Utah Valley State College
Computer Science -- Information for Students

Occupation/Employment Information


CNS Department Information There are many opportunities for those educated in computer science, networking, software engineering, and computer engineering. possible occupational areas include programming, computer operations, customer support, sales, consulting, end-user training, installing applications, maintaining software and media, systems analysis, manufacturer's representative, client services, software engineering and testing, data administration, web administration, web design, network management, and network design.

Job demand is high in computing, computer science, information systems, and networking occupations and the employment outlook is excellent.


UVSC Career and Student Employment
(http://www.uvsc.edu/csse/)
Career and student employment provides the following services at no cost to students, graduates and alumni:
"e-recruiting," networking guidance ,campus recruiting visits, labor market/salary information, information on employers, free job search publications, career resource room., uvsc career library resources information, access to workforce services, other services
additional services are available to employers.

America Job Bank The America's Job Bank is a computerized network allows job seekers to search through a database of over one million jobs nationwide, create and post a resume online, and set up an automated job search. for employers it provides rapid, national exposure for job openings.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
"The government's premier career reference book on occupations and tomorrow's job market. for more than 50 years, this versatile volume has proven useful to both career counselors, students, and other job seekers. completely revised every 2 years, the occupational outlook handbook is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and reliable source of career information. useful for looking up information on particular occupations, or just browsing through possible careers, the handbook profiles over 250 occupations that in 1998 accounted for over 120 million jobs: 6 out of every 7 jobs in the united states. for each career, it describes work activities and environment, earnings, number of jobs and their location, and types of education, training, and personal qualifications needed to have the best prospects. bls projections of employment to the year 2008 are used to assess what kind of job opportunities future entrants to each occupation should encounter."
(from http://www.bls.gov/emp/emppub01.htm)
Computer Science/Pre-Engineering
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