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Mezei

yeah your right! its justs another option i guess. but im not even 18 yet to get a missouri only cdl.

Mezei

hII have a question on a job appliction and i have a question and i dont no what to put. ive taken business classes and computer classes. should i put thoses down or should i leave it blank. heres the question.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: Summarize any special training, skills, licenses, or equipment usage that may qualify you as being able to perform job-related functions in the position for which you are applying. On a scale of 1-10 rate yourself on each:

tgeb

I would certainly include those classes on an application.

And probably more important, I would want to see such things from an applicant.

Fill out the 1-10 things as best you can.....I hate filling those out.

No one believes me when I mark all 10's.

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Mezei

sorry its for a larger excavating co. in the area midwest excavating and trenching. i turned in the appication yesterday so im crossing my fingers.

Mezei

I just wanted to follow up since my last post. That summer I got to work for a man acting as his own contractor. I got exposed to many different aspects of construction including trenching, excavating, concrete, form work, framing and much more. I absolutely loved it and couldn’t think of a betting better person to learn from.

Since my experience that summer went so well I decided to listen to everyone’s advice on here and wanted to go to school for construction management. I decided my best bet would be to attend the local community college and earn an associate’s degree and then transfer. Before starting at the community college I contacted the advisor of the university I wanted to go to and got a list of all the classes I could take at the community college that would transfer. That helped a lot. Last spring I applied and got accepted to the university and graduated the community college as well.

This fall is my first semester at Central Missouri University and I love it. The semester is almost over and is my best semester in school yet. Since graduating high school my grades have continued to rise with each semester. So far I’ve taken Intro to construction management and plans and specs. Next semester (spring) all my classes will be construction. I’m loading up on classes a little in order to graduate in the spring of 2013.

I am so glad I found this site way back then. Thank you so much to everyone that gave me your .02 and actually took me serious. If it wasn’t for you guys I probably wouldn’t have even known about the CM route. Nor know where I would be right now.

What I am focusing on now is trying to find an internship for the summer. It is required for degree. I want to stay local if possible and with a smaller company instead of the Black and Veatch and JE Dunns of the world.

THANK YOU

dayexco

:thumbup : congrats man!!!

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tgeb

Good to hear that you are doing well. Stick with it.

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rino1494

Congrats !!!

Now you owe us $100 each. No free estimates here.

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jmacd

Wow, what a great story.

Congrats! Set your goals high and find a way to achieve them.

jhark123

Thanks for coming back for the update.

Speaking as my Father, Get a double major in Civil Engineering, do not graduate College with out a specific skill.

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jhark123

This is a great opportunity to learn from a larger company.

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Bestimator

Jhark123 is right on... sounds like the Civil Engineering route would be an excellent choice for you considering your goals.

I wasn't around for your initial post but from looking back on it I'm very happy for you.

Don't hesitate to come back with any additional questions for some feedback. I do more cost estimating and project management than the actual field work so any pertinent questions feel free to post or PM me.

KMR

I needed to read that.

I'm finishing my 4th out of a 5 yr degree program for cons management, and I'll graduate the same year too. I can feel for this kid and all that he's had to do with the networking and earning your stripes, you know the whole becoming a builder not just a laborer.

And I'll admit i lurk the heck out of this website just reading and laughing, mostly laughing, and with my final year coming I'm getting my last internships lined up and a few companies that want follow up interviews after my graduation.

So far I've done tons of grunt work hand digging trenching forming laying block pulling big friggin wires, residential commercial, and a very unique water slide on an island even, and more work in barns than I can think of, haha.

So i guess my weird off trailed tangents are to thank you mezei, and to all you weird and helpful guys, and gals.

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