Careers: University and Beyond

About the IOP’s career service

Careers Advice
Whether you’re fresh out of university, or a physicist with an established track record in the world of work, our online advice will help you brush up your skills and progress your career. The IOP also offers one-to-one careers advice at our London office or via telephone.

Job hunting
This section offers physics-focussed advice on:

• Sources of vacancies
• Writing your CV
• Making the most of application forms
• Researching a prospective employer
• Psychometric tests
• Making presentations
• Group exercises

Just graduated
If you’re fresh out of higher education, these links will help you decide what to do next:

• Reviewing your options
• Work experience
• Graduating with a 2.2 or a Third

Getting ahead
In work already?  Check out these tips on making the most of your skills and progressing in your career:

• Improving your communication skills
• Networking
• Starting your own business
• Dealing with redundancy

The Physicist’s Guides
There are plenty more helpful tips and advice in the Physicist’s Guides to Raising your profile, Assessment centres, Changing your career, Getting the most from a physics degree and Choosing a PhD - all available free to IOP members.

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