Career Planning

Salary and Career Data

Guide to Engineering Salary Surveys
http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/career/salsurv.html
A guide prepared by the UW Engineering Library to locating salary information for a variety of engineering fields. Includes both print and electronic sources.
Occupational Outlook Handbook 2002-2003
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm
The OOH describes approximately 250 occupations in detail using a standard format which provides such information as the nature of the work, working conditions, employment outlook, training and education required, earnings, and related occupations.
EngineerSalary.com
http://www.engineersalary.com
This interactive website offers a salary calculator that figures salaries of technical professionals at all levels. Users enter a profile delineated by education, experience, job function, industry, skills and location and a figure is sent via email. The site also maintains a job search section.

Educational Information

ASEE Directory of Engineering Colleges - Surveys & Statistics
http://www.asee.org/colleges/
This American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) website contains the ASEE Directory of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges and the ASEE Engineering Colleges - Assessment.
The directory provides a detailed profile of 358 U.S. and Canadian schools offering undergraduate and graduate engineering, as well as engineering technology. This is the most comprehensive online resource available for researchers and prospective students preparing for their education in engineering. The Assessment pages provides links to ASEE member institutions' web pages on assessment for their institution and/or engineering programs.
Top 25 Graduate Engineering Schools - U.S. News Online
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/eng/brief/engrank_brief.php
The electronic version of the annual "America's Best Graduate Schools" guide from U.S. News & World Report. Ranks engineering schools using such criteria as reputation, research budget, student/faculty ratio, and acceptance rate.
The latest print edition of "Best Graduate Schools" published by US News and World Report is held in the Health Sciences Library Reference Area at call number LB2371.4 .A64 and at Odegaard Undergraduate Library Career Books Collection at call number LB2371.4 .A64.
Peterson's Education Center
http://www.petersons.com/
This site provides brief background information on K-12 schools, colleges and universities from around the world. More detailed descriptions of specific fields of study are provided for the undergraduate and graduate programs offered at these institutions.
Internet Engineering Curriculum
http://www.caida.org/outreach/iec/
The Internet Engineering Curriculum attempts to make a "distributed living curriculum" in network engineering available on the web.
College and University Rankings - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm

Local and State Connections

University of Washington Job Listings
http://depts.washington.edu/careers/
City of Seattle Jobs
http://www.cityofseattle.net/jobs/
University of Washington Engineering Alumni Association
http://www.washington.edu/alumni/clubs/eaa.html

Federal Government Jobs

Federal Jobs
http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html

Engineering National and International Job Lists, Career/Industry Resources

The Riley Guide: Engineering
http://www.rileyguide.com/
The engineering section of The Riley Guide is a collection of resources to help you locate employment opportunity information in various engineering and related fields.
Information Industry Survival Guide
http://www.infotoday.com/it/nov98/jobs.htm
"Web resources abound for Internet-savvy information professionals in search of work "
IEEE Employment Services
http://www.ieee.org/membership/benefits/careers.html
This site provides Career and Employment Services in Computer Engineering/Science, including international job listings, resume posting service, and a salary survey. It also has a section geared specifically towards students which includes internship and job postings.
engineer-cad.com
http://www.engineer-cad.com/
A job and resume posting site dedicated specifically to the fields of Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture and all professions within those fields. They are focused on the Southern United States' Gulf and Atlantic Coasts.
National Society of Professional Engineers
http://www.nspe.org/

Other Job Search Websites

Academic Careers Online
http://academiccareers.com/index.html
Academic Careers Online includes faculty, research, post doc, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at (community) colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world. The search can be limited to engineering or science-related positions only.
Job-Hunt.org
http://www.job-hunt.org/engineering.shtml
The Engineering section of this extensive job hunting website.
America's Job Bank
http://www.ajb.dni.us/
monster.com
http://www.monster.com
Claims to have postings for over 800,000 jobs. Searchable job database, resume posting service, industry and company information.
Job Web
http://www.jobweb.org
Spherion Jobs
http://www.spherion.com/corporate/careercenter/home.jsp
careerbuilder.com
http://www.careerbuilder.com/index.htm?
Career Magazine
http://www.careermag.com/

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Last modified: Tuesday November 22 2005

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