Transcript Resources for Engineers

Resources for
Engineers
Presented by:
Bob Cramer &
Callie Leousis
Vanderbilt Career
Center
Career Center Resources
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eRecruiting (Career Center homepage)
Dore2Dore.net (Commodore Career Connection)
Career Search
Career Library Resources:
Great Jobs for Engineers
Job Bank Books (companies in major cities)
Job Opportunities in Engineering and Computer Science
Vault.com Guide to Consulting
How to Make it Big as a Consultant
Peterson’s Internships 2003 (many postgrad opportunities for
internships)
Websites
Good general websites
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Monstertrak.com
Campuscareercenter.com
Gradschools.com
Vault.com
Seek out specific job sites such as,
 Biomedicalengineer.com
 Automationtechies.com
Professional Organizations
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Biomedical Engineering Society; www.bmes.org
American Society of Mechanical Engineers; www.asme.org
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; www.ieee.org
Aerospace Industries Association; www.aia-aerospace.org
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.; www.aiaa.org
Society of Automotive Engineers; www.sae.org
Society of Manufacturing Engineers; www.sme.org
Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers; www.smpte.org
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; www.sname.org
Society of Plastics Engineers; www.4spe.org
Association of Management Consulting Firms; www.amcf.org
Tips for the Job Search
 Look outside of just job openings
 Be persistent
 Think of every contact as a lead, even if
they don’t have any jobs open
 Search professional org. sites and mags for
advertisers, not just job openings
 Ask people for information and leads
 Talk to everyone about your career plans
Common Career Paths
 Industry
 Consulting
 Government
 Education
 Non-Technical
Common Industry Job Titles
Process Engineer, Process Controls Engineer,
Product/Production Engineer, Operations
Engineers, Logistics Engineer, Manufacturing
Engineer, Systems Engineer, Quality Engineer,
Design Engineer, Consulting Engineer, Materials
Management Engineer, Applications Engineer,
Field Engineer, Decision Analyst, Reliability
Engineer, Systems Analyst, Software Applications
Engineer, Development Engineer
Government Agencies to
Consider
NASA, US Army Corp of Engineers, US Navy, Air Force Material
Command, US Patent and Trademark Office, NOAA, Argonne
National Laboratory, The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons
Divisions, CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Security
Agency, Centers for Disease Control, DOT, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of
Defense, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dept. of Agriculture,
Dept. of Commerce, Dept. of Interior, Dept. of State, EPA, FBI,
Federal Communications Commission, Housing and Urban
Development, IRS, US Forest Service
www.studentjobs.gov (listing of intern programs, eScholar program,
and agencies)
www.wise-intern.org (Washington Internships for Students of
Engineering)