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Career Choice & Change: Job Hunting, Internship Seeking & Discovering Your Career Path: Engineering

This guide uncovers resources for exploration of careers and college major choices, career development and change, and resumes and interviewing.

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How to Read Like a Pro

Every field and industry has at least one publication that people in the field read to keep up with what's going on. These magazines are in the Library's collections and you can access them and read like any pro in your field! For those exploring careers, they are great sources for inspiration. For job seekers, they are sources that can help you look knowledgable on trends, which can give you an edge for your job interviews and put you at ease for those moments of small talk with a potential employer.

Classic titles are:

Databases

Vault Guides

Vault has several engineering-related career titles.

Engineering Guides

 All engineering-related guides, specific to major such as biomedical or mechanical engineering, or by topic such as patents and theses.

Engineering Associations

ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME serves this wide-ranging technical community through quality programs in continuing education, training and professional development, codes and standards, research, conferences and publications, government relations and other forms of outreach.

ASCE - The American Society of Civil Engineers - Through the expertise of its active membership, ASCE is a leading provider of technical and professional conferences and continuing education, the world’s largest publisher of civil engineering content.

ACS - American Chemical Society - We provide information, education, career services, professional development and engagement programs to help our members and scientists thrive in an ever-changing global economy. We also support teaching and learning for students of all ages through grants and scholarships, and we encourage investments in STEM research and innovation.

ACM - Association for Computing Machinery - ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources