Innovations
Intellectual Property, Industry Engagement and Your Career!
Internship Opportunities
There are more jobs out there than people with PhDs!
Part of the CAASTRO Innovations, the goal of the CAASTRO Internship program is to allow astronomers and students to have the opportunity to work in industry for a period of time (usually from 1 to 3 months).
You can browse current opportunities via the following organisations:
AMSI Intern Program
contact Mark Ovens
Ribit.net
contact Liz Jakubowski
iPREPWA
contact Steph Delaporte
University of Queensland, School of Mathematics and Physics Summer Industry Experience
available to University of Queensland students (Bachelor, Hons, Masters).
If you are interested, please express your interest, and we will work with you to see if this something that will work with your circumstances. If it is, then we will work to find a suitable industry match. We will also help you develop an industry focused CV.
If you are interested in participating in the program please contact Kate Gunn with the following information.
- Name:
- Organisation/University:
- Why you are interested in this opportunity (<100 words):
- The skills you have that you can offer (<100 words):
- Do you have any previous experience working in industry(<100 words):
Resources
1. External Facebook Groups – the following groups are closed so you will need to request to be added:
Jobs for Astronomers
Physicists & astronomers turned data scientists
2. Other Resources
Future jobs and endangered jobs
10 Page PDF
Tomorrow's digitally enabled workforce
112 Page PDF
Inside academia:
AAS Job Register
http://asa.astronomy.org.au/guide_student.pdf
ASA Early Career Researcher Mentoring
A guide to job hunting for Australian Astronomy Ph.D. students
6 Page PDF
Postdoc job applications : “don’t panic” guide !
21 Page PDF
Outside academia:
Top 10 List Of Alternative Careers For PhD Science Graduates
Cheeky Scientist web Page
Non-academic Careers for PhD Holders
FindAPhD Web Page
Personal profiles (inside and outside academia) and advice
ASA Career Profiles
ASA Web Page
http://www.smartsciencecareer.com/
Smart Science Career Web Page