Finding a Job or Internship

The Lowdown On Finding a Job or Internship

Caltech's Career Center is very useful, and it helps place students in all types of programs, internships, jobs, etc. They help with off-campus jobs and internships, as well. The school is very small and on-campus jobs usually consist of lab work within a student's respective field. The in-field jobs involve finding a professor whose research interests you and approaching the professor and expressing that interest. Most professors here like having undergrads work with them, so it is usually not a problem finding research.

Caltech Career Development Center

Center for Student Services

414 S Hollistion Ave., 3rd Floor

(626) 395-6361 career@caltech.edu

www.career.caltech.edu

Career Resources

Getting a real job with an interview process and a resume is much easier with the aid of the Career Development Center. The CDC is connected with recruiters and many other helpful offerings, and it helps students write and format resumes and search listings of job and internship opportunities—it even holds workshops to help students with writing a resume or with their interviewing skills. Also, there are periodic career fairs when major companies on campus come to recruit students for jobs and internships.

Firms That Most Frequently Hire Grads

Arete Associates, Bain & Co., Dupont, IdeaLab, LEK Consulting, Microsoft, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Mitchell Madison Group, Nvidia, Oracle, Pfizer, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Raytheon, Schlumberger

Grads Who Enter the Job Market Within

6 Months: 22%