Career Resources for STEM Students
So you love science, now what?
STEP 1: Find a STEM career coach or career coach with a scientific or medical background.
STEP 2: Work with your career coach to clarify your values, interests, and skills to guide your search and identify science career options or medical career options that would be most fulfilling for you.
STEP 3: Research your STEM career options, hiring institutions, and how your scientific or medical contributions will be used in our society (e.g. technological advances, development of new pharmaceuticals, biological conservation, etc.).
STEP 4: Work with your science career coach to strategize a path to reach your desired career destination.
STEP 5: Prepare strong application packets (e.g. college applications, graduate school applications, medical school applications, postdoctoral fellowship applications, or job applications) that get you an interview opportunity, then ace your interview (college visit, graduate school visit, medical school interview, or job interview), ultimately landing your dream job in science or medicine!
Exploring STEM careers
Podcast featuring career journey stories of career professionals in science & medicine: Diverse Routes
Take a science-specific career assessment: https://myidp.sciencecareers.org/
Browse a STEM careers list: https://www.bls.gov/k12/students/careers/stem-table.htm
Podcast for medical careers: https://medicalschoolhq.net/specialty-stories-podcast/
Podcast for undergraduates: Your Career GPS
Podcast that specifically highlights career journeys of people of color in STEM: Win in STEM
Top 60 Women in STEM podcasts: 2022 List
Podcast revealing the people behind the famous scientists and inventors: Smart Tea
Applying to college
College application checklist: https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/college-admissions/applying-to-college/college-application-process/a/college-application-checklist
Find scholarships: https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/types/scholarships
Information about the Common App: https://www.commonapp.org/
Is college worth it?: First Destinations for the College Class of 2021 Report; Interactive Dashboard
Applying to graduate or professional school
Graduate school application timeline: https://www.princetonreview.com/grad-school-advice/application-timeline
Learn about the medical school application process (DO): https://choosedo.org/choose-do-explorer-registration/ (MD): https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/applying-medical-school-process/applying-medical-school-amcas/
Learn about becoming a Physician Assistant: https://www.aapa.org/career-central/become-a-pa/
Learn about the dental school application process: https://www.ada.org/en/education-careers/careers-in-dentistry/be-a-dentist/applying-for-dental-school
Learn about applying to physical therapy programs: http://www.ptcas.org
Learn how to apply to vet school: https://www.aavmc.org/becoming-a-veterinarian/how-to-apply/
Is grad school worth it?: First Destinations for the College Class of 2021 Report; Interactive Dashboard
Finding a job in STEM
Popular job boards
AAB (bioanalysis) www.arb.org
AAWV (wildlife veterinary medicine) https://aawv.net/resources/career/
ABSA (biosafety and biosecurity) www.absa.org
ASBMB (biochemistry and molecular biology) www.asbmb.org
BioOne (biology, ecology, and environmental science) www.bioone.org
C&EN Jobs (chemistry) chemistryjobs.acs.org
GeoScience (geotechnical and environmental science) www.geosciencejobs.com
Physics Today (science, engineering, and computing) jobs.physicstoday.org
Saber (biology education jobs) www.saberbio.org
Science Careers (general) sciencecareers.org
USA Jobs (government jobs) https://www.usajobs.gov/
Texas A&M Job Board (natural resources jobs) https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/
Also consider looking at Google Job Search, LinkedIn Jobs, individual universities, and professional societies for job opportunities.