Return to Newsletter Contents 10. Thirty-one engineering handbooks are now available online in EngNetBase. Return to Newsletter Contents 11. While I am not an expert in career development, I wanted to let you know about a few resources that can help you get ready for a visit with a recruiter. Because companies want to own the intellectual property rights for their research, they publish in patents rather than in journals.
Patents are of prime importance at pharmaceutical companies.
Regardless of your subject area of expertise, there is a wealth of information on the AiChE and ACS web sites. I recommend checking out both sites. Includes employment outlook, salary information, jobs in various sectors. Here's a related site for people who plan to have a career in academia. To help users become familiar with important resources and how to use key databases, I am considering offering an evening lecture series from 7-8 PM on most Mondays during Fall Quarter.