tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post2441002223982616133..comments2024-03-29T09:05:29.819-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Tate and Lyle: "Ph.D. Organic Chemists need not apply."Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-35107116966440642002015-03-19T03:58:20.679-04:002015-03-19T03:58:20.679-04:00Hi - I'm the guy who sent you that depressing ...Hi - I'm the guy who sent you that depressing advert in the first place. Here's another one which I just spotted: https://bn.craigslist.org/sci/4924599629.html ("**Please no PhD candidate applications."). That's in addition to http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=06ca55e832578964&qd=QQmL6ToAPw5l0M7dX_70KsH1r3VP-94P72uhS8swl77zHKBgF0J_o1eEX58EqZieaJRnCSo4dDu6gYb4hw7SALvZP_Mn39JwCLjV8UNnrhY&chnl=en_us&atk=19glm684o0kd149q&jsa=8935&inchal=apiresults&utm_source=publisher&utm_medium=organic_listings&utm_campaign=affiliate<br />("DUE TO THE ENTRY LEVEL NATURE OF THIS ROLE NO PhDs WILL BE CONSIDERED OR CONTACTED") <br /><br />ops, this is kind of getting out of hand....how many PhD students are reading this right now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-73362431893346927972015-03-18T16:25:54.863-04:002015-03-18T16:25:54.863-04:00But that's okay if they say that they are fast...But that's okay if they say that they are fast learners and have very good problem solving skills in their cover letter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-10958129345586877342015-03-18T13:30:48.119-04:002015-03-18T13:30:48.119-04:00So I pretended to have an MBA instead of an MS, an...So I pretended to have an MBA instead of an MS, and went in to ask him why. He said, son, you look like a doltish business major, you really do. So I put on my labcoat and said imagine that, me, working for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-13503219593571547132015-03-18T12:56:37.525-04:002015-03-18T12:56:37.525-04:00The "chemical-free" food lady would go a...The "chemical-free" food lady would go absolutely NUTS reading their product list. oldnukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-34194682815427775532015-03-18T12:35:58.587-04:002015-03-18T12:35:58.587-04:00I suspect they may be trying to get around rules a...I suspect they may be trying to get around rules about discriminating against the currently unemployed - most of the PhD organic chemist applicants they get are probably layoff victims from Big Pharma, so this is a handy little way to filter them out without explicitly saying "no unemployed people need apply."KTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-51709301024755992792015-03-18T12:18:55.331-04:002015-03-18T12:18:55.331-04:00The irony will be that they'll still get 100 C...The irony will be that they'll still get 100 CV's from people with PhD's in organic chemistry. The Aqueous Layernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-5342227396156217122015-03-18T12:16:23.356-04:002015-03-18T12:16:23.356-04:00And the sign said: "PhD Organic People Need ...And the sign said: "PhD Organic People Need Not Apply"The Aqueous Layernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-90163215972532509592015-03-18T11:45:51.062-04:002015-03-18T11:45:51.062-04:00In fairness, the PhD organic chemists in pharma te...In fairness, the PhD organic chemists in pharma tend to advise grad school applicants against thinking about medicinal chemistry PhD programs because the biological training that those programs entail aren't seen as necessary for whatever entry-level positions doing synthesis exist in pharma ("They will teach you all you need to know about pharmacology on the job" is the statement I've seen more than once). So the two programs are not exactly fungible. It's a sign of the times, I suspect, that graduate medchem programs are tending to either merging with their arts & sciences colleagues or rebranding themselves with less semantically fraught names.<br /><br />MGMolecularGeekhttp://moleculargeek.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-77542226572647953642015-03-18T11:44:28.287-04:002015-03-18T11:44:28.287-04:00We don't need your stinkin' tacos!We don't need your stinkin' tacos!NMHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-8159564300472187782015-03-18T11:30:26.754-04:002015-03-18T11:30:26.754-04:00So they're looking for inorganic med chemists,...So they're looking for inorganic med chemists, apparently. That should be a huge contributor to their applications load.<br /><br />Seems like an interesting statement on the errr....shortage of organic chemists: "No, you can't have this job, either."Hapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-27158630997211821892015-03-18T11:19:47.528-04:002015-03-18T11:19:47.528-04:00I didn't want your stupid job anyway!I didn't want your stupid job anyway! Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.com