Physics degree holders are highly employable in both the private and public sectors. This talk will provide an overview and examples of common career paths taken by physics degree holders, as well as give resources to assist with career exploration and the job search. The speaker will also discuss her own career path from graduate school to becoming a program manager at the APS.

Bio: Midhat Farooq is the Careers Senior Program Manager at the American Physical Society. Within this role, she develops career and professional development programs and resources for students and early career physicists and manages a career mentoring program. Midhat's favorite part of her role is interacting with students and staying connected to the physics community. Midhat holds a PhD in physics from the University of Michigan, where her research focused on building an optical magnetometer for a particle physics experiment.