OTHER SCIENTIFIC CAREER RESOURCES
A Career Planning Center for Beginning Scientists and Engineers
The National Academy of Sciences started its on-line career center in
1996. This site contains a wealth of information including listings of
fellowship and post-doc opportunities, on-line career advice and an on-
line mentorship program. It also has links to a huge number of other
career resources, scientific societies, job listings, and on-line
publications from the NAS. Thank the Sloan Foundation (
http://www.sloan.org) for sponsoring this one.
Science's Next Wave
Recognizing the need for timely career information, the AAAS
initiated their own "young scientist's" web site in late 1995. Called
Science's Next Wave, the elegant web site contains a wealth of
information, services, and forums for exploring a range of topics of
interest to the next generation of scientists. Nearly every month, the
Next Wave initiates a forum, with correspondents contributing
information and responding to questions. Best of all, the sections of
the web site are beautifully organized and laid out. A thorough list of
interesting links is also maintained.
The Young Scientists' Network
In 1990, Kevin Aylesworth, a physics post-doc at the Naval
Research Laboratory, started the Young Scientists' Network, an E-mail
newsgroup dedicated to the employment concerns of entry-level
scientists and engineers. The group's initial goal was to debunk the
"Myth," the idea that the country was facing a looming shortage of
scientists and engineers and that job prospects for young Ph.D.s were
bright. This idea was heavily promulgated by the existing scientific
establishment, "rigorous academic" studies such as the now infamous
Bowen and Sosa report, and in the news media.
Since that time the YSN has grown to about 3000 subscribers
(the number keeps changing) and has been a forum for many issues
related to science and science employment. While some found the
initial tone of the YSN to be pessimistic, shrill and depressing in the
past few years, an increasing number of posts have been devoted
specifically to advice on finding research and teaching positions in
academia. Much of this information is timely and extremely useful for
anyone considering a career in academia, industry or other fields.
A list of other valuable sites:
CareerMosaic
Technology Registry
IntelliMatch
Career Magazine
Get A Job
Biospace*
Computer Science Careers
Peterson's Guides
Interactive Age Top 1000 North American Companies by Sales
IndustryNet*
Career Guide for Engineers and Computer Scientists
Young Scientist's Network Archive
Science's Next Wave
Network of Emerging Scientists
Association for Support of Graduate Students
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Job Hunt*
Jobs in Mathematics
American Physical Society Careers/Employment Site
Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet (The Riley Guide)*
* indicates that this site is rated in the top 5% of the Web (in other
words, it's a good one)
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