Chemjobber C&EN index: 3/30/09

Industrial (non-academic, non-governmental) positions:

Total number of ads: 3

- Postdocs: 0
- Permanent positions: 5
- Ratio of US/non-US: 5/0
Area: 119

Governmental positions (US and others):
Total number of ads: 2
- Postdocs: 0
- Permanent positions: 2
- Ratio of US/non-US: 2/0
Area: 307

Academic positions:
Total number of ads: 7
- Postdocs: 1 
- Tenure-track faculty: 2
- Temporary faculty: 3
- Lecturer positions: 1
- Staff positions: 0
- Ratio of US/non-US positions: 5/2
- Area (square cm): 283

Pharma to jobseekers: don't call us, we'll call you: Not much from pharma, big or small, even though there is a position advertised from Novartis for a chemical engineer process (duh) position. Hopefully, things will pick up sooner rather than later. 

Permanent position, but there's a catch: Something called the "Energy and Environmental Research Center" is advertising three positions for engineers and a synthetic chemist. It's not until the end of the ad that you see that it sends you to www.undeerc.org. What, you might ask, is UND? Why, it's the University of North Dakota! Now why would they not want to advertise that they're in North Dakota? 

Department of Redundant Redundancies, Taxpayer Edition: There are two ads for a Research Chemist at FDA this week. Greater than 50% of the ad space for both is EXACTLY THE SAME, with the different details coming out in the "highly desirable" qualifications section. I don't understand why the feddle gubmint uses the same ad space to advertise two positions that a pharmaceutical company would use to do a mass hiring. 

Small college of the week: Hong Kong Baptist University (student population: 8,800, SA-LUTE!) is hiring both two lecturer-type positions in chemistry. If you're interested in living in Kowloon under the Basic Law (supposedly one of the finest, freest political documents ever), these positions might be for you!