IEEE Xplore
http://www.ieee.org/ieeexplore

IEEE Expert Now educational products and IEEE Standards Online subscription packages have recently been added to the IEEE Xplore digital library.

IEEE members can now buy individual peer-reviewed tutorials from the Expert Now collection. The hour-long, interactive, multimedia courses contain the latest information on existing or emerging technologies presented by leading experts. To review the course catalog, visit http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/modules/modulebrowse.jsp.

Moving the IEEE Standards Online subscription packages from their own database into IEEE Xplore makes searching for a standard easier than ever before. You can now search standards by keyword or sorted by the standard’s number. Draft standards are also available, as are archived standards and even those that have been withdrawn.

There are also new links to interpretations of standards, as well as to related documents and errata. What’s more, users can sign up for e-mail that alerts them when revisions and new standards are added to the IEEE Xplore library.

Visit http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/standards.jsp.

IEEE Job Site
http://www.ieee.org/jobs

More job seekers and more jobs than ever are on the site, as well as a growing list of international job openings.

Job postings by employers grew by 14.3 percent in 2006 over the previous year, jumping to 11 467 jobs from 10 036. At the same time, the number of members using the site increased 14.7 percent to 47 086.

Employers listing job openings include ATI Canada, DoCoMo Communications Labs, Draper Labs, Google, INRIA, Philips, and Siemens.

“Google has just renewed its unlimited posting deal for a third year and will be adding many non-U.S. opportunities soon,” says Michael J. Buryk, business development manager of recruitment advertising for IEEE Media, the department in New York City that oversees the site. “Boeing has a major push on for new hires and signed its first unlimited posting contract with the Job Site in January,” he says.

Unlimited postings means a company can list as many job openings as it wants instead of paying for a specific number.

The site was redesigned in April to provide a new look and feel, along with more content geared to job seekers and the companies advertising job openings.

IEEE.tv
http://www.ieee.org/ieeetv

Two new IEEE.tv features examine the technologies behind wind power and careers in biomedical engineering.

IEEE.tv is the IEEE’s Internet-based video service that covers advanced technology and other topics. The program lineup includes summaries of information presented at IEEE conferences, overviews of books put out by Wiley-IEEE Press, discussions of employment trends, and descriptions of new products and services introduced by the institute. Most videos are available exclusively to IEEE members holding an IEEE Web account, but several may be viewed by the general public as well.

“Wind Power—The Technology” provides an overview of the topic, as well as its history, in a series of interviews of experts conducted at the 2006 IEEE Wind Power Symposium held in Washington, D.C. The program highlights activities in China, Europe, and the United States.

“The Emerging Field of Biomedical Engineering” focuses on career possibilities. It features interviews with engineers working for both large and small employers discussing the nature of their work.

MyIEEE
http://www.ieee.org/myieee

The myIEEE online membership portal recently updated its career-development features.

The new Professional Desktop now lets members search the IEEE Job Site and the IEEE-USA Consultants Database directly from the portal rather than by navigating to different Web sites. In addition, new myIEEE modules link to IEEE’s Mentoring Connection site, where members can register to mentor a young engineer or seek a mentor for themselves, and to IEEE-USA’s Career Navigator site, where they can seek career advice.

Through myIEEE, members can also view details of their IEEE membership, including a list of the societies they belong to and the publications they subscribe to. They can also use the portal to contact local IEEE sections, find upcoming conferences, and read articles from IEEE Spectrum and The Institute.

The portal includes the Knowledge Desktop, which consolidates information about IEEE’s research databases and subscription-related benefits.

Another section of the portal, the Community Desktop, links to information about local and worldwide networking opportunities, information on becoming an IEEE senior member, and a list of upcoming conferences.