Astronomy Career Profiles from the AAS Newsletter Archives

TL;DR

This paper compiles a series of articles from the AAS Newsletter that explore diverse astronomy career paths, offering insights and advice for success across various sectors within the astronomy community.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive, accessible collection of career stories and guidance from the AAS archives, highlighting the diversity of professional opportunities in astronomy.

Findings

Diverse career paths in astronomy are detailed.

Insights into success strategies across sectors.

Resources for career development in astronomy.

Abstract

This is a collection of articles that were originally published in the Newsletter of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) between May 2008 and September 2011 by the Committee on Employment. Authors representing a wide range of career paths tell their stories and provide insight and advice that is relevant to success in various job sectors. Although all of these articles are available individually from the AAS archives, we are posting the complete collection here to make them more accessible as a resource for the astronomy community. The collection includes the following articles: (1) Changing Priorities: the Hard Money Wild Card, (2) Beyond Ivory Towers, (3) Astronomers Working in Public Outreach, (4) Bush-Whacking a Career Trail, (5) Science Communication as a Press Officer, (6) Jobs in Industry, (7) Back to School: A Ph.D. Enters the Classroom, (8) Working at a Soft-Money Institute, (9) Balancing Research and Service at NOAO, (10) Succeeding in a Large Research Collaboration, and (11) Preparing for the College Teaching Job Market. The final published versions of the articles can be found at http://aas.org/career/