Center for Engineering Career Development Blog

In our Summer 2021 series, we're asking alumni and current students to tell us about their career interests, experiences, and reflections.Are you a May 2021 grad? Take 5 minutes to tell the career center about your current post-grad plans (including if you're currently searching for opportunities)! Just complete the annual First Destinations Survey no matter where you are in the decision-making process.

In our Summer 2021 series, we're asking alumni and current students to tell us about their career interests, experiences, and reflections.Are you a May 2021 grad? Take 5 minutes to tell the career center about your current post-grad plans (including if you're currently searching for opportunities)! Just complete the annual First Destinations Survey no matter where you are in the decision-making process.

In our Summer 2021 series, we're asking alumni and current students to tell us about their career interests, experiences, and reflections.Are you a May 2021 grad? Take 5 minutes to tell the career center about your current post-grad plans (including if you're currently searching for opportunities)! Just complete the annual First Destinations Survey no matter where you are in the decision-making process.

Things to do this summer:
Go to the beach - yep
Sleep - for sure
Work - necessary for the iced coffee habit
Network …We can all agree that networking can be intimidating and sometimes has a bit of an ick factor. But let's be honest, the whole job search process can feel intimidating and icky. No one wants it to go on any longer than it has to, right? So why not try to make your search as efficient as possible.
And that means, networking.

As the summer season approaches, take some time to reach out to alumni! Beyond getting to know your fellow Wahoos, reaching out to alumni can be beneficial for a multitude of reasons as you progress through your career journey.Take this chance to grow your professional network, and get your questions answered about what major to choose, work-life balance, academia vs. industry, applying for grad/professional school, and many more career topics.

Have you ever wished you had contact info for someone at a company you're interested in?

My name is Ava Jundanian, and I'm a fourth year studying Systems Engineering. I first became interested in a career in Investment Banking in the fall of my second year after joining a long-short investment club at UVA.As a second year, I learned a lot about the industry and about internship experiences in IB through talking with fourth years in the club. When recruitment began in the spring of my second year, I was really lucky to have the older mentors in this club and resources of this club to help me throughout the technical and behavioral portions of IB interviews.

From the Blog Archives...
What's worse than hearing “Thanks for applying but we've decided to go with another candidate”?Not hearing anything at all! Ever. Nothing. Zilch. It feels so rude, right? You put a lot of time into that cover letter AND spruced up your resume AND researched their company. The least they could do is send you a quick email so you can just move on if you're not the right candidate.
In a perfect world, yes.

The last career fair of the season is right around the corner! Learn how to register for the April Job, Internship and Graduate Heath School Fair this coming Thursday, April 8th from 1-4pm! This quick 5-minute video will walk you through how to sign up on Handshake for 1:1 and group sessions with employers to ensure the smoothest virtual experience for you.Click on the image above or view the How to Register for a Virtual Career Fair video here.

We probably all need a soul cleansing break this summer and we hope your first priority is your mental and physical health! We also want to help relieve the stress of worrying about what to do over the summer so we've put together a guide with info on the many different ways you can spend your summer and have something for your resume too.The categories below include:
Summer Internships and Skill Building Opportunities at UVA
Short Term Project Based Work
Skill Building, Personal Projects, and Hackathons
Free Skill-Building Courses
Volunteering