Human Factors Careers

This is a compilation of helpful links that will give you some direction and information on what to do once you finish your degree and are ready to start a career as a Human Factors' professional.

• I'm Graduating, Now What? A Comparison of Work in Academics, Consulting, Government, Industrial Research, and Industrial Development, a panel presentation with Ronald G. Shapiro, Barry Beith, Joseph H. Goldberg, Joe Hale, and John F. (Jeff) Kelley, HFES 38th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1994

• Preparing for the Human Factors/Ergonomics Job Market, a panel presentation with Ronald G. Shapiro, Megan L. Brown, Maxwell Fogelman, Joseph H. Goldberg, Richard E. Granda, Joseph P. Hale II, and Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders, HFES 39th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1995

• From the Classroom to a Career: What You'll Need to Know for a Successful Transition, by Ronald G. Shapiro, Anthony D. Andre, Patrick G. Dempsey, Georgia K. Green, Stephanie A. Guerlain, and Tina M. Brunetti Sayer, HFES Educators' Professional Group Newsletter, January 1997

• What They Do Not Tell You in Graduate School: Observations from the Field, by Rob Hutton, Ron Shapiro, Arnie Lund, Kristen Gilbert, Georgia Green, JoAnne Wang, and Tony Andre, HFES 41st Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1997

• Transitioning from Student to Professional: What's in Your Future? by Ronald G. Shapiro, Anthony D. Andre, Eugenie Bertus, Melroy D'Souza, Kristen Gilbert, Arnold M. Lund, and Douglas A. Wiegmann, HFES 42nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1998

• To Ph.D. or Not To Ph.D.? That Is the Question! by Victoria S. Schoenfeld, Ronald G. Shapiro, Megan L. Brown, Dieter W. Jahns, Anthony D. Andre, Arnold M. Lund, F. Thomas Eggemeier, and Nancy J. Cooke, HFES 42nd Annual Meeting, 1998

• Preparing for Your Professional Career: What Every Student Should Know, a panel presentation with Ronald G. Shapiro, Anthony D. Andre, Aaron E. Sklar, Sabina M. Alteras-Webb, and Jennifer McGovern, HFES 43rd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1999

• How Do You Make the Student to Professional Transition? by Jennifer D. Trich Kremer (summary of the 1998 panels, "Transitioning from Student to Professional: What's in Your Future?" and "To Ph.D. or Not to Ph.D? That Is the Question"), 2000

• A Summary of the 1999 HFES Career Panel, "Preparing for Your Professional Career: What Every Student Should Know" by Melanie Diez, 2000

• Establishing a Human Factors Career in the New Millennium: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, a panel presentation with Ronald G. Shapiro, Anthony D. Andre, Arnold M. Lund, Jean E. Fox, Jennifer Watts-Perotti, and Steve Fadden, IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress

• Establishing a Human Factors Career in the New Millennium: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, a panel summary prepared by Scott E. Schoeling, IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress

• Human Factors Career Issues and Answers: Choosing and Preparing for a Career That Works for You, a panel presentation with Ronald G. Shapiro, Anthony D. Andre, Arnold M. Lund, Jean E. Fox, Steve P. Fadden, and Jennifer D. Trich Kremer, HFES 45th Annual Meeting, 2001

• A Report on Human Factors Career Issues and Answers: Choosing and Preparing for a Career That Works for You, summary of the 2001 Careers Panel (see previous article), prepared by Karen R. Young

• Maximizing Your Opportunities in a Competitive Job Market, a panel presentation with Karen R. Young, Ronald G. Shapiro, Anthony D. Andre, Arnold M. Lund, Michelle M. Robertson, Ellen J. Bass, Ben-Tzion Karsh, and Jia-Hua (Jim) Lin, HFES 46th Annual Meeting, 2002

• A Report on Human Factors Career Issues and Answers: Planning a Career in an Uncertain Market, a panel summary prepared by Michael Clamann, HFES 46th Annual Meeting, 2002

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