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School of Computing School of Computing Industry Forum Industry Forum Fall 2008 Fall 2008 Career Services Career Services August 29, 2008 August 29, 2008
School of ComputingSchool of ComputingIndustry ForumIndustry Forum
Fall 2008Fall 2008Career Services Career Services August 29, 2008August 29, 2008
General topics we’ll be General topics we’ll be addressingaddressing::
• 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 - CareerSearch• Referrals to employers• TECH FAIR: October 8, 2008• Career library• Mentor database
• http://careers.utah.edu
Current Salaries forBSCS graduates
Average NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers)
Spring 2008 Survey
BSCS - $59,873
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
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Finding The Job of Your Dreams
Getting Relevant Experience Internships Senior project Professional associations Clubs and other activities
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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 4990 - 1 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
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 Situation/Task Action Results
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 - CareerSearch• Career library• Career fairs• Mentor database
Questions?Questions?Jessica Mitchell Career Counselor
University of Utah Career Services 585-5065 [email protected] http://careers.utah.edu
