Chemjobber C&EN Index: 7/27/09

Industrial positions (non-academic, non-governmental):
Total number of ads: 6

- Postdocs: 1
- Permanent positions: 13++
- Ratio of US/non-US: 11++/3
Area: 953

Week to week trend: Up, signficantly.

Governmental positions (US, international):
Total number of ads: 1
- Postdocs: 0
- Permanent positions: 1
- Ratio of US/non-US: 1/0
Area: 113
Week to week trend: Up, slightly.

Academic positions:
Total number of ads: 2
- Postdocs: 3+
- Tenure-track faculty: 0

- Temporary faculty: 0
- Lecturer positions: 0
- Staff positions: 1+
- Ratio of US/non-US positions: 4++/0

- Area (square cm): 58

Week to week trend: Down, slightly.

Thanks, industry: Impressive week, this week. Big doings from Genentech (lots of multiple position ads) and Millenium (even though most folks online believe that Millenium's just fishing). And Novartis got crazy with a full-pager for a single position in their Switzerland chemical genetics lab. The Swiss, they have money.

Honda? Now that's a company!: Did you know that Honda has a research institute in Columbus, OH? Neither did I -- they're looking for a photoelectrocatalysis postdoc. Hmph -- tempting.

Chemspec -- super casual?: Chemspec's China division is looking for (I am not kidding!) "We are recruiting a couple of Process R&D Project Managers..." A couple, huh? Well, we're just looking for a few good jobs!

Small college of the week: The University of North Carolina Wilmington (Wilmington, NC, student population: 13,402 - SA-LUTE!) is looking for Ph.D.s who have biotechnology-related degrees to do research and study for an MBA. I don't know how I feel about this, but if someone else is paying... (of course, you're paying the time...)