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Physics Jobs and Careers

The APS Careers in Physics website is a gateway for physicists, students, and physics enthusiasts to information about physics jobs and careers.

Find physics job listings, career advice, upcoming workshops and meetings, and career and job related resources.


March Meeting 2012 Career Events

Job Seekers: Job Expo Registration is Free!
Looking for a physics job?  Don't miss this opportunity to meet with dozens of employers recruiting for science and technology jobs at the APS March Job Expo in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Career Development Opportunities
Attending the March Meeting in Boston?  Don't miss what's available for industrial, minority, and women physicists, students,  teachers and job seekers.
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Future of Physics Days 2012

Student Travel Grants Available!
April Travel Grant Application Opens January 16

American Physical Society and the Society of Physics Students will once again welcome hundreds of undergraduate physicists to the APS March and April Meetings.  Planned events to inform and excite students include careers in physics discussions, a graduate school fair, special awards receptions, and networking opportunities. 

All presenting undergraduate students are eligible for special $200 and $1000 travel awards. Students must present to be eligible for a travel award.  All March awards have been dispersed. Applications for the April meeting will open on January 16.
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Exploring Physics Careers

Insight:  Free Physics Slide Shows
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Physics InSight slide shows inform and excite students about careers and opportunities in physics. The slide shows are easy to download and install on PC and Mac based viewing systems.
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Your Path in Physics
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A Physics Degree Pays
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Best in Physics Jobs

APS Physics Jobs Center

Employers and Job Seekers
Qualified candidates and excellent jobs - APS's award-winning Career Center job board posts the best in physics and related fields.
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Professional Development

In today’s career environment, many employment opportunities and career choices are available to scientists. Common to each of the many career choices are needed skills that are important to achieve success. Typically, many of these skills are non-technical and are not part of a standard academic curriculum.
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Speaker Travel Grants

APS now has a Career Development Speaker Travel Grant Program to provide assistance to physics departments that are trying to increase their career development activities and to raise the career awareness of students seeking undergraduate and graduate physics degrees.
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Committee on Careers and Professional Development

The APS Committee on Careers and Professional Development is a nine-member committee whose mission is to identify and address issues of careers and professional development for students, faculty, and physicists in the workforce, and to advise the APS on these issues.
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Link to Physics Jobs

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Link your society, department, unit, or group website directly to the APS Career Center just by inserting a short HTML snippet on to your web page. Choose one of several button styles and connect to Physics Jobs with a click of the button.  No cookies or tracking code are involved, just a straight path to careers in physics.
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Upcoming Meetings

  • APS March Meeting 2012
    February 27-March 2, 2012
  • Joint Spring 2012 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS and AAPT and Zone 13 of the SPS
    March 22-24, 2012
  • APS April Meeting 2012 (Held in Conjunction with the Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference)
    March 31-April 3, 2012
  • Spring 2012 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section
    April 13-14, 2012
  • 2012 Spring Meeting of the New York Section of the APS
    April 20-21, 2012

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