Below are links to ‘hot’ jobs, internships, job descriptions, self assessment quizzes, interviews and more with those in the fields of Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Advanced Materials Processes, Environmental Technology and Information Technology.

• Careers In the News
  
  
• Health Careers Futures
  
  
• The Pittsburgh Technology Council's Career Center
  
  
• Education Planner – includes Career Assessment and Self-Assessment Quiz.
  
  
• Mapping Your Future – This is a "one-stop site" for students and parents which contains information on financial strategies, career options and college planning.
  
  
• Sloan Career Cornerstone Center – This site includes a very wide range of resources to explore career choices.
  
  
• Fastest Growing Occupations
  
  
• New Economy Technology Scholarship (NETS) – for undergraduate study in approved science or technology fields. The goal of this program is to help address the critical need to educate and retain a workforce of highly trained technology experts that will help Pennsylvania attract and support new employers.
  
  
• PINK Business Magazine for Women – The writing team includes award-winning journalists, a Harvard Scholar, New York Times writer, veteran Forbes business writer, former CNN EVP, FORTUNE editor, Boston Globe reporter, anthropology professor and cartoonist, award-winning comedian, and best-selling authors.
  
  
• Pitt scholar finds success in her computer science work: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 25, 2007
  
  
• Best Jobs in America
  
  
• News: Pittsburgh new manufacturing jobs make use of computers, analytical skills...
  
  
• PittsburghVoyager (PAID) College Internships
  
  

• Video Interview: Game Designer (solving real world problems), Jane McGonigal
  
  
• Audio Interview: Co-Founder of iRobot, Helen Greiner
  
  
• Video Interview: Pioneering Nanotechnologist, Naomi Halas
  
  
• Video Interviews: Forensic Technician & Forensic Pathologist
  
  
• Video Interview: MyCoolJob - Materials Engineer
  
  
• Video Interview: MyCoolJob - Webmaster
  
  
• 1-2 minute career intro videos scientific research/technology - biochemists, biomedical engineers, environmental scientists, robotics technicians, nuclear engineers or nuclear technicians...
  
  
• 1-2 minute career intro videos information technology - webmasters, fiber optic technicians, computer programmers, data entry...
  
  
• 1-2 minute career intro videos education, manufacturing...
  
  
• Video: Careers in Nanofabrication
  
  
• Clips from dragonfllytv including - Wind Research Assistant, Wetland Ecologist, Aquatic Biologist, Robotic Life Scientist, Games Designer, Nanoparticle Safety Scientist, Nanocar Engineer, Criminalist, Robotic Soccer Scientist, Solar Vehicle Engineer and more!
  
  

• Brief Intros to ALL Kinds of Engineers
  
  
• Professional Profiles
  
  
• Degrees/Fields Listed & Defined
  
  
• Career Podcasts
  
  

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