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Career Field:  Computing


Nature of Work

Career Information

  • Computerworld :  Advice, trends, discussion, and career research links.
  • InformationWeek.com: Comprehensive site includes information on workplace trends, salary data, education and training, career development.
  • SlashDot.org:  A great site for industry news and trends, with a job listings page.

Computing Alumni Stories


Employment Opportunities

Sample Employers

Job and Internship Listings

  • Dice.com:  A top technology jobs listings site.
  • SlashDot.org:  A great site for industry news and trends, with a robust job listings page.
  • ComputerJobs.com:  Provides access to thousands of jobs and career-related content organized into skills sets and 19+ major metropolitan markets.
  • Jobs for Programmers:  Search programming, database and networking jobs.
  • NationJob:  Computer and information technology jobs page.
  • Computerworld:  Job listings, advice, trends, discussion, and career research links.
  • InformationWeek.com: Comprehensive site includes job listings, information on workplace trends, salary data, education and training, and career development.

Education & Training

Professional Associations

  • IEEE:  Leading professional association for the advancement of technology.  Click on Societies link for listing of computing focused organizations.
  • The Association for Computing Machinery:  Not-for-profit educational and scientific society serving the technical and professional needs of computing and Information Technology (IT) professionals and students worldwide.
  • The Association of Information Technology Professionals:  Seeks to provide avenues for members to make contacts within the I.S. field, in an effort to become more marketable in technological careers.

Graduate Program Information


Dartmouth Resources

  • Computer Science Department:  All relevant information about the academic department.
  • Center for Biological and Biomedical Computing:  Provides computational biology resources which are responsive to the needs of the biological and biomedical sciences research and teaching communities.
  • Computing Services:  Computing resources, support and repair, development services, departments, and policy information for Dartmouth College.
  • Interactive Media Laboratory:  Part of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.  IML specializes in combining emerging technology with innovative instructional design to produce high-end interactive multimedia educational programs for both patients and health care providers.
  • Thayer School of Engineering
  • Women in Science Project:  WISP's mission is to collaborate in creating a learning environment where women can thrive in science, engineering and mathematics.

Computing Bibliography:  A Sampling of Books in the Resource Library

NOTE: Italicized titles can be borrowed and are located in the Baker Library Project Room in the Reserve Corridor.  Click here for a complete list of books on reserve.

  • Careers in Focus - Computers:  Defines various careers in the computer field in terms of the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, ways to get started, advancement opportunities, salary figures, employment outlook, conditions of work, and sources of more information.
  • Careers in Focus - Internet:  Outlines a variety of job opportunities in the information technology field, including game design, programming, technical support, online journalism, and others, offering details about professional and personal requirements, salary ranges, work environment, and outlook for the future of each job.
  • Gardner's Guide to Internships in New Media:  Includes tips for getting started in the field of Computer Graphics, Animation, and Multimedia and profiles a number in internship programs.

Last Updated: 2/25/09