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.)
"Frankly Mr Shankly" by The Smiths. Or maybe "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now".
ReplyDeleteRogue lab techs are not the only ones. Commercial drug labs fake test at client request all the time.
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If I ever quit my job and wish to leave on less than pleasant terms, then here's what I would do. I would go to a adult novelty store and purchase several of those 18 inch, double-ended, likely colorful "marital aids". The diameter of these objects would be important because it would be just narrow enough to slip into the solvent reservoirs we use for a flash chromatography systems. In the presence of organic solvent, the polymer would likely swell and therefore be impossible to simply remove the object from the reservoir by pouring it out. Would it get as much coverage as a youtube video? Probably not, but it still sounds hilarious to me.
ReplyDeleteShe gets points for style and creativity, but you wonder if she's just made herself into a toxic employee, one that people will think twice about hiring. No-one likes when someone quits abruptly, but to quit in such a viral fashion screams that something might not be quite 'right' with this person. In this day and age, not sure if that was a smart move.
ReplyDeleteshe works in an industry where the be all and end all is generating page hits, which is exactly what her stunt here did. she can probably put this on her resume
Delete...and, she's got an offer.
ReplyDeletehttp://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/i-quit-girl-lands-job-offer-165556646.html?vp=1
Clearly I've been going about things the very wrong way.
The song choice "I'm Gone" by Kanye West is just fine.
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of other songs for the job. I don't think Kanye West is fit for the task, personally.
ReplyDeleteTodd Snyder's I was Looking for a Job when I Found this One is my personal favorite.
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