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Professional Societies & Resources
American Physical Society
Career Resources
- Job board
- Career guide
- Career pathways and profiles
- Data science careers
- Physics Innovation & Entrepreneurship (PIE) program
Including speaker lists, PIE-specific webinars and pop-up courses - Interviews with physicists outside of academia
Previous interviews have included scientists working at the Exploratorium Museum of Science, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Third Millennium Trading, and the National Research Council Canada, among many others - IMPact program
Connecting students and early career industry physicists who can provide advice, information, guidance, etc. - Stats on physics graduates
- Forum on industrial and applied physics
- Articles
Such as ‘Entrepreneurship’s role in physics education’, ‘Reimagining the physics student as engineer, inventor, & entrepreneur’ and ‘Common careers of physicists in the private sector’ - Webinars
On topics such as entrepreneurship in physics, landing your first physics teaching job, making a difference through work in non-profits, resumes vs. CV’s, navigating job fairs, negotiating job offers, etc.
Professional Development
- Professional development guidebook
- Webinars
On topics such as pop-up courses, networking strategies, interviewing tips, transferrable skills, etc. - PIPELINE Network
Developing research instruments to investigate the link between innovation & entrepreneurship education, and corresponding student and faculty attitudes - Local Links
Developing mutually beneficial links between academia and industry by connecting industry professionals, early career physicists, and faculty in geographically centered areas - Forum on graduate student affairs
International Association of Physics Students
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