Technology & Innovation
Hiatt engages a full ecosystem on and off campus to support students interested in the fields of technology and innovation. At Brandeis, technology and innovation include those interested in computer science, engineering, and all types of entrepreneurial work! We collaborate with faculty in the sciences and across campus as well as student clubs, Brandeis alumni, employers, recruiters, and community partners.

“Brandeis Computer Science alums are so well rounded and eager to jump into real-world problem solving that it is a delight to speak to upcoming and recent graduates at any time! Thanks Hiatt for working with us to make every campus event a success!”
-Eddie Galvez '02, MA '03, chief architect at TIBCO Streaming Analytics
Gain Experience
Experiential learning and experiences are essential for sharpening your professional skillset, making connections, and putting your education into practice. Not to mention, they’re extremely useful for securing future internships and job opportunities! If you don’t know where to get started or are looking for something different to add to your resume, this is the place to get started…
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- Workshops by the MakerLab, Automation Lab, and Digital Scholarship Lab on campus.
- Khan Academy: FREE, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Use Khan for professional/personal development as well as to learn new skills that can help you in your career. Academic Courses on Khan Academy include Computing, Economics & Finance, Humanities, Science.
- LinkedIn Learning: (accessible with your Brandeis UNET login) is an online educational platform that helps you discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos. With more than 5,000 FREE courses and personalized recommendations, you can discover, complete, and track courses related to your field and interests, including: Statistics and Analysis (Excel, SPSS, SQL, Stata, Tableau) and CoSci Language (C++, JAVA, JAVAScript, Python, Ruby, Swift).
- Codesignal: Codesignal is the first company to develop an objective skills-based assessment platform that can be used as a standard for technical hiring. Get your coding skills certified, practice for technical interviews, and build your developer resume.
- EdX: Founded by Harvard and MIT, edX is home to more than 20 million learners and offers FREE and fee-based online learning. EdX employs a freemium model in which learners audit classes for free or pay to participate in certificate programs that verify their identities. Explore programs and do your research before participating.
BETA: The Brandeis Entrepreneurship And Tech Association club focuses on bringing innovative student ideas to reality through a thorough incubation process. BETA has grown to become one of the largest student clubs at Brandeis.
TAMID: TAMID Tech Consulting is one of the most prominent student organizations on campus. TAMID works with real-world companies to build projects, directly giving COSI students professional software engineering experience.
BRANDA: Branda is the student team behind the popular Branda app on campus. Branda assists students with things like navigation, shuttle tracking, scheduling, and more. Branda regularly recruits Full Stack developers to join the team!
Deis3D: Deis3D works with 3D printers and has weekly meetings where they discover a range of topics varying from the latest software tool sets in Computer Assisted Design to the newest hardware and its novel approach.
Aviation Club: Once a club for airplane enthusiasts (people who fly manned gliders), the Aviation Club has been resurrected with a focus on unmanned aerial systems, colloquially referred to as “drones.”
Prosthesis Club: The Prosthesis Club challenges traditional prosthetic technology by utilizing 3D technology. They engage in activities with physically disabled children, learn how to build prosthetics, and think about ways to improve the open-source platform.
Robotics Club: The Robotics Club aims to teach robotics platforms and concepts to the Brandeis community. They also compete in robot competitions.
Virtual Reality/Game Dev Club: The Virtual Reality (VR) and Game Development club seeks to combine the latest VR hardware technologies with the latest VR software toolsets. They also focus on game development and educating students on the latest software design principles and production.
Events & Recruiting
Hiatt regularly brings together experts, employers, and alumni to meet and speak with students in classes, online, and in person for exploration, preparation, and networking.

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Every industry has its own timeline for planned hiring. Not all industries have a large on-campus presence either because they do more of their hiring on an as-needed basis. When openings arise, or when they have planned hiring, employers typically will have only a few roles to fill.
For those employers that have an on-campus recruiting program, in-person university recruiting is on the decline. Employers that previously visited universities as a primary way to recruit are now changing their strategies.
- In place of on-campus interviews for their initial screening of candidates, employers favored virtual interviews, followed by in-person interviews at the organization.
- Social media is the new on-campus interview, with many hiring organizations using social media for branding and recruiting.
- Employers find LinkedIn very or extremely effective in branding and recruiting employees.
Previous programs launched by Hiatt in the areas of technology and innovation have included:
- Alumni Interview Coaching
- Ask A Hiatt Advisor: CoSci Resumes
- Ask An Expert: Technology and Innovation
- Become an Entrepreneur: Starting Your Own Business
- Career Treks
- Digital Interviewing 101
- How’d You Get That Internship: Interactive student panel
- Insider Spotlight: Startup Edition
Current offerings are available to view in Handshake or on our website under Upcoming Events.
In partnership with academic departments, Hiatt hosts multiple career fairs on campus as well as a multi-school job and internship fair in New York City. Career fairs are an opportunity for students to meet, learn, and connect with employers and organizations looking to recruit Brandeis students for full-time jobs and internships.
All of our events are structured for students representing all majors and disciplines to attend. In addition, Hiatt hosts a Technology and Innovation Career Fair during the academic year to align with the recruiting cycle of these industries. Select employers typically seek to fill roles such as data scientist, web designer, researcher, application & program analyst and sales development representative.
2022 Technology and Innovation Career Fair
- 24 hand-selected employers attended to recruit students for internships and full-time jobs.
- Over 325 students registered to meet with an employer one-on-one or in a group session.
- Representatives included an array of sectors within internet and software, information technology, computer networking technical consulting, biotech and life sciences, non-profits, and others.
Employers use a variety of programs to meet with students and identify and cultivate talent. They regularly schedule information sessions, online workshops, case competitions, and site visits as options to engage with Brandeis students and alumni.
At Hiatt, we emphasize that although campus recruiting is a part of an employer’s engagement process, it should not be the primary focus when it comes to attending and participating in employer-led activities. Students should approach each event as an opportunity to engage, learn, and connect with professionals in their desired fields.
Learn more about Recruiting at Brandeis
Participating employers include:
- Athenahealth, Inc.
- Constant Contact
- CyberArk
- Deloitte
- Datadog
- Epic
- HubSpot
- Wayfair
Students should attend every event! Whether this is a career fair, information session, coffee chat, or virtual hangout, the best way to learn about the field and meet employers is to attend these events early and often.
The Job/Internship Search
Figuring out where to start when searching and applying for internships and jobs can feel overwhelming. To help get you started, check out these helpful resources...
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Explore example resumes you can make your own like our Computer Hardware Sample and Computer Science Sample.
How To List Skills on Your Resume
SKILLS (examples of how to categorize below)
Lab Techniques/Programming/Operating: skills used in experiences go here
Applications/Software: utilize relevant skill groupings
Languages: languages you know and your skill level go here
Adding a Projects Section to Your Resume
PROJECTS (list your relevant projects starting with most recent to least recent)
Course/Project Name, Brandeis University, Month year-Month year (semester dates)
- Start each description with a bullet and an action verb talking about the objective of the project, the skills and tools you used, and the outcome.
- Make sure to mention any qualitative results.
- Highlight group size, if you researched something, wrote a report, or presented. For more details refer to the interactive sample resumes
- Talk about if it was an independent, group project, research project, or lab experiment
- Help the reader understand your accomplishments, skills, knowledge, abilities, and/or achievements
Recruiters and hiring managers now commonly ask junior and intermediate coding professionals to share their GitHub accounts as part of the job evaluation process.
In the past, developers were primarily selected for interviews based on résumé content and referrals, with limited opportunities to demonstrate coding skills during interviews. The open-source movement, reduced hosting barriers, and the popularity of repository sites like GitHub have allowed developers to showcase their code portfolios to potential employers.
Some employers wrongly believed that a robust GitHub account was an exclusive requirement for employment. The idea that "GitHub is your résumé" emerged as a response to this misconception. Today, most employers do not consider a robust GitHub account as a strict requirement. Quality GitHub projects are seen as supplemental evidence of coding ability and conversation pieces during interviews.
To create an effective GitHub portfolio, developers should focus on realistic project ideas, common GitHub content, and essential factors such as variety, completeness, functionality, performance, readability, and documentation. Common types of GitHub projects include websites, programming exercises, games, mobile apps, scripts/utilities, employer-targeted code, and contributions to other users' projects.
Employers evaluate GitHub portfolios based on factors like the variety of projects, completeness, functionality, performance, readability, and the presence of documentation. A GitHub portfolio primarily serves to demonstrate basic programming ability and understanding of fundamental concepts. It can also facilitate in-depth discussions during interviews.
While a GitHub portfolio is not the sole determinant of a successful job search, it is an advantage that helps answer the question, "Can you code?" by showcasing a developer's work instead of simply telling about it.
The most popular and effective internship and job search tool is to locate positions through online sites including the Brandeis portal, Handshake. Students can narrow down their search based on geographic location, job type, industry, and role. Hiatt also promotes employers that have a close connection with the University (i.e. alumni) and labels postings accordingly. This gives students more opportunities to connect with organizations and positions that exclusively look to hire Brandeis students and alumni.
Current Opportunities in Handshake
Note: A Handshake account is required to access the following links (students, alumni & faculty have Handshake accounts).
Internships in Computer Science and Jobs in Computer Science
Internships in Biotech & Life Sciences and Jobs in Biotech & Life Sciences
Internships in Research and Jobs in Research
Use the handshake labels to filter and find even more positions
The Rise Together Mentor Network is the virtual space for Brandeis students to build confidence in their networking skills and connect with alumni mentors. Hosted on the Brandeis community platform, B Connect, Rise Together is similar to LinkedIn, but its users are solely made up of Brandeisians who have opted in to participate, and help you.
Join the Technology & Innovation industry subgroup of the Rise Together Mentor Network to engage with students and alumni with similar professional interests and aspirations. You may answer questions specific to careers in tech and innovation, offer career guidance, discuss the graduate school application process, share your professional expertise and experience in small group discussions, and more.
Interviews are a two-way street. Not only do they provide the opportunity for you to present your background and experiences but give you the ability to evaluate a potential supervisor and work environment. Explore Hiatt's Interterviewing page for more information on how to be prepared and polished before diving into these technology and innovation specific resources...
Coding/Technical Interview Resources
Mock Interviews & Practice Challenges
- Careercup: A paid service that offers mock interviews and career coaching from interviewers at top tech companies.
- Gainlo: A paid service that provides general coding and system design mock interviews and tailored feedback from interviewers at companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, LinkedIn, and Microsoft.
- Hacker-U's Just Code: A free (for beta trial) service that provides coding challenges that can provide objective measures, evenly applied across applicants.
- HackerRank: A free website for programming interview practice problems.
- Impact Interview: A paid service that offers software engineering interview coaching with employees at top tech companies.
- Interviewing.io: A paid (or deferred) service that allows you to book a mock interview with an engineer at a top software company.
- Interview Pro Tips: How to Nail a Technical Interview: A free blog post from Allstate that provides expert guidance to help you prepare for your next step in the recruitment process.
- Pramp: A free complete tech interview practice where you can hone your interviewing skills, learn from your peers, and become comfortable performing under pressure within an interview setting.
- Technical Onsite Interview Survival Guide: A brief "how to" guide with tips and tricks to help you ace your technical interview.
Additional Books That Might Also Be Useful
Congratulations — you've received an offer! Pat yourself on the back. A great deal of hard work and energy went into your success. Now you need to decide whether to accept the position. Explore Hiatt's Understanding and Negotiating Job Offers page for more details and step-by-step instructions on how to proceed.
Career Outcomes for Technology and Innovation
The Hiatt Career Center's annual Beyond Brandeis survey provides insight into the employment and continuing education status of Brandeis University undergraduates within six months of graduation.
Eleven percent of students take roles within technology and innovation each year, with many pursuing continuing education. Brandeis graduates who pursue employment in these fields go on to work with organizations such as Amazon, Apple, Carbon Black, Deloitte, Epic Systems, Kronos, Raytheon, Salesforce, Toast, and more.
Filter by major and industry to see the job roles and employers that Brandeis Alumni have gone onto, and see where Brandeis Alumni have gone for further education.
Working With Hiatt
Hiatt helps Brandeisians know who they are, what they want, and how to get there.
College is a time to discover yourself. You get to figure out what you enjoy, where your interests lie, and your goals for the future. As you find yourself weighing ideas and choices, we can help you to align them with your major or career. As the semesters change, you'll find new experiences waiting for you to take advantage of. They could be in the form of studying abroad, an internship, or joining a campus club. When you know what you want, it's time to put it all together! Hiatt will support your professional goals, but we can't do all the work for you.
Your approach should be to stay curious and engaged. There's no one-size-fits-all path or plan to follow. You're unique and staying open to all possibilities while channeling your curiosity and engaging in activities will fuel your success.
Learn more about working with Hiatt.
“College is a safe place to take risk and experiment. Try new things, get out of comfort zone, get comfortable with failing and coming back. Really stretch yourself and build meaningful experiences for yourself, even if that's against what the external world tells you.” -Athena X. ’20, product manager, Microsoft
See more career advice from Brandeis students
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Faculty
Brandeis faculty and staff are valuable partners in helping students discover who they are, what they want, and how to get there.
Alumni Involvement
The Brandeis alumni network is instrumental in helping students learn about fields, develop and build connections, and provide valuable insight for students who are just getting started. There are various ways for alumni to get involved including:
- The Rise Together Mentor Network
- Volunteering to speak with students in the classroom, in person or virtually
- Becoming an alumni champion within your company and offer to pre-screen students interested in applying, mentor students in the recruiting pipeline, or champion their applications in the hiring process
- Contact Melissa O’Karma and see other alumni volunteer opportunities to get involved