE, ChemE, CON, EE, EVE,EE, ME ChemE, EE, ME, IT, IT, MANU, NEMSE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, SE EE, EVE, COMP, CS, EE, IT, ME, CE, ChemE, IT, ME, PET,IE, SEME, PET EE, IT, ME, MANU, MSE, SE CS, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU, SE AERO, AUTO, ChemE, EE, EVE, COMP, EE, EVE, IE, ME, CS, MANU, MSE IE, IT, ME, SE, O ChemE, EE, ME ChemE, EE, ME, MSE AERO, COMP, CS, EE, IT, ME, AERO, SE, O EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU ChemE,CS, COMP, EE,IT, IE,ME, ME, COMP, EE, IE, MANU, O MANU CE, COMP, CS,CS, EVE, AERO, COMP, EE,IT,IT,PET, SE SE COMP, CS, EE, ME CS, MANU, MSE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS,MANU EE, EVE, AUTO, EE, IE, IT, ME, COMP, CS, IT, PET SE IT, MAR, ME, CE, ChemE, COMP, COMP, CS, IT, SE CS, EE, EVE, CE, ME,ChemE, SE, O COMP, CS, EE, IT, CE, ChemE, EE, IE ME, NE AUTO, AUTO, COMP, ChemE, CS, EE, COMP, IT, IT ME, AERO, MANU CS, EE, IT, ME, MANU, MSE, SE AERO, AUTO, COMP, CS, SE CE, ChemE, EE, ME,CS, MANU COMP, EE, IE, IT, MAR, ME, COMP, EE,SE, IT,OME, SE MANU,CE, MSE, Yes Recent Grad/Entry Edwards Lifesciences Esri Facebook, Inc. Fiat Chrysler Automotobiles Fidelity Investments Yes Professional Yes Yes Yes Yes ALL ALL ALL ALL No ALL No Internships/ Co-ops Yes ALL Experience Level Recent Grad/Entry No Yes No Yes ALL ALL Professional Recent Grad/Entry Yes ALL Yes Recent Grad/Entry Yes Yes ALL Recent Grad/Entry Yes RecentALL Grad/Entry Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL WHAT ARE COMPANIES LOOKING FOR? Fish & Richardson Fluor Exhibitor Ford Motor Company Google AAAS Science &Motor Technology Policy Harley-Davidson Company Harris Corporation Fellowships Hexcel Corporation Honeywell Accenture IBM Corporation Adobe Systems AlcoaCorporation Intel Jacobs AMETEK Johnson & Johnson< Family of Companies Athenahealth, Inc. Johnson and Johnson Ball Aerospace Johnson Controls, Inc. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Leidos Liberty Mutual Insurance BASF Corporation Lockheed Martin Corporation Boston Scientific Macys.com National Aeronautics Brown and Caldwell and Space Campbell Soup Company Administration National Security Agency Chevron Corporation NiSource Oshkosh Corporation Cisco Systems PPG Industries Deloitte LLP Praxair DuPont Raytheon Eaton Edwards Lifesciences Rockwell Automation Inc. Esri Rockwell Collins Facebook, Inc. SanDisk Fiat Chrysler Automotobiles Shell Fidelity Investments Sirius Computer Solutions Fish & Richardson Southern Company Fluor Ford Motor Company SpaceX Google Harley-Davidson TE Connectivity Motor Company Harris Corporation Yes ALL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Recent Grad/Entry ALL ALL ALL Recent Grad/Entry ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL Recent Grad/Entry ALL ALL Recent Grad/Entry ALL ALL ALL ALL Recent Grad/Entry Yes Professional ALL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL Yes RecentALL Grad/Entry No Yes Yes ALL ALL Recent Grad/Entry Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y LL Grad/Entry Yes (PhD only) No Yes No No No No Yes No No ssional Yes No Yes Yes Yes LL LL LL LL Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No LL Yes No Yes No LL erience evel Grad/Entry Yes Hires Non-US NoCitizens No Careers Abroad No No Min. 3.0Yes GPA LL LL ssional Grad/Entry Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes No Hires NoNonEngineering NoMajors STEM No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Grad/Entry Grad/Entry No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes LL Grad/Entry No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LL Grad/Entry Yes(Grad No only) Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No LL LL LL LL LL LL LL Yes Yes (PhD only) No Yes No Yes(Grad only) No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes LL Yes(Grad No only) No Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes (PhD only) No Yes Yes(Grad only) Yes (PhD only) Yes Yes(Grad only) Yes (PhD only) Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No LL Grad/Entry LL LL LL Grad/Entry LL LL LL LL LL Grad/Entry LL LL Grad/Entry LL LL LL LL Grad/Entry LL ssional No Hires Non-STEM No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes only) Yes (PhD No No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No LL Grad/Entry No No No Yes Yes No Yes No LL LL Grad/Entry Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL Raytheon Rockwell Automation Inc. Rockwell Collins SanDisk AERO, COMP, CS, EE, IT, ME, SE, O COMP, CS, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU AERO, COMP, CS, EE, IT, SE CS, MANU, MSE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, EVE, IT, MAR, ME, PET COMP, CS, IT, SE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, IT, ME, NE AERO, AUTO,Majors ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, IT, ME, MANU, MSE, SE ARCH, AST, AUTO, CE, AERO, AUTO, CE, ChemE, ChemE,CS, COMP, CS,IT, CON, EE,ME, COMP, EE, IE, MAR, EVE, IE,MSE, IT MAR, ME, MANU, MANU, SE, O CE, ChemE, COMP, MSE, NE, PET, SE, CS, O EE, IE, AERO, ChemE, IT, ME, ARCH, MANU,CE, MSE, SE COMP, CE, EE,CS, ME,CON, O EE, EVE, IE, MAR, ME, MANU, MSE, NE, CS PET, SE, O IT, SE COMP, CS, EE, IT, SE AERO, CE, COMP, CS, EE, EVE, IE, ME, MANU, MSE AERO, ChemE, EE, ME, MANU, MSE, NE CE, COMP, CS, EE, IT, SE AERO, CE, ChemE, EE, ME, MANU, SE AERO, AST, CE, COMP, EE, ME, SE AUTO, CE, ChemE, EE, EVE, IE, ME, MANU, PET ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU, MSE, SE, O CE, ChemE, CON, EE, EVE, ME ChemE, EE, ME, MSE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, EVE, IT, ME, PET, SE Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes WHAT ARE COMPANIES LOOKING Yes FOR? Shell Sirius Computer Solutions Southern Company Exhibitor SpaceX AAAS Science & Technology Policy TE Connectivity Fellowships Texas Instruments Turner Construction Accenture Twitter Adobe Systems Two Sigma Alcoa AMETEK Athenahealth, Inc. Ball Aerospace Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. BASF Corporation Boston Scientific Brown and Caldwell Campbell Soup Company Chevron Corporation ALL ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes Internships/ Co-ops Yes ALL Experience Level ALL Yes No ALL Professional Yes ALL Y Yes Yes Yes Recent Grad/Entry Recent Grad/Entry ALL Y Yes RecentALL Grad/Entry Yes Recent Grad/Entry Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes ALL Yes Yes ALL ALL Yes ALL Y Y Cisco Systems CS, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU, SE Yes ALL Deloitte LLP COMP, CS, EE, EVE, IE, IT, ME, SE, O Yes ALL DuPont ChemE, EE, ME, MSE Yes ALL Eaton AERO, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU ChemE, COMP, EE, IE, ME, MANU, O CE, COMP, CS, EVE, IT, PET, SE COMP, CS, EE, ME AUTO, EE, IE, IT, ME, MANU COMP, CS, IT, SE CE, ChemE, COMP, CS, EE, EVE, ME, SE, O CE, ChemE, EE, IE AUTO, COMP, CS, EE, IT, IT ME, MANU COMP, CS, SE EE, ME, MANU COMP, CE, EE, IT, ME, SE AERO, ChemE, CS, EE, EVE, IE, Yes Recent Grad/Entry Yes Professional Yes Yes Yes Yes ALL ALL ALL ALL No ALL Edwards Lifesciences Esri Facebook, Inc. Fiat Chrysler Automotobiles Fidelity Investments Fish & Richardson Fluor Ford Motor Company Google Harley-Davidson Motor Company Harris Corporation No ALL Yes Recent Grad/Entry No Yes Yes ALL ALL Recent Grad/Entry Y No Y Y Y LL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LL Yes No No Yes No LL LL Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes LL Yes (PhD only) No Yes Yes Yes LL No No Yes No Yes LL rience vel LL No Hires Non-US NoCitizens No Careers Abroad No No Min. 3.0No GPA Yes Hires NonEngineering Yes STEM Majors No Hires Non-STEM Yes LL ssional No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No LL Yes(Grad only) No Yes Yes Yes rad/Entry rad/Entry LL No No Yes (PhD only) No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No LL rad/Entry Yes No Yes Yes Yes rad/Entry No No Yes No No Yes (PhD only) Yes Yes Yes Yes LL Yes No No Yes Yes LL Yes(Grad only) No No Yes No LL No No No Yes Yes LL No Yes Yes Yes Yes LL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes LL LL Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No LL Yes (PhD only) No Yes No No LL Yes(Grad only) Yes Yes Yes Yes LL Yes No Yes Yes Yes LL Yes (PhD only) No Yes No No LL rad/Entry No No Yes No No ssional Yes No Yes Yes Yes LL LL LL LL Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No LL Yes No Yes No No LL Yes No No No No rad/Entry No No Yes No No LL LL rad/Entry Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No THE PRODUCTION OF THE NSBE CONVENTION CAREER GUIDE WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR FRIENDS IN DIVERSITY: FORD MOTOR COMPANY Ford Motor Company is a proud NSBE Board of Corporate Affiliates partner and has many exciting opportunities for our members. 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