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SPS works to bring
guest
speakers
to
campus, to discuss current and continuing areas of interest; organizes
visits to such places as the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST)
and the
NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center;
and serves as a place for students and faculty to come together
informally to exchange ideas, get to know one another, and have
some fun.
The Physics
Department also maintains a website listing
Summer Research Opportunities,
 and
the
National Office of the Society of Physics Students has a
Job Resource
website that you may find of interest
(particularly if you are a senior); it promises to help you "post your resume
and...match you with cool jobs. Search for jobs from over 1,000
of the top companies."
The
Statistical Research Center
(SRC) of the American Institute of Physics conducts extensive
research on undergraduate and graduate physics programs in the
United States. One of the Institute's primary activities
is to publish reliable information on the characteristics and
evolving trends, including
employment
data, of the physics/astronomy communities. The
information is timely and informative - check it out!
Interested
in astronomy? This is the
Year of
Astronomy! And you might want to check out the
International
Heliophysical Year
website, "Advancing our understanding of the
fundamental heliophysical processes that govern the Sun, Earth and
Heliosphere..." You
might also want to get involved in the
Asteroid
Patrol
or speak with
Larry Marschall
about
our
Observatory,
NURO,
and/or
Friends of
Astronomy (free to G'burg
students), and
Ian
Clarke about
Hatter Planetarium.
The
Gettysburg College Musselman Library maintains a website of
physics resources and there
are many sites with information about employment opportunities
for physicists; below are just a few that may help (we
can't guarantee any of these, of course, and if you find some that we list are not good, let us
know; if you find others that are good, let us know that, too).
Dice
Inc.
Career
Builder
Monster
Job Search
jobs.net
USAJobs
is the Federal Government's web site for open positions. Make
sure you follow the "professional" and "entry level professional"
links. Many jobs are posted here and updated daily.
And again, the
American Institute
of Physics
is an excellent site: news, bulletins and a neat
little job bank.
JobWeb
is
your typical job board, but some have thought they had some good
stuff
for
physicists. Just use the right keywords for the search.
They also have a page on
resume
writing.
Science
Applications International Corporation is a placement service.
And some more websites of interest:
American Physical
Society
Careers Using Physics
Physics Jobs Online
Science Careers
Careers
in Science and Engineering
PhDs.org
The American Astronomical Society
Science Technicians
from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Physicists and Astronomers
from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Teacher-Postsecondary from
the Occupational Outlook Handbook
If you have any questions,
comments or suggestions, please contact an officer or Dr. Strickland.
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The Society of Physics Students
Campus Box 405
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA. 17325 |
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