Career development

Don’t wait until you have your diploma in hand to think about career choices. Working with Berkeley’s Career Center, Engineering Student Services assists students with career and job-search planning and advises students interested in applying to graduate school. We also connect students with employers as well as graduate and professional schools.

• Career counseling appointments: Career counselors from the Career Center offer appointments in Engineering Student Services twice a week. Appointments can be scheduled on Handshake.

• Engineering career conference: This annual conference each August offers workshops presented by industry representatives on topics such as successful networking, job search etiquette, case interview format, negotiating a job offer and writing a results-oriented résumé.

• Career and professional development programs: Each semester, we offer workshops on summer research positions, graduate school preparation and other topics, as well as our popular speed résumé critiques. Visit the Career Center’s Events & Workshops page for a complete list of programs, including a printable guide to programs and services for the current semester.

• Engineering career information and resources: The Career Center has helpful guides for graduates in fields like engineering and computer science.

• Weekly engineering career email. Engineering students can log in to Handshake and sign up for the engineering career email that contains the latest internship and full-time employment opportunities in industry. For detailed instructions follow this guide and choose “Engineering/EECS” at the final step.

More connections

• Get an insider’s view of a career field by shadowing Berkeley alumni through the externship program.
• The Berkeley Career Network and the Berkeley Engineering LinkedIn group connects students and recent graduates with established Berkeley engineers.
• Big Interview provides virtual mock interviews to help students practice for interviews.
• The @Cal alumni network is for all UC Berkeley alumni.

Start building your résumé now

• Get internship experience.
• Get research experience.
• Get entrepreneurship experience.
• Check out opportunities for student leadership, as well as the numerous engineering teams and organizations.