job market in DC for a PhD in stats
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Graduation is approaching next spring for my husband and with it, the desire/need to find a job. He is a PhD student (bachelor’s and master’s in stats too). His only job experience had been as a teaching assistant in master's and PhD . He came here as an international student and now has a green card . Is there a problem finding jobs at the PhD level? Because he doesn't have much work experience, I suspect that recruiters are not likely to pay as much attention him? Or perhaps the PhD level research could qualify as work experience.
I desperately want to move back to DC. Any suggestions on how to network with others in the statistics community in DC? |
Anonymous
| Maybe some of the political polling companies? |
Anonymous
| look into the AAAS Sci&Tech Policy Fellowship. with "big data" skills, he'd get snatched up (the program places you in a fed agency temporarily, and you have 1-2 years to find a permanent job). |
Anonymous
| If he is in bio-stat or related field, FDA is always hiring new people. |
Anonymous
Ok for a green card holder? |
Anonymous
| His concentration is Bioinformatics and Human Genetics |
Anonymous
Hmm. Missed that part. Maybe not. Might be citizens only. |
Anonymous
| Westat is based in Rockville. |
Anonymous
yes, must be a US citizen and statistics PhD holders do not qualify. |
Anonymous
Second looking into the FDA. As far as I know you don't have to be a U.S. Citizen. |
Anonymous
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FDA, NIH, Census, Mathematica Policy Research
Can he program in SAS? SPSS? I assume yes... he will find a 100k+ job in no time with programming skills |
Anonymous
they accept veterinarians and have a new and very-popular-with-employers Big Data track. A stats PhD might as well give it a shot. --former fellow, current employer of fellows |
Anonymous
| CIA is starting a huge data science branch. I assume you are a U.S. citizen, so I'd look into it because they might also be able to expedite his citizenship. |
Anonymous
To be considered you must hold U.S. citizenship. and Hold a doctoral level degree (PhD, ScD, MD, DVM, EdD, etc.*), in any of the following: Medical and Health sciences Biological, Physical or Earth sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences Computational sciences and Mathematics Engineering disciplines (applicants with a MS in engineering and three years of professional experience also qualify). |
Anonymous
| How good is he at programming? |