My College has a Career Exploration at Chrysler.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
03/10/2014 at 12:33 • Filed to: None

I got an email from the business school today about a career exploration at Chrysler. The business side and stuff like that. There is a presentation, plant tour, and Q and A session. Should I go? Are these things worth going to for the people that have gone to them?

DISCUSSION (17)

Baber K. Khan > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:34

Just go and make friends with someone in there then you these things would be helpful. Otherwise, it is just a "corporate social responsibility" that they MUST do.

Brian Silvestro > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:35

Yeah, you should do that.

GhostZ > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:35

If nothing else, you'll at least get enough info/pictures for a Front Page story.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > GhostZ
03/10/2014 at 12:39

no he won't, no camera phones allowed for non-employees in Chrysler HQ.

(I know from experience!)

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:40

GO.

The one time I went to the Chrysler HQ it was awesome.

I looked down to the next floor from hallway and the floor was lined with transmissions and engines. It's a cool place!

GhostZ > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
03/10/2014 at 12:40

Aw.

He could at least talk a bit about what he saw and have some nice pics of the building from the outside.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > GhostZ
03/10/2014 at 12:41

OK that he can do lol.

I'm still encouraging him to go, I've been in Chrysler's HQ and Ford's. Somehow I've done ad work for Chevy and Ford/Mercury Lincoln, but never made it into the Renaissance Center in Detroit.

I should fix that.

puddler > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:45

they going to teah you what not to do? chrysler hasn't had anything respectable in 40 years.

yamahog > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:47

Which plant would you be touring? I'm a total assembly plant nerd, so I'd go just for that.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:49

u r not engineer u r only business school id10t u can only runin cars don't go jus go die in a hole or sumthing get engineering degree

Yes, you should go.

pdx107 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:50

Go, no questions asked

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > yamahog
03/10/2014 at 12:52

We are touring Jefferson North

yamahog > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 12:58

Cool, haven't been to that one yet myself, but that'll be the Grand Cherokee and Durango lines.

jariten1781 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 13:00

Why wouldn't you go?

I love plant tours...even stuff like seeing machines make crayons or paper towel rolls is cool. Plus with this it's cars, opportunity to network, etc.

Always ask lots of questions at the Q&A. Your goal should be to stump the HR person who's likely leading it and get them to pass your question and contact info to a manager or engineer. Doesn't always work out, but when it does it's great.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 14:18

Definitely go. Plant tours are awesome. I had a chance to be in several Chrysler plants and some supplier plants with a previous job. They are very cool to get a tour of. I frequently visited Trenton Engine Plant near Detroit and also got in to Saltillo where they assemble the Hemi's. Plus toured supplier plants for wrist pins and connecting rods, not to mention working in plants that made pistons for my employer. I've never been on a plant tour that hasn't been fascinating.

And Chrysler HQ is impressively big too. We had to go there for training so I got a chance to wander around there. IIRC it is the second biggest building behind the Pentagon in terms of office space. Can't remember if that is in the U.S. or the world. Regardless, I can pretty much guarantee you that it is the biggest building you will ever be in.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
03/10/2014 at 14:24

Yeah, I driven past it on the highway and it has always looked massive, didnt know it was that big though.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/10/2014 at 14:30

Yeah, the HQ is amazingly huge. Plus in a lot of it there is an open central atrium so you can see just how big it actually is.

I never got a chance to get into a final assembly plant, but that would definitely be worth seeing too. Plus like others have mentioned it is a good chance to network.