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Resources for
Mechanical Engineering Majors

General Career Information

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
SCCC is a comprehensive resource center for those interested in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

California Occupational Guide
Engineers may enjoy the to-the-point writing by our friends at the Employment Development Dept. A fine overview of Mechanical Engineering.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Basic information about the life of an ME including: nature of the work, employment, job outlook, and earnings.

ASME article on the profession
First things first, join ASME.org. Here is one, small sample of the good work they do to help the profession and to help YOU to understand what you’re getting into. Professional Organizations I just don’t have enough praise for professional organizations. They are a MUST. If you don’t belong to at least one of them, you are missing out on the best source of career information. Want to know the culture of your future profession? This is where to find it.

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Internships

Gaucholink
Provides local and distant intern listings.

Tech-Interns.com
This site is part of a partnership between the American Society for Engineering Education and NASA. At last look, it appears that nobody is keep it updated. But give it a check.

TECH-OPPS
A UCSB-centric mailing list concerning jobs and internships. Co-hosted by a famous ME from the College of Engineering.

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Graduate & Professional Schools

GradSchools.com
The most comprehensive source of graduate school information.

ASME Education Section
Links to schools, further training, and all things good.

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Professional Associations

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today's ASME is a 120,000-member professional organization focused on technical, educational and research issues of the engineering and technology community.

Society for Automotive Engineering
At last check, membership was only $10.00 for students.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Objective was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community.

Society of Women Engineers
SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders.

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Job Listings

Engineering.net
These are engineering jobs listed by employers seeking qualified engineers. Engineer.net™ lists engineering jobs and resumes for aerospace, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, mechanical, or software engineering.

Engineering.info
Engineer.info searches through millions of jobs from thousands of websites including Monster, Careerbuilder, Hotjobs, Net-temps, Dice, and Craigslist. Find engineer jobs from all job sites, newspapers, associations, and company career pages at one site. It is free for everyone to use.

Engineering Center
Special job bank for entry level engineers.

GauchoLink
Always start here as this service lists jobs targeted for UCSB students and this also the home of our campus interview program.

InterEC.net
GREAT site! Created by engineers. No frills. Just fine job hunting content. Try their discussion forums to learn from professionals in the field.

Job-Hunt.org
Lots of ideas for the job-hunting engineer.

Energy Jobs
Global Energy Jobs: The world's largest job posting website for energy and power jobs.

Power Plant Jobs
Search Power Plant jobs by state.

Energy Jobs
The global vital link between Engineers & Power Professionals and the Energy Companies needing to hire them.

UCSB’s Mechanical Engineering Job Information
A bow to Dave Bothman for his fine work with students and for helping countless students to link up with the working world. Here’s a site that he put together.

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UCSB Resources

UCSB Library Mechanical Engineering Subject Homepage
Our wonderful Davidson Library Information resources for the mechanical engineering student: data sheets, research, societies, conferences. Our local librarians are fantastic.

Mechanical Engineering Departmental Web Page

Career Resource Room

TECH-OPPS
What? You are not on the “mailing list of opportunity?” A high-signal, low noise list for technical students at UCSB. Hear about employers, career events, and job fairs before it is too late. Get your career questions answered.

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