1. HELPING CHEMISTS FIND JOBS IN A TOUGH MARKET. 2. TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CHEMISTRY JOB MARKET.
What's the job market like for chemists? Dude -- it's always bad.*
How bad is it? How the heck should I know? Quantifying the chemistry job market is what this blog is about. That, and helping chemists find jobs.
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(*For the literal-minded, this is a joke. Mostly.)
Last one - bummer
ReplyDeleteOutsourcing more jobs.
ReplyDeleteWhile the CEO's get rich.
You want fries with that?
7am call in.
They're making stupid compounds!
At least they are cheap.
Inane team meeting.
More tables, graphs and pie-charts!
Shoot me in the head.
Dear chemjobber
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of chemist are you employed as?
Just curious.
thanks Donna
I am a synthetic organic chemist.
ReplyDeleteI have resigned myself to the fact that my days as a medicinal chemist are over. Sigh. One of my greatest joys in the lab was crystallization. Seemed magical.
ReplyDeleteSix figure sal'ry
ReplyDeleteStraight out of graduate school
Best days behind us?
Solvent at reflux
Did you connect condenser?
Scalded bubbling mess
Online career board
Where's the med chem jobs we want?
Outsourced to Asia
Got laid off this week
ReplyDeleteChemistry group is now gone
Paper or plastic?
Job market is bad
ACS seems worthless now
Hope to change careers
Two hundred students
ReplyDeleteEmailing to change sections
Grow up! Forget it!