Using CSI to Find your Next Job

CSI’s membership network is unique in the industry – no where else will you find this cross-disciplinary mix of construction professionals. Through CSI, owners, facility managers, architects, engineers, specifiers, contractors, sub-contractors, product reps and manufacturers come together.

 

 That’s good news if you’re looking for a job.

 

Below are some ideas for using CSI if you’re looking for a job, or think you might need to start looking in the next few months. CSI members with other ideas are urged to post them in CSI’s forums.

 

Conducting a job hunt?

• Visit CSI’s Career Center. You can post a resume and read job postings from across the country for free. Visit the Career Center.

• Join a CSI chapter and go to the meetings. Your local CSI chapter is plugged in to construction in your area. Spend time with people who know which firms are hiring, and who could recommend you. Find a chapter.

Improve your resume:

• Get your CDT, or advanced certification. Show potential employers that you are an expert. CSI chapters offer preparation courses and mentoring for exam candidates – another opportunity for you to expand your network. Learn more about CSI Certification. The early registration deadline is January 29, 2010.

• Write a technical article for Construction Specifier magazine. Contact the Specifier with your article idea at editor@constructionspecifier.com.

• Be a speaker for a CSI Webinar. To submit a presentation complete this form  and then email it to jspiler@csinet.org.

• Participate in CSI. Potential employers are likely to Google your name while considering you. Give them something worth finding:

• Expert responses to questions in CSI’s forums.  (Log in before you post a response to have your name appear with your response.)

• Your membership in a CSI committee or task team at the national, region or chapter level. (See a list of national committees and task teams.)

• Join CSI’s LinkedIn group. (Create a free profile on LinkedIn, then search for “CSI” under groups.)

• Blog for CSI. CSI is looking for members who are interested in writing technically focused entries for CSI’s blog. Whether you’re interested in writing about the entire construction industry, or just the ins-and-outs of a particular division, CSI is a great way to share your technical knowledge and show potential employers your wisdom.

• Tweet what you know! Create a free profile at www.twitter.com and start sharing what you know about construction and CSI. Then let CSI know by sending a tweet to CSIConstruction. CSI follows and promotes CSI chapters and members that tweet.

Your CSI membership can be a valuable tool in your job hunt! Good luck!