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Employment

Explore employment options for past civil engineering graduates, including positions with major cities, urban counties, consultants, state departments of transportation, and research staff at universities. Also, learn about the types of jobs transportation majors have in traditional planning, transit planning, consulting, and technical expertise. Consider lifestyle, family stage, location preference, and career interests when making career decisions. Characteristics of employers include advancement opportunities, financial rewards, interesting projects, public interaction, and the ability to make a difference. Build professional relationships and get involved in professional, social, business, and philanthropic organizations for better job prospects.

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Employment

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  1. Employment

  2. Occupations of Past Civil Engineering Graduates • Engineers for major Cities • Engineers for urban Counties • Planners for Consultants • Local, Regional, National, and International Consultant • Engineers for State DOTs • Engineers for FHWA • Research Staff, Faculty, and Administrators at Universities

  3. What Kinds of Jobs Do Our Prior Transportation Majors Have • Traditional transportation planning careers • MPO & Region Planning Office • State DOTs • Counties and Cities • Transit planers • Consultants • Transportation planning generalists • Technical experts in transportation demand modeling • ITS experts and planner • Traffic modelers and planners

  4. Questions to thing about • What kind of life style do you want? • Where is you family in its life cycle • Are you willing to sacrifice personal time for financial and professional success • Do you have a particular location where you want to live • Do you see yourself as a technical expert of more of a generalist • Do you like doing a lot of one thing or do you like a variety tasks • What is your personal appetite for financial rewards, authority, and ability to make a difference

  5. Characteristics of Employers • Opportunity for advancement? • Opportunity for financial rewards? • Opportunity for significant financial rewards? • Opportunity to be involved in interesting projects? • Opportunity to deal with the public? • Opportunity to make a difference?

  6. Advice • Most jobs, particularly in the private sector, are obtained through relationships • Most professional business is generate through long-term, professional relationships • Become involved in professional, social, business, and philanthropic organizations ASAP

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