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I am an engineering student but my last internship was in IH. I enjoyed learning about it, but am very conflicted on which I want to pursue.

On one hand, I like learning about everything and found IH interesting in that regard. On the other hand, I am worried on whether I could do this for my career as I heard pursuing IH would make it hard to switch to engineering jobs. I don’t enjoy safety either but I really liked IH topics, but I’m worried that I might be making the choice based on that I like to learn about everything. Engineering wise, I was never interested in my classes but I’m good at it.

Any engineers here that chose IH? How did you decide?

After nearly 3 years of IE classes, although I’ve enjoyed the technical side, I still haven’t found most of my classes engaging or fulfilling. I’ve questioned during my time here if I would find the work meaningful. I’ve found all my liberal arts classes a lot more enjoyable, just never switched because of job issues.

I took an unrelated health sciences internship this summer on a whim and I enjoy that a lot more and find it meaningful and fulfilling because it’s for a good cause and I still use math that I am considering switching. The salary wouldn’t be as high and my one concern beforehand is that maybe because I haven’t done an internship in IE, work will be different from classes.

How were IE classes vs actual IE work? Did you find the work fulfilling?

I am also worried about the personality fit of me being in IE. I am not very good at talking to people and heard that a lot of work is convincing operators to change their ways.

Any advice?

I am graduating with my BS in IE soon and I’m applying for continuous improvement, manufacturing engineering roles, but also data side roles as well.

I am worried about the technical questions as I don’t remember much from school. What are some questions that are usually asked? Queuing theory? SQL query knowledge?

Topics to brush up on?

I will graduate soon and have an offer for an MPH at my school, where ideally, I’d like to do my MPH online while working full time, is this doable?

What other experiences should I am to get?

I have an engineering degree and the only IH related experience is a 6 month internship at a large pharma company as an EHS intern where I helped with a lot of IH tasks such as sampling.

Should I be applying for EHS jobs as well? I don’t want to be stuck in safety though.

I am an EHS intern at a large F100 chemical manufacturing plant. I originally took the internship thinking I might enjoy the environmental and safety as I used to do environmental work on a smaller scale.

Day to day, I take inventories of chemicals, code audits, noise studies. I like the mix of manufacturing, warehouse, and chemistry, but I’ve come to the realization that I want to work in a field that utilizes more traditional IE methodologies with a more technical side.

This has been my only professional experience, and I graduate this upcoming year. I don’t think other than excel work, my experience really translates on my resume (no metrics) and I’m worried that I’ll be stuck in EHS, especially in this market. Should I delay my graduation for a second internship in a more IE field such as continuous improvement? Any advice?

I’m graduating this fall and I’m wrapping up my one and only internship.

The only thing I got going for me is the big company name. I feel I haven’t done much, and the projects i worked on I can’t quantify on my resume. Essentially, I got to practice the basic industrial engineering concepts, but I have no KPI metrics to put on my resume.

I wasn’t able to get a return offer because the company doesn’t hire interns. How bad is this from a hirable standpoint? How hirable am I in this job market?

I’ve posted here before, but would like to get further specifics if possible. I was really interested in the subset of industrial hygiene in EHS and I would like to work on projects that can get me into the career of Industrial Hygiene after graduation. What should I ask for for my resume?

I am at a EHS internship right now at a pharma company (manu, distribution, and R&D site) and my boss asked me what projects I would like to work on. I am an undergraduate. There are a few other IH folks on our team.

Essentially, since this is a large company, I am under the impression that I can ask for anything and cross departments too, but I don’t know what to ask for as I have no EHS or IH background?

One idea I has was:
Exposure assessments modeling projects
- but where and what?

Ergonomic assessments?

I’ve posted here before, but would like to get further specifics if possible. I was really interested in the subset of industrial hygiene in EHS and I would like to work on projects that can get me into the career of Industrial Hygiene after graduation. What should I ask for for my resume?

I am at a EHS internship right now at a pharma company (manu, distribution, and R&D site) and my boss asked me what projects I would like to work on. I am an undergraduate. There are a few other IH folks on our team.

Essentially, since this is a large company, I am under the impression that I can ask for anything and cross departments too, but I don’t know what to ask for as I have no EHS or IH background?

One idea I has was:
Exposure assessments modeling projects
- but where and what?

Ergonomic assessments?

I am a rising senior and I go to a school where the majority of students graduate with 2 internships. And even with that, some of my classmates have taken 6+ months to find a job.

I only got my first one this year at a mid size company but they don’t do return offers for inters. I also have no metrics I’ve achieved their to list on my resume so far, which I’ve heard is important, so the internship seems like a job description on my resume and this is really the only thing outside of fast food work on my resume too. I have no clubs as well and my undergraduate research was just reading and summarizing academic papers.

I am worried about finding a job after I graduate, especially given tales of this job market. Are these factors an encumberment: that my peers all have had 2 and I’ve only one, and that I have no metrics on my resume?

I park my car in my apartment back area, but there’s also a dumpster there too. At night, I see rats run under the cars and I heard (god forbid) they can chew the wires and get inside the cars.

It’s my first time living in a city, is this normal? Should I be worried about this? Should I tell my landlord? I pay for a parking spot there monthly.

I did a season a few years ago in college and I miss it a lot and think about it all the time. Even though I had no money and a very hard job, I miss it. I miss the people, the hiking, the sense of adventure, and the freedom.

I wasn’t able to go back the next year because I had to get a full time job, but sometimes I can’t help but wonder if it would be the same now that I’m out of college? I talk about it to my family but especially in this economy and as a fresh grad, it feels like it would be career suicide. When I worked as a waiter, my fear was being older and stuck in this work.

But the memories are like a siren call where every once in a while I’ll look around and realize that nothing in my life has matched that experience since.

Has anyone gone back for a year as an older adult and gone back to their FT job? Am I glamorizing the lifestyle too much?

I am an Industrial Engineering major and I’m coming from zero EHS/IH knowledge beforehand and I am about to start my 6 month internship at Pharma EHS soon. It is mainly HSE, but I have been told I have the opportunity to work with Industrial Hygienists. I am now seriously considering to work in EHS/IH. I have undergrad research experience in a Human Factors lab, but idk how relevant that is.

I am graduating next year and I was told there are no return offers for this company so I want to be able to learn as much as I can so my skills can be transferable. I was hoping to find consulting jobs or manufacturing jobs after.

- How can I make the most of my experience? I heard impact metrics are important, how would I be able to have one with improvement metrics? Are there certain projects I should ask for? What do recruiters look for?

- I am worried that I don’t know enough chemistry, I am an Industrial Engineering major and I heard IH, especially Pharma, requires specialized focus on Biology and Chemistry. I never took Organic Chemistry, I did take gen chem. Is there anything I can do to improve this or am I unhirable for FT roles in this industry? I have been learning general EHS terminology and excel before the start. Is there anything else i should learn beforehand? My internship is not in a manufacturing environment.

- I also have the opportunity to get a free masters at my current college but would getting more education without experience be bad? And they don’t offer an IH masters, but they do have a MPH

Im about to start my 6 month internship at Pharma EHS soon. I’m really excited and grateful for the opportunity as the job seems really unique (especially for my major) and the work seems meaningful. But I’m coming from zero EHS knowledge beforehand. I don’t know who to ask about any of this because my school does not have a ASSP chapter, and I don’t know anyone else doing EHS.

How can I make the most of it? Are there certain projects I should ask for?

I am graduating next year and I was told there are no return offers for this company so I want to be able to learn as much as I can so my skills can be transferable. I was hoping to find consulting jobs or manufacturing jobs after. I have been learning general EHS terminology and excel before the start. Is there anything else i should learn beforehand?

I am worried that I don’t know enough chemistry, I am an Industrial Engineering major and I heard Pharma EHS requires specialized focus on Biology and Chemistry. I never took Organic Chemistry. Is there anything I can do to improve this or am I unhirable for FT roles in this industry? My internship is not in a manufacturing environment.

Also, what do employers look for when hiring on the resume? I heard impact metrics are important, how would I be able to have one with improvement metrics? Are there certain projects I should ask for? I just got my Six Sigma certification recently as well too, and they said I would have the opportunity to work on Industrial Hygiene if I wanted to as well.

I’m graduating next year and I want to learn as much as possible from my one and only internship in big pharma and be as competitive as much as possible in the job market.

What should I expect? It’s my first ever internship and im really excited. But im too sure about what I’ll be doing. I don’t think I’ll be working on a manufacturing site, but travel has been mentioned. I’m not really sure what to expect, data analysis seems involved and compliance work?

What skills/projects should I try to learn to be transferable to other industries? I was hoping pharma after graduation, but I know how tough it is so I was hoping manufacturing?

I got my six sigma certification, but that’s about it.

I am graduating soon with a bachelors in Engineering. My only HSE experience is in a 6 month internship at a big pharma company. I am worried that my internship isn’t enough to get me hired as a full time HSE professional because of how specialized it is.

I heard HSE is sector specific and to be hired it’s best to have technician or foreman experience or they won’t respect you as the safety guy. Is this a problem? I have no other work experience than serving.

How transferable is my experience to other sectors? I heard HSE is very sector specific, does this mean I can only do pharma roles (I heard there’s not many entry ones too)?

With this in mind, should I attempt to get an internship after graduation at another sector that is hiring (manufacturing, etc.) while getting a masters for IH work?