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As we all know, the job market for physicists is abysmal. but just how bad is it? and what role does the prestige of the university you attended play? Will someone who earned their Ph. D from MIT or Harvard have a much easier time getting a post-doc, than say, someone who went to Virginia Tech...

How likely is it for someone with a Bachelor's in Applied Physics to land a job as an electrical or mechanical engineer?

Hello, much probably my job won't be research in theoretical physics, but that's what I'd like to do. I'll get out of university with a master's degree in some area of physics. Is it possible to do research even if that's not my job? Does anybody do this?

I have third (and final) round of interviews scheduled for next week with Qualcomm. The Qualcomm job is full-time, and in Colorado. In short, it's my dream job. Medtronic has been calling me and asking if I am interested in a job opportunity there, a contractor position which is less...

Okay so I'm an Engineering Physics major and I plan on taking plenty of EE courses. I am considering doing a little extra work and declaring a minor. My current plan is to go to graduate school but I would like a fallback plan in case something comes up. I would like to work with something...

I am an international graduate student studying in U.S.. I am pretty not sure whether or not it is easy to find job in American university/college (gaining a teaching position) after graduation. I come from China, P.R., and now a physics graduate student in U.S.. I still have many years left...

Hi everyone, does anyone know what the typical job market is like for recent graduates in the geophysics field. I mean given the price of oil and the global financial crisis does one even stand a chance. I like to hear from some of you who are in the geoscience field as well. I know Alberta...

Hello, when I finish school I will have an MS in nuclear engineering with second majors in both applied math and physics. I was wondering, if I get a job at a national lab, what will my prospects be vs. someone entering with a phd? After some time there will I be able to do the same work that...

I posted before when I was considering a career in the Navy as a Nuclear Propulsion officer. Though I have not fully thrown the idea out, I landed a civilian job in the nuclear industry. I was looking into the Air Force Reserve or Air National Guard, and was wondering how it would actually...

So the horror story I keep hearing is that you become a PhD and your life becomes politics while you delegate the science to grad students. (This of course, seems to gloss over the whole post-doc position). Nonetheless, with how much I hear professors complaining about bureaucratic...

Hi. I am now to choose what I must study for engineering. So,I wanted some help.Everyone says "you must take what you like and what you will enjoy doing and what will make your job enjoyable". But,I don't know what I'll learn in engineering and what job I'll have to do. (I have to pick among...

Hi, I'm graduating this summer with my ME degree. I've started my job hunt and I have a few questions. When looking for jobs I keep stumbling across positions that require a good 5-10 years of experience that fit the bill of my interests succinctly. For example, this boeing job fits most of...

http://www.northeastern.edu/registrar/major-2.html According to that site there is actually a difference. My university has two campuses and each offers one of each. The above is not my university and I don't know if those definitions applies to my university or are universal. At the end...

I'm fully aware after having read through various forums and articles online by people who know what they are talking about that the job market for physicists, at least in America, is awful. Most grad students nowadays end up spending 5-10 years doing post-doctoral work, and when they finally...

I'm an undergraduate biomedical physics major going into my senior year. I've been really interested in going the medical physics route, but was only interested in doing that for two years to get my master's rather than Ph.D. Now with all the CAMPEP accreditation and residency stuff, I've...

I'm really at the end of my rope. For months I've applied to jobs in industry, gov't, and even academia with little to nothing in the way of responses. I've gotten on the order of 1-3 responses back, and almost all three said that they'd "might have" hired me if they didn't get unexpected cuts...

Hello, I'm a French scientific programmer with a PhD in Nuclear Physics. During and after my PhD, I worked and still work at a French national laboratory on nuclear energy working on scientific software. I'm moving to the U.S. in a few months for my American wife's career in Northern...

Do you follow the old tradition of calling 3-7 days later to check on the status of your application? Assume it's a larger corporation with an applicant tracking system.

I come from Asian ethnicity, and my parents constantly want me to switch from chem e to stats. from what they've seen, a lot of international students get a phd in something, and they can't find jobs afterward. The main concern for them seems to be to simply find a good paying job and settling...

what is this field or job called?? someone who studies space, black holes, dark matter, theory on bigbang, death and birth of new star, finding out the chances of life in other planets, origin of our solar system, galaxy, predicting when a new meteor would hit earth, and what would i need...

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Let's dream a little bit. If you could choose any job in the world, related to your field or not, or even invent a new one, what would you prefer to do for a living? Or perhaps you have already found what suits you the most... If I could choose any job in the world, I'd love to run a...

I've decided against pursuing a career as a university professor after seeing how low the odds of actually making it are. If I were to still study physics (undergrad at least, I will do a master's and/or PhD if necessary), how are the job prospects (chance of getting a job, job security...

That's right! After nearly a year of being wait-listed I successfully interviewed and passed a qualifications exam to work in my university's tutoring center, tutoring Pre-Algebra to Calculus students. I don't know why, but I'm pretty excited about that, I didn't really need the job but I...

I currently have a B+ average. Is this good for an engineering student. Will I be able to get a good job with these kinds of grades?

How did they do just before the crash of the 2000 tech bubble, for example? I've tried google, and it fails to produce anything relevant for the last 20 years

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v473/n7346/full/nj7346-243a.html Hmm, what percent of these jobs will be in the private sector, and what percent in the public sector? I'd be concerned about anything in the public sector since the Republicans can easily take it away when they win control...

I will have a B.S. in Applied physics with a minor in Computation. Graduating in one week. I have been applying to jobs left and right and haven't gotten one call back. It has been very discouraging. I have been applying to Lockheed, Ball, Nasa, Northrop and Grumman... Besides the...

Well, I'm 19, I love pure mathematics and I'm determined to follow my heart in my life. but recently this idea has been in my head that there is no job for a pure mathematician except teaching math. I love teaching math to other people but don't want it to be my future career. Do you think that...

Hello all. To give you guys an idea of my background, I'm currently an EE student who's about halfway through my undergrad degree at uni with above average grades (>4.0 GPA). Recently I just a got a job with a small engineering firm, and I've found myself spending all my time...

Is there any way I could find out the "quality" of my posting in general? I just want to know if I am doing a decent job overall of explaining things to people, or completely screwing up lol. I'm assuming there isn't, but I just thought I'd ask.

hello there: I am a graduate in physics, but unfortunately in my country there are not many places for me to work so, I was wondeing if I could get a Job in CERN... Can anyone tell me if there are any chances for me to work there? Thanks

Hey all.Could anyone please make this list according to decreasing in job opportunities after PHD, at least up to 5? Full list would be fantastic! 1.Acoustics 2.Astronomy 3.Astrophysics 4.Atomic physics 5.Bio physics 6.Chaos 7.Chemical Physics 8.Computational Physics 9.Cosmology 10.Cryophysics...

I am currently a mechanical engineering technology major. I read in some websites that engineer technicians are the engineer's slaves, are useless, and will reach a "dead end" in life. I am choosing engineering technology because I am a fan of math and science but I also like to focus mainly on...

I'm filling out a webform application for a position as a Financial Analytics Analyst/Developer The job requirements list: "At least 1 year experience in mortgage servicing, fixed income, financial engineering, or quantitative analytics" The webform actually asks about the amount of...

Hello all, This is my first post here. I'm a junior in high school, and I've begun the long process of deciding a major/college. I've visited a few (Michigan, Duke, UNC, Vandy, Georgia Tech) and have been impressed by most. To keep this as short as possible, I've been interested in aviation...

So I recently took a job in R&D right out of my Master's program (in electrical engineering). When I was interviewing at the company, I quickly realized that everyone was "Dr. so-and-so". I actually did not interview with a single person that did not have a PhD out of 8 people (except for the...

What specialty has more stability and a better job outlook in Electrical engineering! Test or Design

I was told that optical fiber communication market starts to recover. But I'm very frustrated in seeking an optical job here. Could anyone give some seeking hints? Many thanks.

Is a computational physics major a good compromise for someone who is not sure if they'd like to go deeper into physics, or start working for scientific or software companies?I ask because I live in the Bay area, and with Silicon Valley here, would a B.S. in applied physics sound like a good...

A friend of mine has a job interview tomorrow with a prestigious company. She is almost guaranteed the job because she's good friends with one of the hiring managers. Her current job has no room to grow, pays below average and has no benefits but she has pretty much made the owner stress free...

Well, its placement season in college and we've had companies coming over and wooing us. I had landed two jobs in IT in Jan, but that almost didn't count because IT really isn't my thing and IT companies hire in bulk (batches of 100 students being placed together are common). However, about...

Hello everybody. I am currently in a French engineering school, one of the best. The hard part was getting into it; now I am pretty assured to graduate and I just have to follow some very basic courses. I could be perfectly happy, except...I'm not really sure I want to be an engineer...

Straightforwardly, my parents want me to become an engineer since they can easily get a job. On the contrary, a professor is the only job that a mathematician can get. But I want to pursue my career in mathematics, especially the number theory, since life is once and I think one should do...

I've been out of school for almost a year now, (graduated May 2010) and I have still have not found a job. I feel like I've looked just about everywhere. I've had maybe 4 or 5 interviews, haven't gotten any offers. I have a Bachelor's in Engineering Physics from Illinois. I specialized in...

For the last 3.5 years, I've been working on a detailed calculation for my phd. I finished five months ago. Because it was expected I would defend this semester, I applied for work and accepted a job, etc. I've started work and relocated, expecting to return to defend sometime next month...

Hello, I'm a mechanical engineer graduate with a little over a year of real world job experience. This first job has been rather disappointing for me so I've been giving my long term career goals much more thought. I originally thought I'd want to get a Ph.D and perhaps do research but what...

I still have a long ways to go but it seems like many of the jobs require a master's degree. Due to some past mistakes, I may not be able to maintain my 3.0 that I currently have all the way through until graduation.

The US Senate made a counterproposal to the budget cuts proposed by the House. From http://appropriations.senate.gov/news.cfm?method=news.view&id=7e62b4eb-ed09-4dd4-86f0-411534783127 At this level, NASA will not be provided any funds for requested but new long-range space technology research...

My friend completed completed a biotech degree and is completing an MBA in finance. What kind of jobs can she get? Does she need to have a Masters to get a really good job? Or is getting certification in something is the best way to go? Can someone please advice?