Where do I put EIT on my resume?

[GermyBoy]

I can't think of a good place for it. I want to put it under certifications, but I'm not sure if I can use my name, comma, EIT. Is it like a PE before you actually take the test and get your PE?

Thanks.

 

[Placer14]

Not everyone is familiar with abbreviations. Maybe you should tell us what EIT and PE stand for...some people might know what to do but not be familiar with the abbreviation.

Also, on a related topic, I had an entreprenuer venture that crumbled within 3 months, that I was the sole person that built it up and funded it. Does this have any place on my resume?

 

[Analog]

put it under certifications, perhaps also mention the year you can qualify for the PE.

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: Placer14
Not everyone is familiar with abbreviations. Maybe you should tell us what EIT and PE stand for...some people might know what to do but not be familiar with the abbreviation. Also, on a related topic, I had an entreprenuer venture that crumbled within 3 months, that I was the sole person that built it up and funded it. Does this have any place on my resume?

No, don't put it on your resume. I left abbreviations to actually get people who knew what the post was about.

 

[Armitage]

What's your field? Does a PE mean anything? It means very little in Aerospace for example ... I've only ever met 2 Aerospace Engineering PEs, and never seen PE or EIT on a resume. Of course, for some it's essential ... if you're civil and some type of mechanical or electrical, I'd certainly put it on there.

 

[Tonix]

When I worked as an mech engineer at an Architectural and Engineering firm, I remember that our business cards had EIT and PE right after the name. So if you were applying to a firm that actually wants EIT's and PE's then do it. Otherwise, I'd put it in a certification section of the resume and spell it out...EIT (Engineer In Training)....by the way, they still call it the EIT? I thought it was changed to FE (Fundamentals of Engineering)? I dunno, I haven't worked as an engineer for 7 years since I switched to Comp Sci.

Good luck!

Originally posted by: GermyBoy
I can't think of a good place for it. I want to put it under certifications, but I'm not sure if I can use my name, comma, EIT. Is it like a PE before you actually take the test and get your PE?

Thanks.

 

[rh71]

"Qualifications" ... that's where I put my certs and $#!T.

 

[bernse]

I'd put it after your name

John Doe, E.I.T.

Don't be ashamed of it!

By the way, how are you an EIT if you are looking for a job? Don't you have to be articiling under someone to be called an EIT or is it not like that in your state/province?

 

[Armitage]

EIT just says you passed a written test.

 

[rahvin]

Name, EIT is the proper way, at least if you are a real engineer and not some silly computer or EE engineer.

 

[Tonix]

how 'bout them silly softwear engineers? ....I though thems were programmers 🙂 (I'm speaking as a Comp Sci grad. now, not a ME)

Originally posted by: rahvin
Name, EIT is the proper way, at least if you are a real engineer and not some silly computer or EE engineer.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Tonix
how 'bout them silly softwear engineers? ....I though thems were programmers 🙂 (I'm speaking as a Comp Sci grad. now, not a ME)

No, we're now xtreeme!! programmers dude! Do the Dew!!
😉
I prefer "software developer" to "software engineer" since designing and building applications is still more of a craft than a science. Why else would some people actually take X-P seriously?