Astronomy - Career Development Links
We are happy to offer these additional links to job search, professional development, trade association, and other sites relevant to your profession. If you encounter a broken link, or would like to suggest a site that isn't listed, please email ylevy@mail.sdsu.edu.
Job Search Sites
- AAS Job Register - American Astronomical Society
- PTCN Career Network - American Institute of Physics
- AAPT Career Center - American Association of Physics Teachers
- AAO Employment Opportunites - Anglo-Australian Observatory
- Job Market of the AG - Astronomische Gesellschaft (Germany)
Professional Organizations/Information Sites
- The American Astronomical Society
- Additional career resources at the Career Services page.
- American Institute of Physics - AIP is a not-for-profit membership corporation created for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. It is the mission of the Institute to serve the sciences of physics and astronomy by serving its member societies, by serving individual scientists, and by serving students and the general public.
- PhysLink.com - A comprehensive physics and astronomy online education, research and reference web site. Job board is woefully lacking, but there are lots of other resources.
- American Association of Physics Teachers - AAPT's mission is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching.
- Canadian Astronomical Society - CASCA was founded in 1971 and incorporated in 1983 as a society of professional astronomers. The society is devoted to the promotion and advancement of knowledge of the universe through research and education.
- Anglo-Australian Observatory - The AAO operates the Anglo-Australian and UK Schmidt telescopes on behalf of the astronomical communities of Australia and the UK. AAO provides world-class optical and infrared observing facilities enabling Australian and British astronomers to do excellent science. The AAO is a world leader in astronomical research and in the development of innovative telescope instrumentation. It also takes a leading role in the formulation of long-term plans for astronomy in Australia and the United Kingdom.
- Astronomische Gesellschaft - AG dates from the founding of the Vereinigte Astronomischen Gesellschaft at Lilienthal (near Bremen) by (amongst others) Franz Xaver von Zach (director of the observatory of Gotha) and Johann Hieronymus Schröter (founder of the observatory of Lilienthal) in 1800. The AG itself was enregistered in 1863, as an international society dedicated to the "advancement of science by supporting projects which require systematic cooperation of many people".
- CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works.