ECE 445S Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory - Lecture 1 - Announcements

Announcements: Job Search, Part 1

• Alumnni. 2000+ real-time DSP lab course alumni as contacts for jobs
• Career Fairs. UT Austin Job Expos open to all UT Austin students and alumni
  • Engineering Expo: 10am-4pm on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, Recreational Sports Center
  • Technology & Science Career Fair: TBA. Of particular interest for those interested in machine learning and software engineering.
• Job sites. It's also helpful to post your resume at the Engineering Career Assistance Center, have a LinkedIn page and enable the OpenToWork flag, and search for jobs on LinkedIn.com, Indeed.com, GlassDoor.com, etc.
• Graduate Studies. I have put together suggestions for prospective and current graduate students that I hope are helpful to you.
• Additional Resources
  • "10 Tips To Help You Network Like a Pro", Editorial Team, Indeed, May 17, 2021
  • "Career Coaches on the Biggest Mistakes People Make in the Job Search", Fast Company, December 9, 2019
  • "50 Best Jobs in America 2024", US News.
• Is the Job Still Open? "Employee Referrals Remain Top Source for Hires", By Roy Maurer, Society for Human Resource Management Jun 23, 2017.
  Reported on the 2016 SilkRoad Sources of Hire annual report that is based on 4 million applications, 655,000 interviews and 329,000 hires, aggregated from more than 1,000 participating companies:
  • 52% internal hires
  • 48% external hires
  Of the external hires,
  • 47% from Austin-based Indeed.com
  • 25% from all other online sources (careers sites, job search engines, job boards, social media sites)
  • 14% from employee referrals
  • 14% from other sources (college recruiting, job fairs, technical recruiters)

Last updated 01/11/25. Send comments to bevans@ece.utexas.edu