Engineering students are preferred candidates, although students from other colleges are hired.
Applicants must be able to make at least a two-year commitment to working, since it usually takes a semester to work effectively in the CAEN environment. The editorial assistant writes articles and compiles information for CAEN News , CAEN Handbook , Technical Notes, and provides production assistance for all online publications. Strong writing and communication skills are required, as well as familiarity with the CAEN computing environment and Macintosh computers. A working knowledge of the WWW and HTML is preferred. Applicants must be able to work full-time during the summer.