Explore careers related to the Engineering & Applied Sciences community.
This community focuses on careers utilizing technology, research, data analysis, and programming to inform decisions, solve complex problems, and drive innovation at established corporations, start-up firms, and government/nonprofit organizations.
Hello Engineering and Applied Sciences community! We’ve got a lot in store for you this Fall semester, so keep your eyes peeled for the various events, job opportunities, articles, internship postings, and more that we’ll be sending your way. This …
Thurs., Sept. 12th, at 5 p.m. Want to connect with UR alumni in your industry of interest or prepare for your next big event? Join us in the Feldman Ballroom for Rock Your Conference! This mock-conference style event will help you develop relevant skills necessary for successful participation at industry conferences. All majors, class years, and degree levels are welcome.
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If you are intending to pursue a software engineering career, we have great news to share! Software engineers are in demand. However, the job market is over-saturated with applicants vying for …
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Christina PeroEmployer and Alumni Experiences Manager
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
Firsthand recently acquired Vault.com, an online career guide library, blog site and company research destination. University of Rochester has access …