Career Resources for Chemists
Departmental Career Courses and Workshops
CHEM-G 307Chemical Career Planning : this course is offered by the Dept. of Chemistry to aid students in planning for careers in chemistry and related fields including academia (graduate school), professional careers (medicine), industry, and education. This link will take you to the G307 course website where you can view lecture notes that could be useful even for those students who do not elect to take the course. The course is offered in the spring and is meant to be taken the Junior year.
IU Careers in Chemistry Workshop. In the spring of 2005, Dr. Ken Miller an IU alum who leads a successful career with GE, held a series of workshops to advise students pursuing careers in industry. This link will take you to the slides from these workshops. While this workshop was directed to graduate students, there is lots of information that would be useful to undergraduates."
American Chemical Society Career Resources
Career Servicesprovided by the ACS; some services only available to members.
Services include a career consultant program, career coaching, workshops, a career library, and Regional Employment Clearing Houses at regional meetings.
Chemistry and Engineering NewsCHEMJOBS
Online classifieds from this weekly publication. Job seekers can post their resume and have access to job listings. Employers can post jobs and view resumes.
Planning for Graduate School
Petersons
A search engine for graduate programs that also provides advice on planning your search and application process for graduate school including information on exams such as the GRE.
Princeton Review
A site to help you explore schools and careers, learn how to improve your score on entrance exams, and find scholarhips and aid.
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Provides resources for chemists in all stages of their career including choosing a graduate school. Visit this site and do a search for graduate school and you will find lots of resources. Check other professional organizations as well.
Directory of Graduate Research (DGR)
The most comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in the U.S. and Canada. Find the link to the DGRweb on the Chemistry Library website.
Job Search Resources for Chemists
Department of Chemistry AfterCollege Job Resource
AfterCollege™ is a service for college students and recent graduates who are looking for entry level jobs, internships, and other opportunities. Sign up and post your resume to receive invitations from employers or search 150,000+ jobs from over 25,000 top employers.
Science Classified Ads
BioScience Career Fairs
German Scholars Organization
Other SCIENCE On-Line Career Resources
ScienceCareers.org
Academe This Week: Job Openings - Chronicle of Higher Education job listings for academic and private sector positions.
NatureJobs.Com - A targeted service for scientific professionals and recruiters.
Society of Chemical Industry's Chemistry Jobs Today: Job listings as well as advice and resources for job hunting.
Diversity Inc Careers: Learn more about diversity-focused career opportunities.
Biohealthmatics.com - A job site for the fields of biomedical informatics and biotechnology.
Academic Careers
Students considering an Academic Career might wish to check out the Preparing Future Faculty website for additional information and links. Are you interested in teaching in a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution (PUI)? Then check out Aaron Ellison's webpage for Job Opporunities at PUIs.
Academe This Week: Job Openings - Job listings for academic and private sector positions.
Academic Chemical Employment Clearinghouse
List of all colleges/universities and the WWW pages
Academic Careers Online
Federal Government
Applying for a Federal Job
Federal Jobs Digest
FedWorld Federal Jobs Search
National Institutes of Health Position Openings
National Institutes of Health Senior Job Openings
National Science Foundation Vacancies
Chemistry & Biotech Position Resources
ChemistryJobs.Com - A web site where employers post job openings for chemists.
ChemJobs.Net - A job vacancy web site for chemists, biochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and chemical engineers.
Chemistry Jobs - Polymer and Materials Chemistry
ChemistryJobCenter.com - Lybrook Associates, Inc. (Karen Lybrook is an I.U. grad) which is a professional search and recruiting firm specializing in Chemistry, Biotechnology, Polymer Science and related fields for companies located throughout the United States.
Hirebio.com- biotechnology jobs and career resources.
HireRx.com - pharmaceutical (including sales) jobs and career resources.
International Pharmajobs - A dynamic website connecting job seekers to the global life sciences job market.
MaterialsJobs.com - Job listings for material science positions
MEDZILLA - Free Resume posting and access to an extensive jobs database and more for candidates and employers worldwide in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, the medical and healthcare industries and related fields.
Organic Chemistry Positions Worldwide
Symbios Inc. - This website offers a searchable database featuring the complete job listings of nearly 500 companies within the Biotechnology (both Human and Agricultural), Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Instrumentation industries.
Corporate Sites – A list of companies that interview within the department and other sites of interest to our students.
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