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.

• 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.
  
  
• Human Capital Policy Initiative – Access several sites to general career resources presented by PITT's Human Capital Policy Initiative.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Video Interview: Co-Founder of iRobot, Helen Greiner
  
  
• Video Interview: Pioneering Nanotechnologist, Naomi Halas
  
  
• Video Interviews: Forensic Technician & Forensic Pathologist
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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

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