Resources for Students

Jobs and Career Info

AIP Career Services: career development and employment resources in physics and related fields: an online job posting service, announcements of employment centers, etc.

America's Career InfoNet: employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor market conditions, Employer contacts nationwide.

AIP Statistical Research Center: education and employment trends in Physics and Related Fields.

http://www.phds.org/: Science, Math and Engineering Career Resources.

Next Wave: The weekly on-line publication devoted to scientific training and career development, provides global news, profiles of emerging careers, and advice from experts and role models drawn from the international scientific community.

www.hotjobs.com allows students to create an online resume, set up personal job search agents, track job applications, and receive updates by mail. Members can also alter their profile and privacy settings. Once you've registered, you'll be prompted to complete your user profile. The site employs HotBlock technology that lets you control which employers see your resume.

www.monster.com: More than 370,00 job postings, provides jobs and resume databases for more than 1,000 university career centers.

www.careerbuilder.com: network of 75 career sites, more than 1 million resumes.

www.careershop.com: information packed site with a personal job shopper service.

www.dice.com: 79,000 job postings from 6,800 employers nationwide.

www.wetfeet.com: offers 12,000 jobs and allows research on many companies, salaries, etc.

Graduate School Advice/Student Life, etc.

Advice for Undergraduates considering Graduate School: http://www.review.com/graduate/index.cfm

General advice for student success such as major exploration, study skills, career path, money matters, fitness and well-being, etc:
http://www.prenhall.com/success/index.html

Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond (1996):
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309053935/html/index.html

Recent news articles in physical sciences from the New York Times:
http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/Physical_Sciences/

A compilation of papers about how to do research and communicate effectively: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/how-to.html

US News and World Report:
Education news, best programs, calculate tuition, etc
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/eduhome.htm

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) developed and administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) measures your ability to handle graduate-school level work through verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning questions. Graduate school admissions committees use your score to gauge your abilities and compare it with those of other applicant: http://www.gre.org/

Funding Undergraduate and Graduate Education

NSF grants, up-to-date information on latest grants: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a6/A6Start.htm

Guide to Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Students In Science And Engineering contains information on summer research opportunities that are available, or have been available in the past, to undergraduate students studying science, mathematics, and engineering. The opportunities are arranged alphabetically by science fields: http://www.yale.edu/necuse/

FinAid--the Financial Aid Information Page: http://www.finaid.org

WiredScholar is a top-notch college planning site: http://www.wiredscholar.com

Publications

Physics Today is the #1 publication in the physical sciences. Published for more than 50 years, it is read by 120,000 subscribers in basic and applied research in industry, government,and university laboratories.

Student and Professional Organizations

Society of Physics Students (SPS): a professional association explicitly designed for students interested in physics

ASGS: a service organization of graduate students, graduate-student organizations (GSOs), and graduate-degree-granting institutions. ASGS services and products assist students to complete their theses and obtain their degrees, produce the highest quality of theses, and improve their lives during the thesis process.

The Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions, formed in 1992, supports the organization of new graduate employee unions.

The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS): a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of graduate and professional student life in the United States of America.