 At the Engineering Management Institute, we help engineers become leaders. In this short video, I want to talk about what I believe is the most important thing that an engineering student can do to help to secure a good job as soon as you get out of college. I often talk to engineering students and they're thinking about their summer jobs and they're thinking about kind of making money and saving money. And while that's important, I believe from my experience in coaching and helping thousands of engineering professionals and going through an engineering career myself, the most valuable experience that you can get is that internship while you're in school for multiple reasons. One, because you can start to learn about real life engineering at a young age, which is only going to help you when you start a full-time job. But secondly, when you're looking for a job after school, having those connections, having those previous jobs is critical to you being able to quickly secure a great job. I can't tell you how many engineers I've talked to. Their first job out of school was the same job that they did an internship for. So please take the time and put all of your energy and effort into securing an engineering internship in the discipline that you want to practice in. Now, you may want to switch it up and do one one summer and a different one the next that gives you some more prospects. But you know what? If you find a good internship and you're learning a lot, stick with it. And if you need some money, get a part-time job on the side. And work at a coffee shop if you have to do whatever you have to. At this point in your career, you need to be a sponge and you need to build connections and getting a good internship will help you do just that. Please subscribe to our channel for weekly videos where we will help engineers become effective managers and leaders throughout the career life cycle.