Career Services & CSSA

[Michael Evan Karpeles]

Salutations Hackers and Career Enthusiasts!

Hope work, research, and exams are going (or went) well! Just some news and a few updates to keep everyone active.

1. Danielle (dgal...@uvm.edu), the liaison from Career Services for CEMS, and I had the opportunity to meet and discuss some important  issues regarding strategies to improve career outreach within the department of computer science.
1. First, Danielle, here is the information I promised you:
• Our website - www.cems.uvm.edu/~cssa
• CSSA: Seriously dudes and dudettes. This needs to be updated.
  
• Our survey results - http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~mkarpele/cssa/index.php?print
• Point of interest: Last entry of the survey: 
• Year 4 Seminar. A senior seminar which discusses future employment opportunities, talks by guest speakers from local companies, and help with resume construction.
• Questions about survey results can be brought to Mek (Michael E. Karpeles - mkar...@uvm.edu) or Munk (Alex Munkelwitz - stalin...@gmail.com)
• Our main business contacts / connections include:
• Dr. John Cohn, IBM (john...@us.ibm.com) - previous UVM CS Board Chair
• Michael Howe, Bearcode & GNI (mh...@bear-code.com)
• Chris Townsend, MicroStrain (cptow...@microstrain.com)
  
• Next Year's CSSA Officers
• President: Chris Tucci (ctu...@uvm.edu)
  
• Vice President: Zack Ney (Zacha...@uvm.edu)
  
• Treasurer: Chris Tucci (ctu...@uvm.edu)
• Secretaries: Aaron Fredette and Dillan Wilding
• Webmaster: Phelan Vendeville
• Events Coordinator: Jonathan Godbout
• Robin Wilke - Math Club representative
2. The Discussion
• Having some CSSA Tech Talks for potential job openings
  
• When companies post job offers, have them come and give a short talk about the position
  
• Having a website of job listings BY major
• Having a bi-monthy resume building workshop
• Coordinate with VAGUE (Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts) to find speakers or job openings
  
3. Did you know?
   
• Danielle is in her office on Wednesdays (in Votey instead of L&L) to help people out with Career Services?
• Now you do!

Hack the world.

Sincerely,
- Michael E. Karpeles