School of Computing Industry Forum Spring 2009 Career Services January 16, 2009

General topics we’ll be addressing: How Career Services can help you Job Outlook: Salary Who hires our graduates Finding the job of your dreams: What to do while you are in school Resumes, interviews and more Bonus Question

FREE services we offer... Career Advising Job listings Job search skills – research, networking On-campus interviews and seminars Company/industry Database – CareerBeam Referrals to employers SPRING CAREER FAIR: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Career library Mentor database

Current Salaries for BSCS graduates NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Spring 2008 Survey: Average BSCS - $61,110 WHOG (Who Hires Our Graduates) August 2006 through May 2008: In State BSCS - $55,239 Out-of-state BSCS - $61,400 Masters Degree: Utah - $60,147, Out of State - $76,400

Just a sample of where recent BSCS graduates are employed... Navitaire overstock.com QSI Corporation Romaric Scalar Solutions Sensory Sweep Spillman Technologies, Inc. Symantec Corporation Fairchild Semiconductor Fidelity Investments Google iCentris Avalanche Software Avenade Backcountry.com Cerner Corporation Control4 Hewlett-Packard iCentris Idaho Technology Intermountain Healthcare L-3 Communications Microsoft Corporation

Sample positions accepted by recent BSCS graduates... Associate Game-Play Programmer Application Developer II Software Engineer Applications Engineer Senior Associate Engineer Engineer Software Architect Software Development Associate, Risk Advisory Services IT Manager C++ Software Engineer Junior Developer Database Administrator Associate Software Engineer President Lead Programmer Quality Assurance Testing Analyst Senior Software Engineer

Finding The Job of Your Dreams Networking Friends and Family Professors Guest Speakers Career Fair Information Interviews =

Finding The Job of Your Dreams Getting Relevant Experience Internships Senior project Professional associations Clubs and other activities =

Specifics of Cooperative Education, Internships, Related Work Experience Definition: ANY job related to your career and/or academic goals. It DOES NOT have to have the word “intern” or “co-op” in the title. Academic credit is NOT the important thing! Electrical Engineering credit is available for completing an internship! (EE hour, graded credit) General credit is also available. (Ed. Psych 3960) F-1 visa issues Internship information is available in Student Employment (382 SSB), on our web site and in the Career Library (390 SSB.) When and how to get an internship

Just a SAMPLING of internships/part-time jobs available RIGHT NOW on our website (UCareerLink) Java Web Developer – C.R. England Inc. Co-op, Software Engineer – L-3 Communications. Computer Programmer – Escorpian Enterprises, LC Software Research & Development – Heuristic Systems Computer Science Intern – NeuoTraq, Inc. Web Application Developer – DigiCert, Inc.

How to get an internship - more specifically, resumes A resume… …doesn’t get you a job …isn’t an autobiography

Ask Questions What is my goal? What qualifications will an employer be looking for? Which of these are my greatest strengths? What kind of transferable skills do I possess? What technical skills do I possess? How will I respond to the employer asking, “Why should I hire you?” Does my resume illustrate this? Resume Writing 101

Interviews and Salary Negotiation Goals of the interview:  Can you do the job?  Will you do the job?  Will you fit in?  Do you want the job? Questions are built to identify the skills needed to do the job:  Technical Skills  Performance Skills

Other Interviewing Tips BE A STAR S ituation T ask A ction R esults

SEND A THANK YOU NOTE !!! Bonus Question

Register with Career Services NOW! Don’t wait until you’re about to graduate! Job search skills Internship, part-time and career job listings Resume and cover letter writing Interview skills Resume referrals On-campus interviews for internships and career positions Company/industry database - CareerBeam Career library Career fairs Mentor database

Questions? Patrick McShane Career Counselor University of Utah Career Services /