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Are you less than thrilled with your current position? Would you like to try something different but in which you could still use the skills you’ve been developing? Here are some web sites that might be of use to you as you begin working through with the idea of changing career paths.*

Specific for Scientists
Creative Ways to Energize Your Career
Carol Milano, ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
Sept. 2008

Mid-career Transitions: Choices and Challenges
APS Careers Symposium
April 2008

Changing Careers, Following Dreams (Special Feature)
Kate Travis, ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
Jan. 2008

EB Symposium on Career Development for Mid-Level Academic Scientists
FASEB Careers Center
April 2006

Changing Careers Midstride. Surviving Away from the Bench and Loving It
Barry A. Palevitz, Plant Physiology
Feb. 2002

Changing Career Paths in Science and Engineering (Report of a CPST Workshop)
Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology
May 2001

Career Center
Thingamajob.com

Career Change - How to Change Careers
About.com Career Building

Career Changers Articles
Monster.com (search for changing careers)

Career Choice or Change
About.com Career Planning

Changing Careers in Midstream
Alison Doyle, About.com

How to Switch Careers
WikiHow

The 10-Step Plan to Career Change
Randall S. Hansen, Quintessential Careers

*APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites.