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Keep it clean!

So yesterday I spent a good amount of time polishing my LinkedIn profile. In the list of people who had recently viewed my profile, I found two names of recruiters for internships I had applied for literally just last Friday! My reactions were surprise that employers seriously search potential employees on the website and relief that my profile was well on it's way to being complete or being an "All-Star" profile as LinkedIn calls it. But that wake-up call really made me think:

If employers actively look up my LinkedIn profile, then there's nothing stopping them from actively looking up my other social network profiles.

So yes, our parents, professors, and advisers were right! If you care about your professional future, watch what you say and post! That means Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Vine, Blogs, and whatever else you have.

Jewel's Random TidBits - Even if your profiles have the tightest privacy settings, there are ways of getting past them. Whatever you post on the internet is permanent.

Scholarship Feature: BlackBerry Scholars Program

Scholarship season is NEVER over! Be sure to keep your eyes and ears constantly open for scholarship opportunities because there are hundreds of them out there.

Here's one that fits in perfectly with the theme of this blog: the BlackBerry Scholars Program.

To be eligible you need to be a female student entering her first year of study in an accredited Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics program. The deadline is 5pm on June 26th, 2013 and you'll need two recommendations. This scholarship offers FULL tuition for four academic years so it's definitely worth your while to apply!

APPLY - APPLY - APPLY!!!

If you are chosen for this scholarship, I want to know! Send me a message or leave a comment below. :)

Jewel's Random TidBits - I found this scholarship on www.fastweb.com. If you haven't as yet, you should definitely make an account on that website and check it often for scholarship matches.

Hello!

Yes, that's me! Well, that was me three years ago.....

I'm posing with the competition robot my robotics team built my senior year of high school. For three years, this was basically my life. If you've never heard of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), you should check them out here! While you're at it, check out my team - Robonauts - Team 118! Anyway, I'm sure I'll have many more posts about robotics. This post, however, is to introduce myself and the purpose of this blog!

In short, I'm a female engineering student doing my best to encourage other females to pursue engineering.

At engineering schools all over the U.S. there are programs geared towards the exact same thing. But I know that it's always good - and sometimes more encouraging - if you hear about a real personal experience from a real female engineering student. So if you know anyone that could find this blog useful - be sure to pass it on!

Jewel's Random TidBits - One of my team's major sponsors is NASA and our name 'The Robonauts' is based on Robonaut the humanoid robot.