Westchester Career Guide

un­dreds of good jobs could open in the coal, nu­cle­ar, and nat­u­ral gas ar­eas. In ad­di­tion to plant de­sign and op­er­a­tions and main­te­nance, en­er­gy com­pa­nies will be seek­ing en­gi­neers with skills and abil­i­ty in fire pro­tec­tion, nu­cle­ar re­fu­el­ing, and ther­mal ef­fi­cien­cy.

Online safekeeping doesn’t just happen. Information security specialists are in the shadows, ensuring consumer and business data security worldwide, and providing the skills needed to track down information in criminal investigations. Because nearly everyone is at risk from a cyber security threat, professionals in information systems security are bucking unemployment trends.

Nuclear job growth is already underway in North Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Louisiana. In Lake Charles, La., the Shaw Group and Westinghouse will employ 1,400 workers. In Newport News, Va., Northrop Grumman and AREVA are building a $360 million facility to manufacture massive reactor vessels and stream generators. These and other companies have already hired more than 9,000 employees and invested more than $4 billion in developing new nuclear manufacturing and business operations.

For DeVry University students majoring in Information Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, or Biomedical Engineering Technology, required senior projects are about more than just completing requirements needed to graduate. “For me, my senior project was not only an opportunity to showcase everything I had learned, but about how I could take those skills and contribute something [...]