Bureau of Labor Statistics Top Jobs
10 March 2007Do you want to know what the top jobs are going to be over the next 7 years? Take a look at this chart from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Out of the top 10 occupations projected to grow the fastest 3 of them are in computer science! 5 out of the top 20!
See http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2003.htm for more information.
Many Opportunities at Spring Career Fair
2 March 2007Tuesday March 6th is the Spring Career Fair. CS majors looking for internships or post graduation employment should make sure to visit some of these companies:
- Dubuque Data Services
- Fastenal
- Federated Insurance
- Securian
- Teamquest
In addition, there are many other companies that may be looking for CS majors, including Target, Wells Fargo, Ernst and Young, Deloitte, Thrivent, Menards, John Deere, Enterprise, and C.H. Robinson.
Pycon a "hiring fest"
1 March 2007PyCon is the annual convention for all things Python. This article has good news for all of you learning Python!
By Tim O’Reilly
O’Reilly editor Sarah Milstein writes: “My brother, a Python geek who attended PyCon last week, reports that it was hiring fest: ‘at PyCon: *everyone* was hiring. I was asked if I would be interested in moving to 2-3 cities for a job, just in casual conversation. Half the lightning talks ended (or started) with “We’re hiring”. Which was pretty deeply reassuring.’”
This information is consistent with our analysis of the online book and job markets. Ruby has more momentum among startups, but Python is also a hot startup language, and is becoming one of the officially sanctioned licenses at many larger companies. For example, it is one of the three “official” languages at Google (C++, Java, and Python).
ACM Kickoff Picnic
23 September 2006The Luther College Student chapter of the ACM kicked off their fall schedule with a Picnic. Here are some of the highlights.
Nikki Albee and Megan Sherwood show Scott Boyken the proper way to make Burgers.
Sophomores Andrew Woodard, Stephanie Borgen, Rachel Becvarik, and Cam Webb stick together on the couch.
The annual ACM programming contest will be held November 11th. Contact Brad Miller if you are interested in participating.
IBM and Fastenal on Campus
22 September 2006The Fastenal Company (Winona, MN) is scheduled to interview on campus on Tuesday, October 3 for full-time web, financial and warehouse development. 3.0 GPA required. To to the CareerConnection website to sign up for an interview time. Fastenal will be at the Career Fair next Wednesday. They usually send a recent Luther grad to the career fair, so this is a good time to get the straight scoop on what it is like to work for Fastenal
In addition, IBM representatives will be at the Career Fair. They are hoping to interview students next Wednesday. The interview schedule for IBM is not yet on CareerConnection but it should be by the end of today. You will interview with Mary Manges, a Luther Alum.
Deloitte is Recruiting
20 September 2006Deloitte will be on campus October 3 recruiting CS majors for consultant positions. There are opportunities to interview as well as an open informational session at 6:30pm in Olin 101. Deloitte is interested in finding CS students for the position of ERS Consultant. Read on for more information about what an ERS consultant is.
ACM Fall Kickoff
8 September 2006All students interested in computer science are invited to attend the Luther College Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) fall kickoff picnic.
- When: Thursday September 14th
- Time: 6:00PM.
- Where: Brad Miller’s home (1002 Bruening Dr.)
- Rides: Meet behind Olin at 5:45
- What: Burgers, Brats, chips, pop, and fun
Please RSVP to Nikki Albee or Scott Boyken by Tuesday September 12th.
This meeting will give us a chance to get to know one another, and plan a couple of other fall activities such as:
- ACM Programming Contest
- Field Trip
- Getting a summer internship
Hope to see you there!
Welcome Back
29 August 2006Welcome back! We hope you had a good summer and we look forward to hearing about your experiences at home or at your internship. We know that many of you had very interesting opportunities over the summer and we hope to highlight some of them on this page.
Keep an eye on this page for Fall Events:
- Luther College Student Chapter of the ACM fall kickoff
- ACM Programming Contest
One note: Kent Lee is on Sabbatical Fall Semester so if you are looking for Kent, he will not be in his office.
Have a great semester!
Still looking for a job? Epic is Hiring
5 May 2006If you are still looking for a job, Epic is still looking to hire. Epic Systems is located in Madison Wisconsin, and we have a few Luther grads already working there. Read on for more information…
Still looking for a job? I’m writing to you to tell you about career opportunities for Computer Science majors with the company I am working for in hopes that you might consider us for full-time employment. Epic is looking to add hundreds of new college grads (or seasoned veterans) to our Technical Team, and we find that Computer Science majors often possess the problem-solving and analytical mindset that we’re looking for. Depending on what you’re interested in, we have openings in both customer-oriented roles and computer-based roles.
In case you haven’t heard of us, Epic Systems Corporation, located in Madison, Wisconsin creates software for the healthcare industry. We’re recognized across the country as a leader in helping move doctors from a paper medical record to a completely computer based medical record. Epic hires all majors, degree levels and experience levels, and no software experience is necessary.
Money Magazine names Software Engineer best job in America
12 April 2006MONEY Magazine and Salary.com researched hundreds of jobs, considering their growth, pay, stress-levels and other factors. These careers ranked highest
1. Software Engineer
2. College professor
3. Financial adviser
4. Human Resources Manager
5. Physician's assistant
6. Market research analyst
7. Computer IT analyst
8. Real Estate Appraiser
9. Pharmacist
10. Psychologist
For all the details see the full article here: money.cnn.com
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