1. HELPING CHEMISTS FIND JOBS IN A TOUGH MARKET. 2. TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CHEMISTRY JOB MARKET.
Position Description
Responsible for ensuring the cleanliness of all store areas, inside and out, such as bathrooms, break rooms, sprinklers, and parking lots. Perform preventative and basic maintenance on all store equipment, ordering and installing parts needed for repair, coordinating with contractors when appropriate. Assist customers on the sales floor when necessary.How many postdoctoral fellowships does the facility services associate need to have completed?
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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I got really excited to see a listing for an "Environmental Services Technician" at a major university right near my house. It took a pretty detailed reading of the description before I realized it all meant "Janitor."
ReplyDeleteAlso spotted an opening for a Lavatory Sanitation Fellow in the Northeast
ReplyDeleteAnd this is why job titles don't mean jack $h!+. You can call me whatever you want, just show me the money.
ReplyDeleteThe job is no longer listed. "The job you tried to view is no longer active."
ReplyDeleteIt appeared to be at Lowe's, a building supplies store, but was listed as a healthcare position at $35-45/hour. That's at least $70,000/year.