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This job DEMANDS your degree in chemistry. Photo credit: hoobly.com |
Of the 71 positions posted, 37 are from our friends at Merck. So, along with a smattering of science-related positions, there are some real doozies. Are you a chemist? A member of the American Chemical Society? Merck wants to know if you're interested to be:
- A nurse practitioner
- An electromechanic (what is that?!?)
- A fire and security chief
- And best yet, marketing director for Dr. Scholl's.
Well, dreams die hard.
Know what's sad? That marketing job is probably 100x more stable than any of the chemistry jobs at Merck. If they offered it to me I would probably take it.
ReplyDeleteEasy on the Dr. Scholl's brand CJ. This walk-everywhere city gal would be permanently blistered without their stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, if you ever decide that science writing isn't your thing... :)
ReplyDeleteChemjobber : I am flummoxed by the job posting "electromechanic". I did a Google on it and came up with....the "Related to both electricity (or electronics) and mechanics. I suppose I can call myself "mediorganochemist".
ReplyDeleteIs an electromechanic someone who takes apart electric things, and tries to fix 'em? If so, I qualify for all the toasters, clocks, and coffee makers I've destroyed this way.
ReplyDeleteI think the marketing director job is relevant, and kudos for Merck for that one posting! (Though they may have done something good by sheer quantity of adverts in C&EN).
ReplyDeleteConsumer products are complex. The human body is even more complex. How products and the body interact with one another is best understood by a chemist.
Marketing is not just about advertising & pricing. It is about knowing your consumer and your products and more importantly where your products should be going next.
Though that being said, I wouldn't apply for that job either. I would miss my hood too much.
We synthetic chemists are a die hard breed.