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Originally Posted by Scott  Okay, so a PD forum probably shouldn't be my first place to go looking for a job, but I'm having a very difficult time on my school's career website.
Background: I'm a junior studying Computer Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and looking for a co-op (or possibly just an internship) in my field. Definition of "my field" - A job in which programming is NOT the main focus. One of my biggest problems is that nearly all of the tech jobs shown on my school's career site are application development, software engineering, etc. I can do programming, but I don't enjoy it - that's why I'm CoE and not CS. 
More specifically, my interests lie in hardware design, network engineering and security, system administration, and robotics. It would be preferable if I could remain in St. Louis, but I wouldn't mind relocating.
All advice and contacts are appreciated.  I'd be more than happy to send a resume upon request. Thanks! |
Hi Scott,
Since I'm not American I can't really help since I don't know of any American co-op job search sites (here in Canada we have one that does exactly that, and I'm quite sure you have one too there.)
However, you can try your luck at Craigslist. Here's the Missouri portal:
craigslist: st louis, MO classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals, for sale, services, community, and events
Under "jobs", you can see some job categories. You may want to go to the one called "arch / engineering" since that appears to be most appropriate with your major. Most of the jobs listed at CL are for permanent employment, but occassionally employers look for co-op/intern students and post there. If you wanna go the extra distance and be "aggressive", apply anyway to companies whose listing appears to match what you are looking for, while clearly stating that you are just looking forward to doing some co-op terms. You just never know, as sometimes employers don't always advertise all the opportunities they have!
Good luck!