>> Well, the most important thing, I think, having been there,
is you want a really good resume when you get out of school.
So you have...
all your classes you have to take; you meet your requirements, but use your summers
or your semesters off wisely, because that experience is priceless.
So if you can get a good internship paid, unpaid, even if you just shadow
with an engineering group, that'll help you too,
to see what kind of engineering you want to go into.
What kind of job you want to go in, because there's a million jobs,
like within mechanical engineering, that you can do.
I mean a million different ones.
Mechanical engineering is the basis to all the other engineering disciplines.
I think the most important thing is to get experience on your resume.
Definitely got to get good grades, because it's a competitive field.
Although I will say, now, engineering -- there are four jobs for every one engineer.
It's a very good time for engineering.
Networking is everything; that's why interning is so important.
Probably 60 to 70 percent of the people who intern
with an engineering firm will get a job offer from that firm.
If they like you and they already know your work ethic, they know you're responsible
and you're a good employee, that's a plus right there.
So you have that introduction.
A lot of companies do come on campus and hire.
I used to do visits like that, recruiting visits on campus; and that's a good way too,
but they're going to all campuses, not just your school.
So if you have that extra in, where you know somebody that can be really important.
So I would, I can't stress enough, how important it is to get an internship
or to get a summer job where you're working in that field.