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Fact Sheet: Connecting Physics Students to Career Opportunities

MAR 01, 2015
Tips for helping physics students find meaningful employment
 Connecting Physics Students to Career Opportunities

This document was created by the Career Pathways Project (CPP) and is designed to enhance the work being done by career services professionals with physics undergraduates and physics faculty members. It provides tips on resume writing, identifies some of the skills developed during the typical undergraduate physics experience, lists common job titles held by recent physics bachelor’s degree recipients, and offers suggestions for effective career advising of physics undergraduates.

For information on obtaining print copies of the Fact Sheet, please contact the SPS National Office at: Society of Physics Students, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740; Tel: 301-209-3007; or E-mail: sps [at] aip.org.

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