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What are STEM careers?

Discover in-depth insights on eight STEM disciplines, career paths, educational requirements, job outlook, and more through online resources like BLS and O*NET. Learn from professionals' interviews, networking, gaining experience, and seeking mentors.

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What are STEM careers?

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  1. What are STEM careers? • There are eight STEM disciplines identified on the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET occupational database: • 1.Chemistry •   2.Computer Science •  3.Engineering • 4.Environmental Science •   5.Geosciences [Earth Sciences] •   6.Life Sciences •   7.Mathematics •   8.Physics and Astronomy

  2. Bureau Of Labor Statistics: 2008-2018 Predictions For New Jobs

  3. CAREER AWARENESS - in depth understanding of career options and educational requirements to obtain the career • Identifying an interest • Linking the interest with a career path • Finding in-depth and current information about the career • Typical tasks and duties • “A day in a life of _________” • Working conditions • Opportunities for advancement • Finding information on employment projections for hiring and wages • Finding information on educational and training requirements and options

  4. ON-LINE RESOURCES BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/spring/art04.pdf DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CAREER EXPLORATION AND JOB ANALYSIS TOOL (O*NET): http://www.onetonline.org/ STEM CAREERS 101 ARTICLE FROM BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS http://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2014/spring/art01.pdf CAREER ASSESSMENT TOOL (CCC) http://www.ccc.edu/departments/Documents/Career-Services/OHFocus2.pdf CAREER AWARENESS ARTICLE (for high school students + great links): http://www.iste.org/images/excerpts/STEMJB-excerpt.pdf Internet searches to find interviews with professionals

  5. OTHER RESOURCES: • NETWORKING, GAINING EXPERIENCE, SEEKING MENTORS • POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: • Research Laboratories (student assistants, undergraduate researchers, networking, internships, scholarships) • STEM-related offices (e.g. Chemical safety, Sustainability) • STEM student clubs and programs • TEACHING HOSPITALS AND RESEARCH CENTERS (volunteering, internships, networking) • CHICAGO: • Museums, Zoos, Botanical gardens, Science and Technology organizations (volunteering, internships, networking) • PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (undergraduate memberships)

  6. Ray Tse’s Education Background • Undergraduate • Knox College, Galesburg, IL • B.A. in Biology and Chemistry • Graduate • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL • Ph.D. in Chemistry

  7. Ray Tse’s Industrial Experience • 1st Job • DeSoto, Inc. – a coating company • 2nd Job • Exxon-Mobil – oil company • 3rd Job • Momentive – an adhesive company

  8. Patents • Not a quick route to richness • Inventor - you • Assignee – company, unless patent filed independently • Not all patents are used in products • Revenue goes to the Assignee

  9. Ray Tse’s Academic Career • Taught as adjunct • City College of Chicago • Oakton Community College • Harper College • DePaul University • Full Time • City College of Chicago

  10. Yevgeniya (Yev) Lapik, Assistant Professor Biology Department, Harold Washington College EDUCATION: Ph.D. Biological Sciences University of Illinois, Chicago B.S. Biology (Minor: Education) Tomsk State University, Russia

  11. Yevgeniya (Yev) Lapik Assistant Professor 2009-present Department of Biology, Harold Washington College Adjunct Instructor 2008- 2009 Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Truman College Research Instructor 2002-2007 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UIC Postdoctoral Researcher 2001-2002 Department of Biological Sciences, UIC Graduate Research Assistant 1997- 2001 Department of Biological Sciences, UIC Graduate Teaching Assistant 1995- 1997 Department of Biological Sciences, UIC Research Technician 1992-1995 Cytology and Genetics Research Institute, Novosibirsk, Russia

  12. Yevgeniya (Yev) Lapik • Research: • Nuclear architechtonics • Drosophila melanogaster • Anopheles mosquito • Signal transduction in plants • Arabidopsis thaliana • Pisumsativum(grean pea) • Ribosome biogenesis in mammalian cells • mouse cell culture

  13. AigerimBizhanovaInstructorBiology Department, Harold Washington College EDUCATION: Ph. D. in Cell and Molecular Biology Northwestern University, Chicago, IL MS in Genetics Clemson University, Clemson, SC BS in Biochemistry Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

  14. Aigerim Bizhanova Instructor 2014- Present Department of Biology, Harold Washington College Lecturer 2013-2014 Department of Biology, Gonzaga University, WA Postdoctoral Researcher 2012-2013 Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Lecturer 2013 School of Continuing Studies, Northwestern University Adjunct faculty 2012 Department of Biology, Lake Forest College Graduate Research Assistant 2006-2012 Endocrinology Division, Northwestern University Graduate Teaching Assistant 2003-2006 Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Clemson University

  15. Aigerim BizhanovaRESEARCH • Iodide transport in thyroid gland • In vitro (rat thyroid cell lines) • Confocal microscopy • Iodide deficiency • In vivo (mice) • Genetics of thyroid disorders • Pendred syndrome • Goiter

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