Engineering Careers
General Engineering
- Wages by Area and Occupation.
- U.S. Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- California manufacturers register.
- Call Number: Reference. T12.C3
- Directory of manufacturing firms in California.
Mechanical Engineering
- Cal Poly Career Services
- The best place to get help with resume construction, interviewing skills, and job searching.
- Career information center.
- Call Number: Reference. HF5382.5.U5 C32
- Provides information on how to get into a career path, job requirements, job prospects, and career development.
- Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance
- Call Number: Reference. HF5381 .E52 2003
- Provides background, job outlook, working conditions, interviewing for each job, and contact organizations.
- Job choices... in science, engineering & technology
- Call Number: Reference. HF5382.5.U5 C625
- Provides information for exploring various career paths in Engineering.
- Professional careers sourcebook : an information guide for career planning.
- Call Number: Reference. HF5382.5.U5 P76
- Provides information about each career track and contact organizations.
Engineer Salaries
- Professional income of engineers.
- Call Number: Reference. TA157 .E67
- A little outdated, but shows the expected increase in salary over the course of a career.
- National Occupational Employment and Wages Estimates.
- U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Lists of Companies
- California manufacturers register.
- Call Number: Reference. T12 .C3
- Will help you locate companies in California by industry and product.
- Thomas register of American manufacturers and Thomas register catalog file.
- This is actually an industrial product catalog service, but it can be used to find out companies that make particular products.
Civil Engineering
- Blue Book Building and Construction: Los Angeles, Ventura, Kern, & Santa Barbara Counties.
- Call Number: Reference. TH13.C2 B58
- Jefferson Valley, N. Y.: Contractors Register, 2003.
- Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook.
- Call Number: Reference. TA12.T67
- New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Electrical Engineering
- Cal Poly Career Services
- The best place to search for jobs.
- ABI/Inform
- A database of business articles and more importantly trade magazine articles. The trade magazines discuss employment trends and skill needs in the electrical and electronic industry. You can get the “lay of the land” in terms of whose hiring and why.
- Best Resumes for Scientists and Engineers.
- Call Number: Reference. Q148 .L47 1993
- Lewis, Adele B.
- New York: Wiley, 1993.
- Professional Income of Engineers, 1997.
- Call Number: Reference. TA157.E67
- Washington, DC: American Association of Engineering Societies, Engineering Workforce Commission, 1997.
- A little old, but it shows income level curves for different types of engineers throughout their careers.
- U.S. Labor Department. Wage and Hour Division.
- Lists the current wages paid to engineers in various parts of the country.
