1. Resources for Engineers Presented by: Bob Cramer & Callie Leousis Vanderbilt Career Center

2. Career Center Resources  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)

3. Websites Good general websites  Monstertrak.com  Campuscareercenter.com  Gradschools.com  Vault.com Seek out specific job sites such as,  Biomedicalengineer.com  Automationtechies.com

4. Professional Organizations  Biomedical Engineering Society; www.bmes.orgwww.bmes.org  American Society of Mechanical Engineers; www.asme.orgwww.asme.org  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; www.ieee.orgwww.ieee.org  Aerospace Industries Association; www.aia-aerospace.orgwww.aia-aerospace.org  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.; www.aiaa.orgwww.aiaa.org  Society of Automotive Engineers; www.sae.orgwww.sae.org  Society of Manufacturing Engineers; www.sme.orgwww.sme.org  Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers; www.smpte.orgwww.smpte.org  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; www.sname.orgwww.sname.org  Society of Plastics Engineers; www.4spe.orgwww.4spe.org  Association of Management Consulting Firms; www.amcf.orgwww.amcf.org

5. 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

6. Common Career Paths  Industry  Consulting  Government  Education  Non-Technical

7. 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

8. 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.govwww.studentjobs.gov (listing of intern programs, eScholar program, and agencies) www.wise-intern.orgwww.wise-intern.org (Washington Internships for Students of Engineering)