Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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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.)
Uhh, I don't get it.
ReplyDeleteThat's okay. Sometimes these jokes just fall flat.
DeleteThis is pretty funny, considering how rarely a professor says "Thank you" or "good job."
ReplyDeleteA little positive reinforcement can go a lot of good.
Then again, these are professors, not HR.
do*
DeleteDo you get a matching belt buckle for your logo, like M. Cynthia White?
ReplyDeleteI hope M. Christina White doesn't read this...
DeleteYes, it's our lab's policy to call her 'Cynthia' only in person. With an upturned head and a British accent.
DeleteMakes me think of one of my favourite chem jokes..
ReplyDeleteWhy is tert-butanol the selfish molecule? Because it's all Me, Me, Me
Wrong. That's neopentane.
DeleteMinus the chemistry stuff, this sign pretty much describes my 4 year old.
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