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UM-Flint Links

• 2007-2009 Academic Calendar
• CSC and  Advising Information 
• Course Schedule available online. Students may access the schedules by selecting "course schedule" from the SIS menu or by entering the following address: www.umflint.edu/sis.
• Computer Science Department 
• CSESP & ACM High School Programming Contests
  • 16th Annual 2007
  • 15th Annual 2006
  • 14th Annual 2005
  • 13th Annual 2004
  • 12th Annual 2003
• My Collection of  Web Development Resource Links  
  • Index of Linda's HTML Course  Notes
  • Index of Linda's CSC 263 Course Notes by Lesson
• Scholarship Information
• Student Information Services
• Technology Today from ITS
• University of Michigan Computer Showcase  

Resource Links:

• ACM Online Books and Courses
• Current Time - Eastern Time Zone accurate to 1.4 seconds
• Campus tech software savings up to 80% especially for Schools, Faculty and Students
• The Ada Project -- A Collection of Resources for Women in Computing 
• Computer Science Education Links  by Renée McCauley, Computer Science Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (huge resource)
• ElectricTeacher  This site is designed to help teachers in their quest for learning how to use technology effectively in their classrooms.
• Geek-Speak Glossary: A Manager's Guide to IT Terminology
• Sources for Textbooks Online
• Free information on  formatting all documentation styles,  including internet citations from Purdue University.  
• Martindale's The Reference Desk
• The Internet 800 Directory: locate Toll Free phone numbers.
• Links to newspapers,  broadcasters and magazines, and JobLink advertising are now at NewsLink.
• WWW Virtual Library:  The World-Wide Web Virtual Library

Professional Organizations for Computer Scientists

• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) home page
• Student Chapter of ACM at UM-Flint
• Communications of the ACM (CACM), a publication of the Association for Computing (ACM) 
• Computer Society of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
• History of Computing courtesy of the Dept. of Computer Science at Virginia Tech
• SIGCSE ACM - Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education 

Occupational Information:

• Occupational Outlook Handbook 2006-07 Edition includes information on careers as:
  • Computer programmers
  • Computer scientists and database administrators
  • Computer software engineers
  • Computer support specialists and systems administrators
  • Computer systems analysts
• The ACM Computing Careers Website Learn about some really cool careers in computing!
• The IEEE Computer Society Careers in Computing
• Ashland University Career Development Center publications:  What Can I Do With A Major In..
• 2007 IT Salary and Skills Survey: What Impacts Salaries? from TechRepublic
• Myth or Reality: The Recession-Proof Career article from Yahoo HotJobs!
• CS Degree Starting Salaries Up 15% Since Bust, date 05-OCT-2007 By Deborah Perelman at EWeek Careers

Job Search Information:

• CNET: Tech Jobs
• Career Tools from hotjobs.com
• careers.yahoo.com  Search current openings  for a position of interest and submit your resume directly. 
• +Jobs America
• flipdog.com Easy to navigate and has links to entry-level positions, internships, and management positions. Offers a job hunter that constantly looks for a specific job and alerts you when a job matching your criteria is posted. Includes a resume writing center, a resource center, and a resume distribution center.
• Five resume rules that will land you that interview article by Wade A. Michell, Apr 4, 2003 at Builder.com
• Job Search Links  (extracted from text Internet & World Wide Web How to Program by Deitel, Deitel & Nieto;  Appendix F – Career Opportunities)   
• monster.com Allows for international and local job searches. Link to research companies that have jobs posted on their sites. Includes a career center link, where you can create a resume on the resume center link, gain leadership skills on the leadership center link, and have virtual interviews on the interview center link.
• AfterCollege Find Entry Level Jobs & Internships   at www.aftercollege.com, is an award-winning service for college students and recent graduates who are looking for entry-level jobs, internships, and post-graduate opportunities. We currently feature over 150,000 opportunities from 25,000+ employers, many of which are not found anywhere else.
• craigslist at http://detroit.craigslist.org/
• Strange Breed weekly cartoon

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This page was last updated on 03/08/2009   by Linda M. Hicks