<p>I am a junior with no engineering related experience, and this certainly is not a morale booster. Any tips?</p>
<p>internships are getting harder and harder to get. Try to get something related (anything!!) and then, while you’re there, jump at any opportunity to extend the job to your area of interest. Afterward, focus on the skills you learned, rather than the exact title. It’s the slow approach towards finding the dream job, but you’ll learn a lot in the process. If you totally stuck, try volunteering. The key thing is to realize each job (volunteer/internship/job) will lead to the next one. Getting started is the hardest.</p>
<p>whats your school and or location?</p>
<p>Do your classmates also find it tough to find one? Curious since my student may pursue engineering.</p>
<p>mm i have a 3.29 as a chemical engineer at UT austin…my friends generally got one at their sophomore, but they had really good achievements/skills (code warrior, double major, etc). </p>
<p>I don’t know I feel discouraged right now but hopefully I’m banking on the fact that all the big companies are the most competitive ones, and they are usually hiring this early in the year? Sorry for the run on sentence.</p>
<p>have you asked some professors for suggestions? Do they do much research?</p>
<p>Is Chemical Engineering having tough time in this economy?</p>
<p>i haven’t asked professors for suggestions/research. is it too late to mid-semester?</p>
<p>i have no idea if chem e is having a tough time in the economy.</p>
<p>Attend job fairs around the area and look into smaller firms. try usajobs.gov and [USAJOBS</a> - Student Jobs](<a href=“http://www.usajobs.gov/studentjobs/]USAJOBS”>http://www.usajobs.gov/studentjobs/) for government listings</p>
<p>You should touch base with some professors, especially if you did well in some of their classes, they and other seniors may have suggestions.</p>
<p>Keep checking carreer office. Talk to seniors. S did not get one untill April last year.
Also you for unpaid intern or volunteer work so you will have something to up on your resume in your senior year in case you do not get a paid internship.</p>
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<p>No. I’m seeing plenty of internship opportunities (and apparently so is the OP). The OP needs to have his resume professional reviewed if he can’t convert applications to interviews.</p>
<p>It may be a little early for summer (2011) internships. Many upcoming career fairs are focusing on spring grads for full time employment. Keep applying, however and don’t give up. It might be February or later before actual internship offers are finalized. You should definately take advantage of career center on campus; they should be able to advise you of what you need to snag that offer!</p>
<p>Did you get any interviews, or you didn’t get that far?</p>
<p>sorry for late reply. last year I started later than this year and I managed to get one interview, but was told that they were looking for juniors. </p>
<p>this year I went to expo and applied via career center but am now 0/8 in terms of getting an interview. </p>
<p>I guess I need to work on my resume?</p>
<p>Your career center should be able to help you with your resume as well as coach you thru mock interviews. I would make sure they address your resume as soon as possible! Then, keep applying, as internship season is certainly not finished.</p>
<p>In the meantime, take courses that will give you other skills. Learn a programming language. Although it may not get you a chem eng job, you’ll at least get something on your resume in terms of experience. You can also volunteer to wash glassware in the chem lab. Some kids get their foot in the door that way.</p>
<p>OP, note the thread I just started on co-op/internship opportunities. They are definitely looking for chemical engineering students.</p>
<p>Very few ChemE positions for way too many applicants
I heard from my professor who just came back from AIchE meeting, even phD ChemE students are applying for internships. BUT, they might be overqualified for the job I guess. So go get your resume fixed asap and keep your hopes up :)</p>
<p>I don’t know what school you’re at, but we always (including this year) have many more job openings than applicants. The only people that don’t find internships have something wrong with them (either low GPA or social awkwardness that leads to terrible interviews).</p>