Whitney McClinton

a mechanical engineering student, has a co-op placement at Yazaki North America this summer.

She gives this advice to students preparing for their first co-op placement or internship: "Develop a relationship with compnaies, thier HR represenatives, and, if you can, possible engineers that you will be working with. If a company has an idea of who you are before the interview, that puts you a step ahead of the next guy. You can develop your relationship by continually stopping at that company's booth during different career shops, asking thier represenatives questions, connecting with people on LinkedIn and keeping up to date on the company's major developments and when their intern/co-op opportunities are available. If you are interested in the company, the company will become interested in you."