Engineering and Technology

1. Log into your Handshake account.
2. On the top-right, click on the icon with your initials. Then, click on My career interest.
3. On the next page, in the Subscribe to receive industry newsletters section, select the industries that you would like to receive newsletters about to get targeted information on opportunities in those fields.
4. On the bottom-left, click the green Save My Career Interests button.

1. Do a Focus 2 assessment to help you discover majors and occupations that match your personal attributes.
2. Use the What Can I Do With This Major? website as a starting point to learn what career paths are possible from each major. 
3. Explore graduate school and consider if it’s right for you.
4. Browse Government Career Guides.

• Discover research opportunities on campus
• UC Santa Cruz STEM Diversity Research Programs
• UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship Program

Many applications for summer internships are due in January and February.

• Search for summer research programs via Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
• Search for summer research programs via NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• Prepare for applications by reviewing our resources for letters of recommendation, personal statements, and curriculum vitae (CV). These resources were developed for graduate school applications but are still applicable to these applications.

• Search for jobs on Handshake and LinkedIn.
• See our resources to prepare your resumes and cover letters.
• See our resources to prepare for interviews. 

• Search opportunities on campus

• Connect with engineering student organizations on campus.

• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)