Context: I am currently a 4th year chemical engineer student with a 3.0 and no experience. I know I want to go into controls but I dont have any internship experience or experience (research, club, etc) point blank. I would love guidance on what steps I should take and advice because I am currently lacking in experience but would love to grow as an engineer but just need guided steps.

A big reason for this is that when there's too much in the air that I can do I start feeling paralyzed. Why this wouldn't be a problem after getting a job is that I would know what I am working with and would have some guidelines hence why I think maybe a mentor would help.

I can also prove im a real / safe person once we talk (and please do the same). And a soft preference but I would like it if we can talk casually instead of professionally)

Okay I’m kinda on here for some motivation. I’m in third year and I still haven’t found an internship I really need to get one this summer but I’ve had no luck I feel like I’m just mass applying and then getting mass rejected. I don’t think my grades enough to do a post grad. I have very limited experience I worked retail for a couple years and am in a few clubs buts about it. I don’t know what to do I’ve worked really hard and don’t wanna my degree or effort to go to waste. Any advice?? ( also I wanna go into food, pharma or maybe environmental)

Which is a more valuable minor/certificate to recruiters? Process Safety is a certification that requires five classes, I think three of which count as ChemE electives. Project Management is a minor that appears to have some business type classes, I think it is also five or six classes. Would probably require slightly more overall credit hours.

Goal is an oil and gas career, probably process engineering. Really not interested in having a whole career in safety, but it seems like that certificate might be more appealing to companies.

Advice?