Industrial and Systems Engineering

Career Opportunities & Internships
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Hi guys,
I am a rising third year Industrial and Systems engineering (ISE) student at the University of Florida.
I had couple of questions regarding internships and post graduation work.

  1. What are the best engineering internships for ISE students?
  2. What are the requirements for these internships?
  3. What are the top places to work for out of college?

Please feel free to add any extra information regardless if it doesn’t have to do with the questions!

Thanks,
Steven

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Problem with answering your questions is that ISE is so varied. This is a good thing, probably the best aspect of the major. There are dozens of paths you can take, each having “best” internship and company choices.

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Thanks for your reply!
If you don’t mind would you be able to give me some examples?
As in job - and company

Example - Best for Supply Chain - Toys R US

@Chardo

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You might not like the answer, but there really is no “best”. There are ample opportunities everywhere. For supply chain, literally any giant company will have great internships. Any company that makes or sells a product needs to move that product from factory to end user, and every point in between, in the most efficient way. Every giant company has supply chain and operations intern programs. Want a list? Start with the Dow Jones Industrials, or even the S&P or Fortune 500. You can probably skip the banks and insurance companies for starters, as they don’t have much of a supply chain (though they do hire lots of IE’s), but every other company that makes or sells anything is a candidate for you. Check their websites, see what they do, see if it appeals to you. Many of them also have leadership development programs for their top entry level candidates, often hired out of their internship program. I would also suggest attending your school’s career fair, as there will be many companies that recruit and hire regularly from your school.

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Thank you, I appreciate it!

Sorry for the barrage of questions but what about the technical aspect of IE, do you know what companies hire interns to face more technical tasks? Besides GE

@Chardo

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Every large company does, especially high tech manufacturers (defense, aerospace, etc.).

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An internship is a career-related work experience that integrates classroom theory with “real world” practical experience.

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Most people can’t answer your question because your major is broad and you need to do the legwork for your concentration within your major. The private corporations like to go to the specific majors (Chem E, EE, ME, CS) because they know, somewhat, what they are getting.

Your best resource is your university’s career center because they have to have placed your predecessors.