Others provide introductions to complementary available opportunities. Outside sources and advanced opportunities are available within all fields. The increase of source activity seems to follow the pattern of the pendulum, increasing when companies downsize. The availability of opportunities has increased very significantly throughout the past three years and new and improved programs have been established to improve technology transfer from such sources as the Federal Laboratories and universities. This is in contrast to the practices of the recent past.
Some available opportunities are also in advanced stages or in some instances are commercialized.
Many of these are coming from the downsizing of majors. Finding these opportunities requires contacts. Many of the downsizing sources are not advertising their available opportunities - one needs to be in the right place at the proper time to take advantage of the opportunity. Sources exist worldwide and the variety is very broad. Normally, the more advanced opportunities come from corporations and independent laboratories.