This room of the Student Union Career Center provides resources to help you conduct your job search. It provides information about using the Internet/WWW, interviewing skills, resume writing, and other tips. Job Listings per se appear in another room, but you can also get to many job listings through the sites listed below. See also our Job Listings room, which contains many on-line services that also give job searching advice.   

how to search for an academic job
A joint presentation at INFORMS annual meeting 2003 by Zelda Zabinsky, Larry Robinson, Mark Lewis, and Leslie Morgan

how to search for an industry job
Presentation slides at INFORMS annual meeting 2003 by Sharon Arroyo, Daid Kim, Grace Lin, Pamela Vance, and Zelda Zabinsky

Judith S. Liebman's Omega Rho Distinguisheded Lecture on "Teaching for Learning: Past, Present, and Future "

What You Should Know: An Open Letter to New Ph.D.s.
A joint statement from the Commonwealth Parternership, an organization of twelve Pennsylvania colleges and universities, on what is expected of from faculty members at these institutions.

Tips for a Massive Academic Job Search by Ellen Spertus

AboutWork Job Searching Skills
An excellent resource; includes questions often asked at interviews (with suggested answers), and resume/cover letter writing skills (with vocabulary and phrase suggestions).

Graduating Engineer Online
Career and general advice for technology students.

Interviewing Tips

ACM Career Articles of Interest  
The contents of this page change periodically. In the past, it has contained some excellent articles. 

ACM's Career Reference Shelf  
A list of recommended books. 

ACM Personalized Career Help: CareerLine 
"Designed to help ACM student members in their transitions from the college or university campus, to the world of work in computing and information technology. It is also available to other ACM members who are seeking employment and need assistance in the job-search process". 

ACM Sample Resumes
Includes comments on how resumes can be improved. 

AMS Employment Information and Services
An excellent site, with a range of resources for mathematicians looking for a job (industry/academia).

@BRINT
This site has excellent information on Information Technology careers, which it focuses on: skill sets, salary/job surveys, career tips, resume and interview advice, job postings, articles from many major journals. You will find useful resources even if your career interests are different.

Career Builder
a fast-growing recruitment and career-advancement source for employers, recruiters and job seekers. It acclaims "reaching more than 70% of the Internet population."

Career Magazine
Free on-line magazine featuring lots of informative articles for people in every stage of their career. 

Career Pages of Related Professional Societies 
If you have interests in other fields related to OR/MS, this Student Union page provides numerous links to the Career/Job pages of other professional societies. These sites contain anything from job posting and resume posting to on-line job placement and career advice. 

Conducting a Job Search on the Internet  (requires membership)
By Dwaine Maltais, of the WebDesk, in IEEE's Computer, February 1997. This short but useful article on Internet job search covers on-line resumes, on-line job search services, privacy/security issues, and future directions of on-line services. 

Employer Information & Job Resources on the Web 
From the Career Center at UCLA, this site links to information on careers and companies, academic and corporate job listings, and both regional and international job search resources. 

Entry-level Employment Assistance
This site from IEEE includes numerous materials for students and recent  graduates, among them: 

• The Career Planning Center for Beginning Scientists and Engineers, the "one-stop shopping" location for job openings and the guidance and information needed to make decisions about education and career choices.
• Careers in Science and Engineering, A Student Planning Guide To Graduate School and Beyond, a guide produced by the National Academy of Sciences to help upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in science, engineering, and mathematics to make career and educational choices. Includes charts and tables describing recent trends. 

1st Steps in the Hunt
A daily colomn for on-line candidates, 1st steps in the hunt provides tips and techniques for successful career development. It includes topics ranging from Resume Preparation and Distribution to Specific Reviews of Career Sites.  

INFORMS 1994-2000 Doctoral Colloquium Presentations
Experience and tips presented by professials to the new-minted Ph.Ds. ( Page down to the 1995 Colloquium section after selecting this link.) 

JobStar
A fine resource focused primarily on jobs in California (Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego) as well as nationwide. Includes good resources on salary surveys, salary negotiation strategies, finding jobs through networking, and preparing resumes.

  Mathematical Sciences Career Information / Project for Non-Academic Employment
If you are looking for a job in the industry, this is an excellent site, including: 

• Career profiles
• More career profiles
• Mathematical Fields and Their Applications in Industry
• Mentoring Program: you can be assigned a volunteer person from the industry who could guide you in your job search!
• The SIAM Report on Mathematics in Industry
• Other On-line Job Information and Listing Services
  
  

Notices, a magazine of AMS. Available on-line with its own search engine.

Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet 
By Margaret Riley of WPI. It is commonly referred to as the most complete source of information for Internet-based job searching. In addition to information about how to conduct and Internet job search, it contains many links to on-line services.

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