Career Focus
Launching a Column—and a Career
Whether you’re writing a Ph.D. thesis, managing a magazine, or embarking on a new career, getting started is always the hardest part. We’re pleased to introduce this new column to serve as a resource to our readers who are in the process of making a career transition.
OPN’s new “Career Focus” column is mainly intended to serve as a resource to one of OSA’s fastest-growing groups of members—its students and recent graduates. The number of OSA student chapters has grown astronomically, from 27 in 2005 to 182 in 2010. In addition, within the past couple of years, OSA has launched an initiative to create a special category of membership for individuals who have recently graduated and are just entering the workforce. Altogether, about 28 percent of OSA members fall into the category of either students or young professionals.
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