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Physicists for jobs and jobs for physicists
Institute of Physics Press Release
PR44 (09)
Tue, 11 August 2009
When you think about lawyers, management consultants, accountants and economists, physicists are not the first people who come to mind. With 8 out of 10 graduate physicists working in fields not directly related to their academic discipline, but highly appreciated in their varied work places for the problem-solving skills they have acquired during their studies, perhaps they should.
A new website dedicated to physics graduates and industry professionals with a background in physics, www.brightrecruits.com, is now available to help physicists connect with top employers and help top employers connect with physicists.
Job sectors included on the website are academic, aerospace, charity and not-for-profit, computing and IT, consultancy, defence, education, energy and utilities, engineering, financial services, health and care, instrumentation, legal, management, manufacturing, science communication, telecommunication and transport.
Endorsements for physicists come from far beyond academia and industrial R&D. Physicists can be found as economists, analysts, programmers or general managers as their training in physics equips them to spot patterns in information rapidly, communicate complicated principles, manipulate numerical data, work successfully in teams, write reports, program computers and, just generally, problem-solve.
One advocate for physicists, Alex Seeley, Tax Advisor at Ernst & Young, said, “Physicists are excellent strategic thinkers because they can successfully interpret complex information into actionable results that can positively affect organisations. Data collection, extraction and outcomes are core functions for business and such skills are inherent in physics.”
Dr Robert Kirby-Harris, chief executive at the Institute of Physics, said, “We are delighted that the new website is up and running and we hope it puts physicists in a stronger position to demonstrate their qualifications and their acquired skills to employers in traditional and non-traditional industries.”
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Contact
1. For further information contact IOP Publishing Senior Marketing Executive, Claire Webber:
Tel: 0117 9301165
E-mail: Claire.Webber@iop.org
Bright Recruits
2. Brightrecruits is a new website from IOP Publishing for recent graduates and industry professionals with training in physics looking for a new career. The site helps candidates get in touch with recruiters who value high intelligence, numeracy and analytical skills.
Once registered on Brightrecruits, candidates can upload their CV and search for jobs by sector, salary, location, job type and keyword; read profiles of the top employers; and get the latest job alerts via email.
IOP Publishing
3. IOP Publishing provides publications through which leading-edge scientific research is distributed worldwide. IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics (IOP), a not-for-profit society. Any financial surplus earned by IOP Publishing goes to support science through the activities of IOP.
Beyond our traditional journals programme, we make high-value scientific information easily accessible through an ever-evolving portfolio of community websites, magazines, conference proceedings and a multitude of electronic services. Focused on making the most of new technologies, we’re continually improving our electronic interfaces to make it easier for researchers to find exactly what they need, when they need it, in the format that suits them best.
The Institute of Physics
4. The Institute of Physics is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics. It has a worldwide membership of more than 36 000 and is a leading communicator of physics-related science to all audiences, from specialists through to government and the general public. Its publishing company, IOP Publishing, is a world leader in scientific publishing and the electronic dissemination of physics. Go to www.iop.org.
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