Duke Physics

Careers and Jobs

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Advice, Planning Aids, Seminars, Workshops

• Finding a Job in Industry (Stephen Granade, Duke Physics)
• Jobs in Physics, Astronomy, and Other Fields (Sonoma State University)
• PhDs.org: Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources
• An Overview for Basic Scientists (Physics -> Medical)
• Panel: non-profit research, teaching, and science policy, altruistic careers (Lunch, RSVP)

Résumés/CV and Cover Pages

• Wikipedia - Resume
• Wikipedia - Cover_letter
• ResumeTutor! (U of Minnesota)
• Sample Physicist Resume (aroj)
• Resumes for Scientists (Michigan State University)
• CareerLab (including Cover Letters)
• Physics Quickstart Resume Templates (CollegeGrad.com)
• Resume Examples (Ohio State University)
• JobStar Central (including Cover Letters)
• Resume-Resource (including Cover Letters)
• e-resume.us
• Cover Letters (Virginia Tech)
• About.com: Cover Letters
• Cover Letters (RPI - Rensselaer)
• Cover Letters (Washington University: Physics) (pdf)

Career Centers

• APS: Careers in Physics
• APS Career Center
• Academic Keys for the Sciences
• Physics Today - Career Network
• American Association of Physics Teachers Career Center
• UNC-W Career Services
• Physics and Astronomy Job Hunting Resources (Berkeley)
• Jobs in Physics, Astronomy, and Other Fields (Sonoma State University)
• The Online Job Search Guide
• Science Careers (Science)
• Career Builder
• Duke Career Center
  • Career Email Lists
  • Career Guide 2007-2008 (magazine in Physics Lobby)
  • INTERFOLIO (help for making applications)
• LinkedIn (professional networking site)
• Science Jobs .org
• NatureJobs.com
• Academic Transfer (vacancies) (Netherlands; including Physics)

Jobs Fairs

• APS Job Fairs
• TechConnect Summit (Boston, June 1–5)

Conferences - Non-Academic

• NSTI Nanotechnology Conference (Boston, June 1-5, 2008; not a career fair, but probably useful)

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Academic Positions

Postdoctoral/Post-Master's Positions

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Postdoc and Post Master opportunities (many!)
• Caltech Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships (several fellowships, experimental and theoretical)
• L'Oréal USA Fellowship For Women in Science (news release)
  • L'Oréal USA Fellowship For Women in Science (program, awards, etc)
• Postdoc Positions at U Michigan (biofluid mechanics and transport, expt & theory)
• Novartis Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (BioMedical Research)
• Rowland Junior Fellows Program (Harvard)
• U of CA - Irvine - Postdoc Positions (CMT; theory biophysics; expt biophysics)
• NECSI Postdoc (Complex Systems)
• LBNL postdoc (accelerator research)
• University of Aveiro (Portugal), Physics Complex Systems and Random Networks [3/15/08]
• Indiana University Biocomplexity Institute Postdoc, could be physics [still open on 3/1/08]
• University of Cambridge (UK): DAMTP postdoc (Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics: fluid flows) [5/1/08]
• Haverford College: Physics postdoc (expt nonlinear)
• AcademicKeys: Mar 2008 - Postdoc Positions

Tenure-track Positions

• University of Missouri-Kansas City, Astronomy/Astrophysics: tenure-track assistant professor. (See bulletin board near Room 141)
• Washington State University, Physics
  • Theoretical Physics, tenure-track assistant professor
  • Astrophysics, tenure-track assistant professor
• Francis Marion Unversity (SC), Physics: Asst Prof tenure-track. (See bulletin board near Room 141)
• University of Rochester, Institute of Optics: tenure-track faculty position in Optical Engineering (See bulletin board near Room 141)
• Washington University in St. Louis: tenure-track faculty Astro/Particle Physics Theory [mid-March] (See bulletin board near Room 141)
• AcademicKeys: Mar 2008 - Academic Positions

Non-Tenure-track Positions

• University of Redlands, Physics: Teaching position available Visiting Position in Physics. (See bulletin board near Room 141) [April 1, 2008]
• AcademicKeys: Mar 2008 - Academic Positions
• Haverford College; Physics & Astronomy: Two-year Visiting Assistant Professor (See bulletin board near Room 141)

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Non-academic Positions

• Intel is hiring
• IOP, Washington, DC (interest in publishing/Physics/ Washington networking)
• AIP State Department Science Fellowships (Washington policy, US citizens, one year)
• Hellman Fellowship in Science and Technology Policy (science –> policy, one/two years, Cambridge MA, beginning Sep 2008)
• Director of Programs for MentorNet (San Francisco)
• Wolfram Research (Mathematica, etc)
• AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (science –> public policy)
• Duke Endowment Fellowship (creative thinking in the philanthropic sector)
• American Journal Experts (see many posters - orange/white/blue)
• OSA's Congressional Fellowship program (science –> policy, one year, DC)
• Association Bernard Gregory (France vacancies)
• Job Opportunities in eRecruiting. See the spreadsheet in February 2008, or check the main eRecruiting web.
• McKinsey: Engineering & Science [5/11/08]
• Accenture (management consulting firm)

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Graduate Fellowships

• DAAD Fellowship (1-10 months in Germany)

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Work-Study/Temporary Positions

• Franklin Humanities Institute (Duke)
• Programming support in WiSE (Duke)
• Duke Temporary Service (DTS)