Tips to expanding your job search:

Identify companies that hire people with your skill sets.

Use jobsites to view current positions.  You are able to set up job search agents on may websites. 

Search job listings through NACElink, a national recruiting network serving the needs of colleges, employers and job candidates.  To begin, click on the link and then click on New Users Register for a new account.  Once you are in the system, click on NACElink Extended Job Search, which will show a national list of intern and job openings. One of the features of NaceLink is that it will allow you to view jobs from other sources.

Indeed gives job seekers free access to millions of employment opportunities from thousands of websites. Indeed.com includes all the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages - and we continue to add new sites every day.  Once you establish a search critera (ex. With all of these words: electrical engineering intern) you are able to set up a job search agent that will email the selected jobs to you on a daily basis.

one search. all jobs. Indeed
Another resource for internships.  Once you establish a search critera (ex. With all of these words: electrical engineering intern) you are able to set up a job search agent that will email the selected jobs to you on a daily basis. iHispano

Other sites that provide job search agents so that jobs are emailed to you daily.

MonsterTrak.com
Yahoo HotJobs

 

Tips to expanding your job search:

Use research techniques to identify companies that hire people with your skill sets.

Use the Library guide to Finding a Business/Company in CS/EE for Employment Purposes

Click http://libguides.utdallas.edu/cseejobinfo.

Identify people for information interviews and networking activities.

Contacting people and asking for a job is not networking.  Networking is relationship-building.

Create a profile on LinkedIn.com.  Join groups that are related you your interests:  the UT Dallas alumni group, Electical, Electronics and Computer Engineering Group, etc. See example of search techniques.

www.linkedin.com
Facebook-find out where recent graduates and alumni of the engineering school are working. Facebook.com

Apply directly to leading companies on their jobsites. 

Develop a list of companies that hire people like you.  Some companies allow you to set up a search agent on their job website.  For examples of companies and websites click here.

Look for websites that provide information about a group of companies.  Professional Associations, employer affinity groups, etc. 

Employers of DSP Engineers-List of companies with links to their job listing websites http://www.dsprelated.com/employers.php
H1-B Employer List-view list of companies and positions from recent hiring records. Click here to download spreadsheet of employers.
Professional Associations - search for professional associations using the resources at WEDDLE's Association Directory - http://www.weddles.com/associations/