A variety of resources are available to help those studying chemical engineering find jobs, both during school and when graduating. We created this site to provide important information for preparing yourself to receive a great job upon graduation.

Where to Begin

1. Create a Resume. Creating a resume can be difficult when you are beginning and don't have experience. Don't worry, everyone else is in the same boat! Focus on education, extracurricular activities, and what experience you do have to present yourself in the most positive way possible. A couple Resume Guides are provided to help to get started and give pointers to strengthen and enhance your resume.
   
   
2. Register on e-recruiting. BYU provides an employment site to help recruiters/employers find qualified students to hire for various internship and full-time positions. This site will be key to setting up interviews, getting information about upcoming career fairs, and finding out what companies have interest in BYU students.
   
   You can register by logging onto RouteY and in the bottom right-hand corner, under miscellaneous, clicking on e-recruiting. The site will then provide an opportunity to enter your personal profile, load important documents (like your resume), and seek out employment opportunities.
   
   
3. Build your resume. To build your resume you need more experience and more education. Education is not discussed here, but it is sufficient to say that employers like qualified individuals and GPA is an important indicator of qualification. Experience is another very important indication. One can gain experience through participation in research, part-time ChE jobs, internships, and other activities that involve the skills that will be required on the job and expose you to the working environment. Sometimes volunteering work for research is a great start for your resume.

Experience

1. Availability and Interest. To gain experience you must begin by defining your interests and finding out what is available. This is probably the hardest part of shaping your future career. We have created a site to find out more about companies in various industries. This site is far from comprehensive, but a great place to start. Spend some time finding out what you like.
   
   Next you'll want to gain some experience in these areas. (Gaining experience is a great way to define one's interests.) Many professors are willing to give you assignments in their research. Take your resume to them and explain your interest in participating with them. Here are some BYU research sites that might be interesting:
   - Chemical Engineering
   - Physics
   - Chemistry
   - Zoology/Biophysics - look at professors' web sites
   
   BYU provides many part-time jobs for students. You can explore these jobs at BYU student employment resources' site, or you can explore specific jobs in the chemical engineering department, including paid research positions on our application's page. To further explore job availability, you can try search for jobs through our internship postings.
   
   
2. Finding an Internship. If you are beginning your search for a job a document has been prepared for you. Strategies for finding an internship can be found on this web site.
   
   
3. Networking. Networking is finding a person who is in a position to open a door to an employment opportunity. Usually you start with those who are somehow connected to you and ask them to introduce to people who might be able to help. Those people introduce you to others and so on. Don't expect them to give you a job, but persuade them to open a door to an interview.
   
   This site is only for BYU Chemical Engineering students, alumni, and for employers that wish for their specific contact information to be accessible. This site is password protected. If you are an alumni the username and password for the alumni directory will work. If you are a student the password can be found by completing this phrase: "Enter to ______, go forth to ______". The first blank is the username, the second blank is the password. Click-here to access the site, being prepared to enter the username and password.

Job Postings

1. Learn E-recruiting. E-recruiting can be accessed through your Route-Y account. On e-recruiting you can post your resume, apply for jobs, or contact the career resource center. Big companies who have interest in BYU graduates and interns will post opportunities on this site.
   
   
2. View current Job Postings. Many job opportunities are not posted on e-recruiting. These are opportunities that are simply emailed to a professor here by a BYU Alumnus or someone who trusts graduates from BYU. Click here to access current listings.
   
   
3. Search Job Postings Archive. Once job opportunities have expired they are entered into a database. Sometime the contact information or just viewing locations of past opportunities can be a helpful place to start. Click here to search the archive.