Postdoc Career Fair August 23-25, 2016 Los Alamos, NM

Dear Employers:

• “Made valuable connections for future openings as well as current.”

• “Great event – we will be back next year.”

• “The students and postdocs (candidates) were very interested and excited. The organization (of the event) was great, as was communication.”

Employer Comments from Previous LANL Postdoc Career Fairs:

The Postdoc Program Office at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will be hosting its annual Postdoctoral Career Fair in August 2016. This event attracts institutions from across the country, providing them the opportunity to develop collaborations and recruit from the Laboratory’s talented postdoc and student population. We wish to extend a formal invitation to your institution to participate in this year’s event.

Los Alamos National Laboratory, a United States Department of Energy (DOE) contractor, conducts multi-disciplinary research for national security, space science, medicine, renewable energy, materials technology, super-computing, and many other fields. LANL has a long-standing tradition of partnering with universities, industries, and other national laboratories involved in both basic and applied research developing new paradigms and pushing new frontiers.

Registration information is available through the event’s main web site: http://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/postdoc-career-fair.php.

§ A candidate pool of over 300 PhDs and 400 GRAs from top U.S. and international universities.

§ Postdocs bring 2+ years of work experience.

§ Employers have the opportunity to target their interaction with potential hires that are aligned with

§ LANL postdocs have extensive basic science and applied research ability and broad technical expertise.

§ Participating companies have the opportunity to prescreen candidates’ CVs, allowing for planning and scheduling of interviews.

The Los Alamos Postdoc Career Fair is an excellent opportunity to hire top talent……

If you have questions, please address them to postdocprogram@lanl.gov

• “Good volume of postdocs.”

• “Thanks, very well done.”

• “Excellent organization and assistance.”

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Sample Research Fields at LANL…

The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Postdoc Career Fair is held annually for LANL

postdocs and students who are seeking jobs external to LANL. The Career Fair is an networking opportunity

for postdocs, students, and recruiters. It is also an opportunity to strengthen LANL's relationship with industry, government, academia and LANL alumni.

Fast Facts

Staff Mission Awards ~10,000 total employees

57% NNSA Weapons Programs

1100 Peer Reviewed Publications per Annum

~1100 student employees

8% Environmental Management

124 R&D 100 Awards

~300 postdoctoral researchers

9% Nonproliferation Programs

31 E.O. Lawrence Awards

43% of employees reside in Los Alamos

7% Safeguards and Security

7 Presidential Early Career Awards

Average age: 45

4% Energy and Other Programs

The Seaborg Medal

Males: 64% 4% DOE Office of Science

The Edward Teller Medal

Females: 36% 11% Work for Others

The Nobel Prize for Physics

• advanced materials, • alternative energy systems, • bioinformatics, • chemistry, • dynamic and energetic materials science, • earth and environmental science, • engineering sciences and applications, • high-energy and applied physics and theory, • high-performance computing, • quantum information, • superconductivity, and theoretical and computational

biology

Los Alamos is located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, NM.

“The quality of the candidates was just so impressive….”

“Clearly, this is a pipeline for DOE…”