Job blogs
Not a job site or even a place where jobs are posted, but Jason let us know about the following blogs of interest...check them out!
Recruiting 101 www.recruiting101.blogspot.com
Semiconductor Jobs www.semiconductorjobs.com

So how is the job market for engineering jobs? According to a study done by Phil Gardner, a Michigan State University researcher, in his 33rd annual Recruitment Trends study, engineering grads can expect to start their careers at the Gap or Home Depot.

The high tech and engineering communities lost a ton of jobs in 2002 -- losing 15,000 jobs in 2002...



- posted by Paula Porter @ 11:53 AM

 
Number 300 million
A hot little red 'Stang was the 300 millionth vehicle coming off the Ford assembly line yesterday. According to the Detroit Free Press - "That's more than one vehicle for every man, woman and child in the United States. It means that the company has cranked out 5.7 vehicles per minute, 24/7 for more than a hundred years." ( The math is there to prove it!)

Not only was it the 300 millionth car, but it came where automakers have been putting together autos for 74 years, another milestone...
- posted by Paula Porter @ 10:45 AM

 
Plastics son
Can you go an entire 24 hours without any contact with plastics? I think not...from a toothbrush to your keyboard to the steering wheel, it's part of our lives. Now some research from UMass Lowell is coming up with new ways to keep plastics at the forefront
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/321/business/Pushing_Plastics+.shtml (Boston Globe, 11-17-03).

UMass-Lowell a center for plastics technology, and has the only plastics engineering program in the U.S. is working with private companies to rethink how plastic materials are used, produced and processed. Things like bacteria-made plastics used in food utensils, plastic capsules to deliver insulin without injections, a plastic film as an automotive finish.
- posted by Paula Porter @ 8:23 AM