Career Resources in Light of the Pandemic

Shaowei Li, Chair-Elect

Shaowei Li
Shaowei Li

The safety, health, and well-being of the early career scientists’ communities we serve is our first priority. Recently, we have noticed some significant changes in the job market as a result of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While some employers are freezing their hiring plans, many others are announcing new opportunities. As part of our commitment to helping communities, we have summarized a list of resources containing recent hiring information. We encourage you to follow these resources to remain alert to the rapid changes in the job market.

The APS Job Board
https://careers.aps.org/jobseekers/

Careers in Physics Workshop/Webinar by Peter Fiske
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI2D68pS8tk#button

Linkedin page: Who is hiring right now
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/heres-whos-hiring-right-now-5161074/

Candor: Who's freezing hiring from coronavirus
https://candor.co/hiring-freezes/

1point3acres
https://jobs.1point3acres.com/

Google doc made by Dr. Karen Kelsk about academic hiring
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KohP4xZdN8BZy1OMeXCAGagswvUOWpOws72eDKpBhI4/edit

The information contained here is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter.

As the virus affects everyone, times are really hard. The Mental Health in Physics (STEM) Google Group and Slack channel are available if you need to talk, need a space to share, or need some support. We will be hosting a virtual conversation in the near future, so if you want to join in the conversation now about when we will host it, join the group: https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!forum/mental-health-in-physics.

Shaowei Li is a Heising-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow in the Physics Department, University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on developing a novel imaging technique combining laser and a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to shatter the diffraction limit and probe the inhomogeneous properties in low dimensional materials. The desire for observing finer details using optical microscopy particularly in bio-science and material-science is pushing technology developments beyond the diffraction limit. The coupling of photon excitation with electron tunneling at the junction of a scanning tunneling microscope combines the femtosecond sensitivity of a laser and the Angstrom resolution of tunneling electrons. The joint fs-A resolution will provide a new window for viewing the unique ultafast dynamics of individual nano-scale objects. Shaowei received his Ph.D. in physics from UC Irvine in 2017. Prior to that, he received his bachelor's degree in physics from Nankai University in 2010. He spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University before joining UC Berkeley. His past work involves probing the physcial and chemical properties of single molecules and low-dimensional materials with optical techniques and STM.