September, 2017 - Michelle Gomes de Lima Michelle is a GBM's 2nd-semester student and a member of the Humber GBM Student Association. In this interview, she shares her experience on her co-op to help others to find and be successful in their search for an internship. Have a good reading!
What is your professional experience previous to Humber?
The first contact with construction was in 2007 as student internship, after finished the Technical Course of Drawing in a small company for detailing and modeling metallic structures. In the university I had a chance to change for a company to work with Quality Control prefabricated concrete, I confess the big challenge was being the only woman in the team. Then, more confident I decided to be open for others opportunities and in 2008 started working for a big company as a Technical Assistant working with the project, AutoCAD for public constructions. Later two years in the same company I got a promotion and was transferred to the estimation department. In 2014, I was working for one of the biggest construction company as a Supply Chain professional for a particular project providing contact with the subcontractors for prices, contracts, quantities material, and schedule. During this project, I was reallocated for the cost and control department. There I was responsible for managing the cost, cash flow, performance tracking, risk, productivity, and reports. Where are you doing your coop and in which position? Crosslinx Transit Solutions - Project Control Coordinator What do you do on a typical day on your coop? What are your main activities? This position is very similar to my previous job. I am responsible for providing project control support to ongoing projects and supporting the company’s estimating and construction teams to ensure that the company’s project control system is properly implemented and utilized. The main issue is to manage the schedule as a part-timer with the activities on site. How did you get your co-op? I was looking for jobs related to my previous position at all construction company in Toronto by LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster. What did you learn most with this experience? Do you have any tips to share with GBM students helping them to be successful in their search for co-op positions? First, you learn to work with many people from all sort of different backgrounds. Second, you can absorb the professional Canadian environment and culture. Third, you realize that you always need to update your skills and competencies because there are many excellent professionals in the market. My advice: don’t be shy. Make contacts via LinkedIn, face to face, Meetup, workshop, talk to people from the same field, ask for a suggestion, try all possibilities (part-time, full time, temporary position, summer student). Qualifying in yourself such as new software, languages, courses, make a good resume / LinkedIn, be confident, and never give up.
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