Jobs and Internships

About Internships and Job Opportunities

Student internships provide opportunities for students to gain experience in their field, determine if they have an interest in a particular career, create a network of contacts, or gain school credit. Internships may be part-time or full-time; typically they are part-time during the university year and full-time in the summer, and they typically last 6-12 weeks, but can be shorter or longer.

There are two major types of internships:

Work experience internship: Most often this will be in the Sophomore, Junior, or Senior years of a degree. The placement can be from 2 months to sometimes even through graduation. During this period the student is supposed to use the things he/she has learned in school and put it in practice. This way the student gets work experience in their field of study. The gained experience will be helpful to finish up the last year of the study and will be beneficial when looking for employment after graduation.

Research assistantship: This can be done by students in all years of study. With this kind of internship a student does research for a particular professor. The professor can have something that they feel like they need to improve or something they are trying to develop. The results of the research study will be put in a report and often will have to be presented.

Here is a list of internships/assistantships/jobs that the students of EECS are eligible for.

Job Opportunities

Microsoft
http://research.microsoft.com/research/projects/ http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/internships/

IBM
http://www.research.ibm.com/about/career.shtml

Intel
http://www.intel.com/jobs/index.htm

Google
http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/

Computer Science academic job listings
http://www.cra.org/ads/
http://campus.acm.org/careercenter/
http://chronicle.com/jobs/

Other links
ComputerJobs.com
EngineerWeb.com

Internship Opportunities

Most of the websites have listed the internships with their regular job search.

University of Central Florida Career Services and Experiential Learning
http://www.explearning.ucf.edu

KnightLink
Through KnightLink, students can search for part-time and full-time jobs, post resumes for full-time employment, obtain employer information and access on-campus interviewing and recruiting events. This is a FREE service for UCF students and recent graduates.