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You can find a host of websites that will help with your job search, career choices, and resume and interviewing needs.  Below are some to start you on your search.

General Links of Interest:

Recent Articles of Interest

How to Graduate into a Great Career, US News and World Report by Marty Nemko, 12/18/06

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/061218/18career.collegetips.htm

Articles of Interest from the American Chemical Society

  • "2006 Employment Outlook" - For the fifth consecutive year, the job market remains depressed for chemical scientists and engineers. In this 2006 Employment Outlook, C&EN reporters attempt to give readers an overview of a topic near and dear to the hearts-and wallets-of virtually everyone.
  • "Chemical Career Insights - a Guide to Careers in Chemistry" - Describes the four types of careers in chemistry: industry, academia, government, and non-traditional. 
  • "The Latest Technician Employment Numbers"
    According to the 2004–05 edition of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) "Occupational Outlook Handbook," science technicians held about 208,000 jobs in 2002.

Chemical technicians play a key role on industrial teams, focusing on the practical matters of scientific experimentation and research. Although they may not have advanced degrees, chemical technicians can take a concept and make it real.

Discussion about California's biotechnoloyg industry giving solid opportunities to chemists.

  • Career Resources
    Finding a job is hard work. Various print and online resources can help point job seekers in the right direction and offer valuable information on identifying and marketing your skills, preparing résumés, and going on interviews.
     
  • "Salaries And Jobs" -  Chemists with jobs post solid pay gains, but prognosis for chemical job market remains murky.
  • The Modern Product Development Chemist - More than 20% of industrial chemists are product development chemists. This article describes the role of this type of chemist.
     
  • "Scoping the Options" - Includes more detailed descriptions of some of the four types of careers in chemistry - especially helpful on government careers, academia, and non-traditional careers.
     
  • "Biotechnology Career Update" - projects likely future employment opportunities in biotechnology.
     
  • "Non-Traditional Careers" - Describes some non-traditional careers using descriptions of jobs of real people.
     
  • "Non-Traditional Careers from Traditional Collegiate Curricula" - Describes a range of non-traditional careers for chemistry majors and provides information on the preparation for such careers.
     
  • "Chemical Librarianship: An Opportunity To Be Involved" - Describes the career of chemistry librarian as an information finder, computer specialist, developer of collections, reference worker, administrator, and provider of workshops on information.
     
  • "A Career Option for Chemists: Attorneys with Chemistry Backgrounds" - Describes careers in law particularly suited to chemistry majors. [Majors interested in pursuing this option should utilize the services of the Pre-Law Advising Center, Dean Gerald Wilson, room 116 Allen Building.]

Chemistry Job Searching:

  • American Chemical Society
    The ACS provides vacancy information about jobs in chemistry, but you will need to be a member to get this information. There is also free information, such as salary surveys and job searching tips.

Peruse this site to learn about what comprises jobs in biotechnology.

CareerMag provides industry specific career channels with a wealth of information tailored to your career goals. Select a career channel to research industry information, search jobs and build your portfolio.  Select the "Science and Biotech" link and from there finds jobs under "chemistry".

  • Chem Industry
    This site is a well-stocked chemical portal. It is a directory of links to chemical manufacturers worldwide, industry services, academic institutions, organizations and much more, including job banks for employment in chemistry.

Provides a searchable database of employment opportunities in Chemistry.  Be sure to check out the Job Guide link on their Job Database page.  It takes you to 1) Sources of advice, and other lists of career resources; 2) Sources for current job openings (an excellent compilation of domestic and international employment resources on the internet), and 3) Newsgroups, and other services.

Online employment site dedicated to helping employers in the Science and Chemistry Industry help fill your needs.

Covers biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medicine and other related fields. You'll find a free resume posting service, listings of employment opportunities, articles, and on-line books.  Do a key word search for jobs!

  • Organic World
    Organic World lists organic chemistry jobs from around the world. Listings are limited.

A site dedicated to helping people find jobs in the pharmaceutical field.  The "Pharmacists' Employment Resource".

Review jobs, post your resume, or examine graduate programs.

  • Science Jobs
    A science job search engine in all areas of science including, but not limited to:  biochemistry, biotechnology, bioinformatics, biophysics, botany, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, environmental science, genetics, medicine, microbiology, and zoology.
  • Scijobs
    This chemistry jobs source provides a list of jobs in the U.S., Australia, Canada and Europe. There are over 17,000 jobs advertised for a variety of scientific jobs from non-profit organizations, universities and industrial employers.

General Job Searching:

Graduate School information:

  • PhDs.org - Searching for Graduate programs by ranking your priorities

 

From ACS publications:

CIRRUS contains a variety of information and links pertinent to undergraduate research in chemistry.  The summer research programs section has forms for adding and maintaining your specific information. The information is added to the CIRRUS relational database.

 

Industry Information:

The ACS Committee on Professional Training publishes Planning for a Career in Industry. This on-line brochure is targeted for undergraduate students, but the informaiton is also pertinent for graduate students.

Industry offers not only research and lab tech positions, but opportunities in sales and marketing as well. Many companies hire chemists, not just the ones below.  Contacting the company you want to work for directly is a great way to gain contacts and information on job opportunities.

  • Top US Chemical Companies links -- This site provides a quick reference to the web sites of the top Industrial Chemical companies. The emphasis is on companies that have major operations in the U.S. that also provide web information on careers.
  • Procter and Gamble --manufactures and markets a broad range of consumer products in many countries throughout the world. The Company's products fall into five business segments: Laundry and Cleaning, Paper, Beauty Care, Food and Beverage, and Health Care.
  • Dow Chemical Company -- - global science and technology
    based company that develops and manufactures a portfolio of chemicals, plastics and agricultural products and services for customers in 162 countries around the world.
  • Monsanto -- discovering, manufacturing and marketing agricultural and biotechnology products, prescription pharmaceuticals, food ingredients and performance chemicals used in consumer products.
  • Symbios Inc. -- Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and research institution positions.
  • Roche Bioscience -- Roche Bioscience (Palo Alto, California) is a
    research-based, business-oriented enterprise dedicated to the discovery of innovative pharmaceutical products that significantly improve the quality of human life.
  • Haystack Group, Inc. --This is a retained executive search consultancy providing exhaustive executive search and search research services to firms working within four specific industries: Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Health Care Information Technology.

National Laboratories

  • Lawrence Livermore National Lab - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a world-renowned research and development center. The mission of the Laboratory is to serve as a national resource of scientific, technical, and engineering capability with a special focus on global security, global ecology and bioscience.  LLNL is operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy.
  • Los Alamos National Lab - Los Alamos lab, located with the town of Los Alamos approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, occupies 43 square miles of land in Northern New Mexico. Owned by the Department of Energy, Los Alamos has been managed by the University of California since 1943, when the Laboratory was born as part of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic weapons during World War II. National security remains the central part of Los Alamos' mission, but our scientific expertise is very broad and ranges from innovative biological research to modeling global climate, and from novel methods for examining material properties to helping explore the outer reaches of the solar system. We also boast what is arguably the greatest concentration of scientific computing power on the planet.
  • Oak Ridge National Lab - ORNL is a multi program science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation. Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.
  • Sandia National Lab - Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the U.S. Department of Energy. Sandia is one of the country's premier research and engineering facilities, employing about 7,500 people at major facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Livermore, California. Test sites are located in Nevada and Hawaii.
  • Brookhaven National Lab - Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research facility located on Long Island, New York, on a 5,300-acre campus just north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway. (maps) BNL has been around since 1947, doing world-class scientific research in physics, medicine, biology, chemistry, environmental science. . . and more!

 

 

 

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