Career Preparation
- Gain skills, knowledge, and mindsets necessary to succeed both professionally and academically with workshops sponsored by the WSU Professional Development Initiative.
- Polish up your CV and cover letter with assistance from the WSU Academic Success and Career Center.
- Envision, prepare for, and excel in non-academic careers with Versatile PhD, an online community featuring industry and peer insights. Student membership provided by WSU.
- Job Search Databases
Links to career opportunities from more than a dozen job boards.
Additional Resources
National Laboratory Job Search Websites
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Sandia National Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Other National Laboratories
Faculty Job Resources
- Sample Faculty Interview Questions
- American Chemical Society – Postdoc to Faculty Workshop
- Resources for Teaching at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
- What Makes a Competitive Faculty Application
- Maximize Your Chances of Landing a Faculty Job
- The Academic Job Search Handbook
- From PhD to Professor: Advice for Landing Your First Academic Position
Faculty Jobs
- ACS Careers (or other professional society)
- HigherEdJobs.com (best for PUI’s)
- Academic Keys
- Academic Jobs Online
- Academic Careers Online
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Science Careers
- Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
- University Affairs (Canada)
- Indeed
- Human Resources website for schools you are interested in working at.
Finding Alternate Careers
- USA Jobs
- Career Options for Ph.D.s in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Disciplines
- Guide to Nontraditional Careers in Science
ISBN: 1-56032-670-0 - Alternative Careers in Science
ISBN: 0-12-589375-2 - Nontraditional Careers for Chemists
ISBN-978-0195183672
Science Writing Resources
- Feedly
- EurekAlert!
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- National Association of Science Writers
- The Best American Series
- A Field Guide for Science Writers:
ISBN- 978-0195174991 - The Science Writers’ Handbook:
ISBN- 978-0738216560 - Science Writers’ Handbook Blog
- WSU News
Finding a Mentor
- 13 Tips on Finding a Mentor
- Seven Tips for Finding a Great Mentor
- 5 Simple But Strategic Steps for Finding a Good Mentor
- How to Find a Mentor
Networking
- 7 Tips for Networking
- How to Network: 12 Tips for Shy People
- 7 Networking Tips for Introverts, Extroverts, and the Socially Awkward
- 18 Easy Conversation Starters for Networking Events
- 8 Networking Tips for PhDs to Advance Their Careers
- Networking for Scientists Part I:
How I Learned to Talk to Strangers - Networking for Scientists Part II:
How to Get a Job (Hopefully) - Networking for Scientists Part III:
Tips and Tricks for Online Social Networks - Networking for Young Scientists:
How to Do It and Why You Should