Get your résumé polished for the Spring 2017 Engineering Career Fair this upcoming Tuesday and Wednesday, January 24 and 25. The two-day event will be held at Reed Arena and will play host to more than 400 companies and 10,000 engineering students (which is roughly 1 company for every 25 students).

Do your research beforehand and use web portal to scope out companies you are interested in. NOTE: Some companies might be present for only one day!

Here are some tips:

Do wear professional business attire

Do have your resume reviewed and catered to your career interests

Do research companies you are interested in

Do visit career services to practice interviews

Do practice an elevator pitch – these recruiters will be seeing hundreds, maybe thousands of students, over a day or two. Make sure you stand out, and quickly.

For more tips check out http://sec.tamu.edu/Spotlight.aspx and http://careercenter.tamu.edu/.

Good luck Aggies!

Adam Orendain | Biomedical Engineering

Adam Orendain is a doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering.