Communicating, Writing, Presentations in Engineering

Without communication, nothing will be accomplished. Machines can not be made, plans for activities can not be created, nothing will get accomplished because communication is the key to getting things done. In engineering communication is especially important. When you are trying to accomplish a project, everyone on the team needs to know what they need to do and how to accomplish the project. They need to be on the same communication level so that the project will successfully be achieved. There are two big key aspects of communication in engineering, writing and presentations.
Writing is a key aspect in engineering. Throughout the cycle of the project, who ever is the head of the project needs to be kept updated on the accomplishments of the team members on the project. To do this there are reports that are written to keep the head boss informed of what had occurred. This is essential to the development of the project because it makes sure that the boss, the person who organizes everything is on the same communication level as everybody else.
Presentations are also another key aspect of engineering. When trying to get funding for a new project the person must present what they want to make and how it will be good for this person or company to fund the project. The communication needs to be technical, but not too technical so that the fundy can follow what the project will do and if he/she can make money off it.
Communication is all around us, whether it is in everyday things, like where you are meeting your friends, to getting funding for a project that you want to do. Communication is important. Not only does it help get people to understand you it also helps you understand yourself. What I mean is that often times it is easier to communicate to either talking or writing things down. In certain situations, it helps to write what you mean down and in others communicating or talking helps in presenting the idea you have. Simply put it's whether you want to text someone or call them to communicate what you want to tell that person.
Communication is important because without it nothing would get done.

Networking

First of all, I'm a terrible networker. I often times am not very good at networking at all. So, this assignment was pretty difficult for me. The problem I have with networking is that I never know what to say to people. I am not a big talker. This leads to uncomfortable silence that are often times awkward. The best networkers are the people who can talk and ask questions without coming off as awkward. I can often times randomly meet people, but than I often lose touch and the only time I meet this person was the first time I introduced myself. To be a good networker (in my opinion) you need to meet the person or keep a friendly online contact at least more than once, and this more often than not does not work for me.
So, the week and half after I got the assignment to meet new people and network, I decided to go to the Career College Fair the Wednesday and Thursday after I received the assignment. This was my first step in trying to improve both my communication (missing basics) and my networking skills in the business world. I have never been to a Career Fair, so it was a very new experience for me. As I walked around the fair trying to get up the courage to go to talk to someone, I noticed, that some people did not have any reservations about talking to the recruiters. I decided if these people can do it, I can too. I walked up to a recruiter and asked them about the company. He explained in great detail many computer terms that I had no idea what they were. I just nodded my head. After I thanked him for his time I walked away. That did not go well at all. However, I am not a person who takes defeat bad. I shook off the failure and after another minute or so, went to another recruiter and started talking to them. The second try at networking went better than the first, but I wasn't really interested in the company and I don't think it went well at all. The second attempt did not go so well either, but I thought I was getting a little better.
Finally, I went to a third recruiter. He was a recruiter for a railroad company looking to hire all types of engineers. I was interested in the company and I think it went pretty well. I learned more about the company and was given a worksheet about the company if I was interested, however they were mainly looking for sophomores and juniors for their summer internship. Yet, the recruiter encouraged me to apply next year and even took my resume! I was happy, I had started networking. Maybe he was just being nice, but I was excited I had started to become more comfortable in trying to network. That didn't mean I was good at it, but I was getting better. I had found a network that if I wanted, I could pursue and have someone know who I was.
After that success, I went to one more booth before I had to leave, in hopes to achieve a network, I got a piece of paper instead. However, the piece of paper had all I needed to know about the company (Rosetta Stone) and talked about the different internships open to me. It was very informative and I found that I was very interested in one of the research opportunities. The career fair was a good experience for me. I didn't get any neat objects, all I got were papers, however, it was a very good experience and helped me in developing my networking and communication skills.
I can't wait until next week for the engineering expo, in which I will have another opportunity to improve my networking and communication (missing basics) skills.

Resume

Hi, here is a link to my resume. I appreciate any suggestions to improve it.
Thanks!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/37001227/resume-cs