Tools for Career Advisors

Helping Students Become Physicists

Physics Educator Guidance serves as a resource to physics teachers and faculty, as well as students interested in careers in physics and physical science education.  The guidance papers and resource links benefit anyone interested in the education of future scientists. 

Send Your Suggestions
If you know of a helpful resource that is not listed on this page, please email Careers in Physics the link and a brief description of the information.

K-12 Faculty

Information for Students and Guidance Counselors

Often high school students and guidance counselors are unsure about the decision to take Physics in high school. We have generated a number of tools and resources to help make the case for physics among high school students and those who advise them.

Seven Myths about High School Physics Brochure
Use this brochure to spark conversation with counselors and students about
the benefits of a physics training.

College & University Faculty

A document to help departments reexamine their programs in light of the wide range of possible careers for physics graduates.

APS Career Development Speaker Travel Grant Program
Career Development Speaker Travel Grant Program provides assistance to physics departments that are trying to increase their career development activities and raise the career awareness of students seeking undergraduate and graduate physics degrees.

Department Chairs Conference Reports Archive

Help with Physics Jobs
The Committee on Careers and Professional Development has prepared a set of slides for a talk, entitled “Help with Physics Jobs.” The slide show is helpful to anyone involved in physics who is looking for a job, helping others to look for physics jobs, or planning his or her career.  Jobs considered include industrial and academic positions.

• Physics & Astronomy Academic Workforce Report
• Who's Hiring Physics Bachelors? (By State)
• Initial Employment Report: Physics and Astronomy Degree Recipients of 2002 & 2003
• Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being A Mentor To Students In Science And Engineering
• Grad School Shopper
• What Works: Ensuring the Success of Under-represented Groups

Speakers Lists

Industrial and Applied Physics Speakers List

Minorities in Physics Colloquium Speakers List
Information on Travel Grants

Women in Physics Colloquium Speakers List
Information on Travel Grants

Physics Educator Guidance serves as a resource to physics teachers and faculty, as well as students interested in careers in physics and physical science education.  The guidance papers and resource links benefit anyone interested in the education of future scientists.  If you know of a helpful resource that is not listed on this page, please email Careers in Physics the link and a brief description of the information.