RESOURCES

University of Iowa Resources

• Pomerantz Career Center
• Engineering Professional Development

Career Planning

• AAS Career Services -- Great resource for those looking at careers in astronomy.
• The Professional Astronomer -- Produced by the Astronomical League this article describes the job market for astronomers.
• APS Careers in Physics -- Physics career information and guidance resources.
• Careers in Science & Engineering -- Student planning guide to grad school and beyond.
• Physical Sciences Resource Center -- Geared towards physics teaching.
• PhysLINK -- Information on all things physics.
• Physicist/Astronomer Occupational Outlook -- General details pertaining to a physicist/astronomer career from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Report on Initial Employment in Physics and Astronomy -- AIP report on initial employment of physics and astronomy graduates.

Education Programs

• AAS Education Office -- Astronomy education resource.
• ASP Astronomy Education -- Astronomy education at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
• Division of Educational Programs -- From the Argonne National Laboratory.
• Iowa Space Grant Consortium -- Intrastate project operated by ISU, UI, UNI, and Drake University to conduct research and educate the general public.
• National Astronomy Education Projects -- Catalog of projects and programs in astronomy education.
• Educational Resources in Physics, Astronomy & Related Fields -- From Sonoma State University, this site has many resource links spanning all levels of education.

Preparing Resumes/Cover Letters, Interviewing

• CareerLab -- Articles from The Career Advisor on job search and career topics.
• EmploymentGuide.com -- Online employment source.
• CV Tips -- Curriculum vitae advice.
• JobWeb -- Links to employer info., job search tools, and career fairs.
• Kaplan -- Test prep, admissions and tutoring.
• The Best Resumes on the Net -- Straightforward resume information without all the clutter.
• Quintessential Careers -- Career and job hunting resources guide.
• TrueCareers -- Online employment source.
• WorkSearch -- Links to resume, cover letter, and interview articles.
• Dining Etiquette -- From the Career Center at Ball State University.

PLACEMENT

Physics & Astronomy Jobs

• Physics Today Career Network -- Career resources for job seekers.
• PhysicsJobs -- Physics job vacancies from around the world.
• AAS Job Register -- Job listings from the American Astronomical Society.
• Atomic & Plasma Physics Job Announcements -- Jobs in the atomic and plasma physics fields.
• TIPTOP -- Dynamic job list for physicists.
• Jobs in Physics, Astronomy, & Other Fields -- From Sonoma State University, this site has many, many links to job listing sites.
• WORKinOPTICS.com -- Optics and photonics career web site from the Optical Society of America.
• NatureJobs -- Online scientific recruitment, published by Nature, the international weekly journal of science.
• ysfine.com -- Links to JOBMENU, a worldwide listing of academic and research positions in physics.
• Space Jobs -- Employment opportunities in the space industry.
• Fermilab Career Opportunities -- Job openings at the Fermi National Laboratory.
• Jobs @ LLNL -- Job opportunities at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
• Jobs@SLAC -- Positions available at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
• STScI Career Opportunities -- Job listings at the Space Telescope Science Institute.
• Academic Careers Online -- Career opportunities in education and academia.
• America's Job Bank -- General database for searching all kinds of jobs.
• JobBank USA -- General database for job searching plus other career resources.
• Job-Hunt.org -- Job hunter's online super list of the best job sites on the web.
• Jobs.net -- Job search, employment resources and career advice.
• JobsCity.net -- Search, post global jobs, resumes, careers.
• Monster Jobs -- Search for jobs worldwide.
• Net-Temps -- Search for contract, temporary and permanent employment.
• Jobs UK -- Jobs, employment and recruitment in the UK.
• Smart Career Move -- Resource to finding employment in the state of Iowa. Site created by the Iowa Department of Economic Development.

Internships/Cooperatives

Outside the Physics and Astronomy General Office (Room 203 Van Allen Hall) you'll find many internship/cooperative opportunities posted. Also be sure to check out these excellent sites listed below.

• Summer REUs and Internships -- Maintained by the Physics and Astronomy Dept. at Carleton College.
• National Academies Graduate Fellowship Program
• NRAO Summer Student Assistantships -- Summer student research assistantship program at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
• STScI Summer Student Program and Graduate Research Assistantships-- Available through the Space Telescope Science Institute.
• InternshipPrograms.com -- Internship search engine that can search 2500 programs and 200,000 positions.

CONTACTS

Corporate

• 3M United States
• Alcatel-Lucent
• Boeing
• E.I. du Pont de Nemours
• Eastman Kodak
• Hewlett Packard
• Honeywell
• IBM
• Lockheed Martin
• Motorola
• Raytheon
• Rockwell Collins
• Sun Microsystems
• Teledyne Scientific & Imaging

Research Organizations

• Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
• American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• American Physical Society (APS)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO)
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory -- NRAO homepage with links to various employment opportunities.
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Optical Society of America (OSA)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Science
• European Laboratory for Particle Physics -- CERN homepage

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY ALUMNI

• UI Physics & Astronomy Alumni
• UI Society of Physics Students

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