Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Special orders don't upset us

A reader sends in a recent Simply Hired search:


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  1. ResearchUseOnlyDecember 11, 2013 at 3:57 PM

    You could always make the argument that the hunk of cooked meat is medicinal.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 11, 2013 at 6:12 PM

    Is this for real or was it photoshopped?

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    1. ChemjobberDecember 11, 2013 at 6:16 PM

      I don't have proof that it was not, but I think it was real. Algorithms can be fooled; I suspect that the computer was fooled by "associate" and threw this position in the hopper.

      If you go to SimplyHired and type in "medicinal chemistry" you get a fair number of hits. I also think that the reader checks SH fairly often, so their "inbox" would be more likely to have stuff that doesn't belong.

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  3. GabrielleDecember 11, 2013 at 9:49 PM

    I've been looking for organic chemistry jobs for the past couple months and I do look at simplyhired on a daily basis. I search organic chemistry and job for sears and lowes show up, so I'm not surprised that this showed up...

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    1. ChemjobberDecember 11, 2013 at 9:59 PM

      Gabrielle, feel free to send me an e-mail. No guarantees, but I'd love to help.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 12, 2013 at 5:43 AM

    This is why I advise prospective students to stay away from medicinal chem!! :)

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  5. AnonymousDecember 12, 2013 at 9:08 AM

    How many PhDs do you think applied for that job?

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  6. AnonymousDecember 12, 2013 at 10:18 AM

    @Anonymous 6:12

    No, this was not photoshopped. It is an authentic screenshot of results from the other day. Neither I nor Chemjobber has been able to reproduce it, so it was a (un)lucky accident at the time. These days I guess it's not surprising to immediately question whether something is genuine. Next time I'll know to send along the raw data files and my real info for verification.

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  7. Unstable IsotopeDecember 12, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    #altchemjobs

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  8. WavefunctionDecember 12, 2013 at 5:22 PM

    For some reason I am remembering the scene from "American Beauty" where Kevin Spacey interviews at a fast food chain...

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  9. AnonymousDecember 13, 2013 at 8:11 AM

    @10:18 - I trust you, just didn't know. Sometimes stuff labeled 'fun' is photoshopped, so I didn't know if this was a joke or real. Good luck in your search.

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looks like Blogger doesn't work with anonymous comments from Chrome browsers at the moment - works in Microsoft Edge, or from Chrome with a Blogger account - sorry! CJ 3/21/20

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