• Resume & CV Writing Tips ( HERE)
  • Resume Guide from Career Services
• Writing Resumes and Cover Letters ( HERE)
  • Cover Letter Guide from Career Services
• Interviewing Tips ( HERE; supplemental content)
• Professional Growth & Development ( HERE, Supplemental Content)
• Common Job Interview Mistakes to Avoid ( HERE, Supplemental Content)
• Questions to Ask at the End of Your Job Interview ( HERE, Supplemental Content)
• Common Behavioral Questions ( HERE, Supplemental Content)
• Things you should avoid in a job interview ( HERE, Supplemental Content)
• Common Interview Questions ( HERE, Supplemental Content)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)-Student Loan Forgiveness Information:  https://www.consumerfinance.gov/paying-for-college/student-loan-forgiveness/#pslf 
• Landing an Internship ( HERE)
• Tips for Writing a Followup Email After an Interview ( HERE)
• What an Employer is Looking For (HERE)
• What to Ask a Professor During Office Hours (HERE)
• Career Pathways in Engineering & Computer Science ( HERE)
  • More info on career options for Engineering & Computer Science (from Career Services; HERE)
• How to Dress for an Interview (HERE)
• What does Business Casual even look like? Check out our presentation to help you out ( HERE)
• Important Factors to Consider when Choosing a Career ( HERE)
• History and Careers within Engineering & Computing- Come learn about the significant points in history and what careers are out there for you through a Showcase of research in each field.
  • Computer Science History presented by Dr. Dave Ackley, UNM Emeritus Associate Professor (see the video HERE)
  • Civil, Environmental, & Construction Engineering History presented byTrevor Amestoy, UNM Undergrad (see the video HERE)

Want help with your Resume or Cover Letter?

Send your resume and or cover letter directly to   esscareers@unm.edu, with subject line "Resume/Cover Letter Help"

Want help with your Resume or Cover Letter?

Send your resume and or cover letter directly to   esscareers@unm.edu, with subject line "Resume/Cover Letter Help"

• School of Engineering students: ESS Center has many internships available. Explore the site: https://ess.unm.edu/programs/current-students/internships-jobs/external-internship-job-opportunities/index.html
• Office of Career Services: unm.edu or 505-277-2531 – they can help with resumes, cover letters, interviewing, and much more. All for FREE.
• Resource Centers
• Talk to your professors, advisors, mentors, graduate students, and counselors. You may not know what you want to do with the rest of your life right now, and that is completely okay and normal. Always remember to be honest with yourself about your likes and dislikes – a lot of starting a new program is figuring out things you don’t like, but you won’t know until you try it on.
• Employers seek students who are career ready ( https://unm5.unm.edu/), so seek out opportunities to develop these skills.
• Enhance your future employability by getting a Technical and Professional Communications Certificate as part of your Undergraduate course work.

• Science careers individual development plan
• Want to know more about Career Options within Engineering & Computing? Look at  THIS document prepared by  UNM's Career Services.
• Read about the  5 steps to a resilient career path from engineering leader Ron Pragides.

This page lists internship and co-op opportunities available to graduate and undergraduate, engineering and computer science majors. 

The UNM Engineering Student Success (ESS) Center is committed to providing our students with opportunities to help them succeed academically and professionally.  A resource we provide our students is help finding internships and job opportunities with local and national engineering companies.  Many of our company partners have transitioned our engineering and computer science students from being interns to becoming part-time or full-time employees.  We also keep our students notified about current job opportunities that they can apply to directly.

As an added service, we collaborate with UNM Career Services in providing professional development workshops to help with building skills that pertain to career exploration, planning, and enrichment.

What to know more about Career Options within Engineering & Computing? Visit  UNM's Career Services and check out our Career & Professional Development resource page.

Want help with your Resume or Cover Letter?

Send your resume and or cover letter directly to  esscareers@unm.edu, with subject line "Resume/Cover Letter Help"

Engineering & Computing Companies Interested in Participating  

Companies and agencies interested in hosting student interns or hiring Engineering and/or Computer Science students as full-time or part-time employees, please complete the Company Information Form, then submit to  esscareers@unm.edu.  Flyers and write-ups containing job descriptions and information on how to apply can also be sent to this email address to be distributed and posted on our student LISTSERV.

• Get help from our very own, Nada Abdelhack at esscareers@unm.edu. She can help Engineering & Computing students with anything job and internship related, ranging from Resumes and Cover Letters, to Interview Prep and Job Searches. 
• Job Applications (provided by UNM's Career Services):
  • Resume Guide ( PDF)
  • Cover Letter Guide ( PDF)
  • Sample Engineering Resume ( PDF)
• Graduate School (provided by UNM's Career Services):
  • CV Guide ( PDF)
  • Application Essay (letter of intent and personal statement, also useful for scholarship applications; PDF)
  • Graduate School Guide (includes the application process and when/if you should apply; PDF)

Career Pathways

• Soul-search for the type of job you might actually want and whether a graduate degree is actually helpful/necessary to get that job
• Many STEM fields require  additional certifications before you are considered, for example, an Electrical Engineer. Until you have these certifications, you are considered “in training.”
• Get  hands-on experience – get a practical view of the field you are entering.
• Sandia National Labs jobs are pretty sweet. However, they all require a  security clearance and a drug test. So maybe don't drink or do drugs/crimes if you think you might like to work there.
• To  select the best advisor for graduate school, ask yourself these three questions about a potential STEM advisor for thesis/dissertation based programs:
  1. What do the advisor's current or past students say about them?
  2. Has the advisor written a first-author paper in the past 3 - 5 years in your potential field of interest?
  3. How long does it take your potential advisor's students to defend?

Skill Acquisition

• Coding and statistics are skills are beneficial for pretty much any discipline.
• Don’t limit your skills to your major – at a minimum be proficient at Word and Excel, work at having good writing skills, as well as other tools to help with any job.