Utilize OCD services. OCD sponsors a number of workshops that will help you market yourself to target firms. Workshops include resume and cover letter preparation, interview skills and the off-campus job search. Office hours are available for counseling for all aspects of the career search and skills development process. Career counselors and staff members with operations management experience may be available to provide specific functional perspective.
Many firms recruit engineering candidates for positions in operations management.
If you have an engineering background it is still essential that you differentiate yourself from other engineering candidates. Your resume should point out strengths in both business and technical areas if possible. There is often less advance recruiting done in the operations management area. Tell me of an example where your technical and interpersonal skills were used to successfully resolve a problem. Operations management is often viewed as a support function out of the mainstream of company decision-making.