Spring 2025 Physics Careers Seminar Series Continues February 7 with Alumnus Dr. Richard Aburano from Onsemi

The Spring 2025 Physics Careers Seminar series continues on Friday, Febuary 7 with a talk by alumnus Dr. Richard Aburano from Onsemi, who will talk about "You're Hired! A View From the Other Side" at 12:00 noon CT in 204 Loomis (Interaction Room). Details of his seminar is given below.

Time: 2:00 pm CT (note unusual time) on Friday, February 7, 2025

Location: 204 Loomis (Interaction Room). A Zoom link will also be forwarded to the Illinois Physics Grad Student email list. For a copy of the link, please contact Lance Cooper (slcooper@illinois.edu).

Title: You're Hired! A View From the Other Side

Speakers: Dr. Richard Aburano, Senior Director of Product Quality, Onsemi

Abstract: You’re getting your degree, now what? If academic research isn’t in your future (for whatever reason), how do you get a job? Having once been in your shoes, I’d like to give a view from the other side, that of the somewhat elusive hiring manager. From the impersonal job description to the recruiter guardian, the phone screen and job offer to how to be successful your first years, I’ll tell it like it is from a high tech (semiconductors to be precise) manager.

Bios:  Richard is currently a Senior Director of Product Quality after starting his career in Technology Development followed by roles in Customer Quality, Reliability and Reliability Operations. Most of those jobs were based in vibrant Silicon Valley. He managed people in 5 of the 6 companies he’s worked for in the past 28 years after receiving his PhD in experimental condensed matter under T.-C. Chiang.

You can see the rest of the Spring 2025 Physics Careers Seminar series here: https://physics.illinois.edu/calendar/careers-seminar