Physics Careers Seminar Archive and Survey

Having concluded a full year of Physics Careers seminars, it seems appropriate to step back and evaluate how (and even if), this series should evolve. To help us do this, I'm asking UIUC physics grad students to complete the following short survey on the Physics Careers Seminar series and to e-mail your responses to Lance Cooper. If you'd like your responses to be anonymous, feel free to print out and complete the Physics Careers Seminar survey below and then put your anonymous responses in my Loomis mailbox.

Thanks for your participation in the 2012 Physics Careers Seminar series. You can review any of the past Physics Careers seminars by going to the Physics Careers Seminar Archive website for links to abstracts and presentation slides of past Physics Careers speakers.

Finally, thanks in advance for completing the survey below and helping us decide how the Physics Careers Seminar series should develop in the future.

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Physics Careers Seminar Survey  (please circle the most appropriate response or provide a short answer to the following questions):

1. How many Physics Careers seminars have you attended? 

(i)  none     

(ii) 1 or 2         

(iii) 3 or 4     

(iv) 5 or more    

(v) I've never heard of the Physics Careers Seminar series   

 

2. What have you found most useful or interesting about the Physics Careers seminars (circle more than one if appropriate)?

(i) General career advice  

(ii) Information about new fields  

(iii) Information about job opportunities in the field described 

(iv) Other (please briefly elaborate):    

(v) I don't find the Physics Careers seminars useful or interesting

 

3. Which of the following best describes the number of Physics Careers seminars offered in past semesters?

(i) There have been too few Physics Careers seminars each semester 

(ii) There have been too many Physics Careers seminars each semester   

(iii) There have been roughly the right number of Physics Careers seminars each semester

 

4. If you've attended some of the Physics Careers seminars, which venue do you prefer?

(i) 190 ESB

(ii) 204 Loomis (Interaction Room)  

(iii) Other (please list where you'd prefer to hold these seminars):

 

5. Who would you prefer as speakers in the Physics Careers seminar series?

(i) PhD alumni of Illinois Physics

(ii) BS, MS, or PhD alumni of Illinois Physics 

(iii) Any UIUC alumni

(iv) Anyone suitable for presenting career opportunities for physicists in different fields

(v)  PhD alumni of Illinois Physics, if possible, but otherwise anyone suitable for presenting career opportunities for physicists

 

6.  What other career options would you like to see represented in future Physics Careers seminars (please briefly list these areas below)? 

 

 

 

7.  Do you have any other comments or suggestions for improving the Physics Careers Seminar series?