What's next on your career trajectory?

Taking the next step after graduation can be daunting. Use the resources below to help you on your journey to landing your dream job.

Students looking at a presentation at Ursa Systems

Physics and engineering students visited the Ursa Space Systems corporate office in Ithaca, NY to learn about satellite intelligence infrastructure using images from the world's largest virtual radar satellite constellation.

What can I do with this major?

What Can I Do With This Major? is a website featuring 106 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Links to professional associations, occupational outlook information, and job search resources are included.

How to get there:

  1. Visit the Key Resources page on the IC Center for Career Exploration and Development.
  2. Click on the middle resource in the top row (laptop view) or the second resource in the list (phone view) to access What Can I Do With This Major. 
    Please note: you can only gain access to this resource through the Careers page because WCIDWTM is not an open resource to all.

How to use it: 

Find the major(s) you are interested in and explore the different common job sectors open to students in that major. For each sector, read about Common Career Paths, Employers, and Strategies to get into that sector. See bottom of the page for more related resource links as well!

Matt Weil, '24, conducted summer research at NASA's Langley Research Center.

Matt Weil, '24, conducted summer research at NASA's Langley Research Center, where he was able to visit leading science and aviation facilities in Virginia. 

Matt Weil, '24, conducted summer research at NASA's Langley Research Center, where he was able to visit leading science and aviation facilities in Virginia. 

Handshake

Search internships, fellowships, full time jobs, and more on Handshake! All employers on Handshake have been vetted and shown a vested interest in hiring IC students. Filter by location, visa sponsorship, job type, and more.

How to get there: 

Create a free account on ithaca.joinhandshake.com/edu

How to use it: 

Learn how to search jobs with this quick video, or check out the Handshake Youtube page for tips, tricks and virtual event recordings on a variety of topics!

CareerShift

Search a web-scraped list of internships, full time jobs, and more. Each search result will include job description details, as well as the original source of this posting. Filter by location, in-person/hybrid/virtual positions, entry level jobs, and more. You can also use the Contacts search function to find contact information for IC alumni in different industries and locations to set up informational interviews and stay in contact.

How to get there: 

Create a free account with your IC email on https://www.careershift.com/?sc=Ithaca. If you would like to use your personal email, the sign up code for a free account is “bombers”.

How to use it: 

Learn how to search jobs with this quick video. Learn how to search contacts with this quick video.

Tips for Job Search Keywords

Queries to consider: junior physicist, architect, scientist, engineer, lab assistant, technician, research assistant, etc

Tip: include specialty area terms like nuclear, acoustics, aerospace, astro, quantum, electrical, etc. Explore interdisciplinary opportunities like biophysics, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, etc.

Find more tips by visiting the IC Center for Career Exploration and Development and/or by talking to your advisor.

Professional Associations