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Last Updated: June 16, 2010

INSTRUCTIONS

This page links to several resourses to help you learn about internships, co-ops, or IT jobs. Click on the image to visit the web site resource.

	NRCC's Career Links page from the Career Development Center.
	NRCC eRecruiting web site. Sign up and get an id and password and you should get job announcement notices via email.
	Radford University's Career site - Links to internships and job searches.
	Virginia Tech's Career Services site - Explore careers and majors as well as links to internships, co-ops and jobs.
	NRCC's Computing Career Brochure - Right click the image to download the entire brochure as a PDF file or view the brochure online.

	Cost of Living Comparison - Just tell us your current city and where you'd like to move.

Visit the Career Voyages web site	Visit the Career Information Resources for Students (from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics) for helpful links such as: Career Information for Students Occupational Outlook Handbook Occupational Outlook Quarterly Spotlight on Statistics The site also contains tools such as: Occupations by Education Level and Projected Growth Job Openings by Occupation Occupational Profiles Data Retrieval From Occupational Outlook Quarterly site: STEM Occupations - Spring 2007 Jobs in Video Game Development - Summer 2000

ACM Computing Degrees & Careers

Visit the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) web site above for great information about IT Careers.

IEEE Career and Employment Resources

Visit the IEEE web site for Career and Employment Resources. IEEE orginal acronym for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Now it is merely referred to as I-triple-E.

Virginia WorkForce Connection

Visit the Virginia WorkForce Connection web site.
Your doorway to employment and labor market information in Virginia. See job projections by New River/Mount Rogers community profile.

US Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Guide to Industries

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Start at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Guide to Industries.

Bureau of Labor Statistics home page

The following industry clusters contain careers in the Information Technology field:

Industry Clusters
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
(under Professional & Business Services)
Internet Services (under Information)
Software Publishers (under Information)
Telecommunications (under Information)

Occupational Outlook Handbook

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Use the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook to find job descriptions that match the Information Technology industry.

BLS Occupational Outlook Quarterly - March 2008
Index for above.

The following listings from the Handbook match the IT industry:

IT Management Job Paths

Computer and Information Systems Managers
Top Executives

IT Technical Job Paths

Computer Programmers
Computer Software Engineers
Computer Support Specialists and Systems Administrators
Computer Systems Analysts, Database Administrators, and Computer Scientists

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Last Updated: June 16, 2010

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