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In the open thread at In the Pipeline yesterday, Virgil posted a link to an article titled "Where's the Passion?" by Profes...

 Messy much? The Chemjobber Archives  Paul's post on gloves on doorknobs and a Hall of Shame made me think about one of my big...

 by Chemjobber. See post for footnotes and methodology.  As promised, we're going to take a little closer look at the 88 or so po...

Good morning! Between September 23 and September 27, there were 60 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 36 (60%) were ...

In a recent study of data from the 2000 Census, one could find the divorce rate of chemists: 12.01%. I found this number to be high, even ...

Every fall, C&EN has a 'back to school' issue that has a bolus of ads from universities seeking professors. This year is no diff...

Good morning! Between September 21 and September 23, there were 26 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 11 (42%) are a...

After some, um, encouragement to look somewhere other than Harvard (and other helpful commenters who found other sites), I was able to ge...

chemjobber.blogspot.com It's been a while since I've looked at the San Diego job market for chemists; by this measure, things a...

*2010 data incomplete; recruiting season in progress Last year, CJ published its first analysis of corporate recruiting at Harvard...

From the struggle between the trapped Chilean miners and the psychologists who are taking care of them: After weeks of demands, the miners...

"Ryan Bingham: Your resume says you minored in French Culinary Arts. Most students work the frier at KFC. You busted tables at Il Picat...

Good morning! Between September 16 and 20, there were 31 new positions available on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 22 were academically ...

Photo credit: Washington Post/TWP , Popserious.com  In Derek Lowe's post on SixSigma! (snerk) in drug discovery and how chemists te...

I have a few more points about graduate school and personal finance. (Why isn't this sort of thing covered by graduate schools? I mean, ...

Good morning! There are 22 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 9 (41%) are academically connected. The wave of the ...

It's not easy being a graduate student -- chances are, you're not making a lot of money and you're definitely not thinking too m...

Milkshake's comment about synthetic chemist intermarriage reminded me about a recent post by Liberal Arts Chemist on "research inc...

Good morning! From September 10 through September 13, there have been 81 new positions posted on the ACS Careers website. Of these, 68 (84%)...

Reading my new Twitter feed (in the process of setting up my own -- http://twitter.com/Chemjobber ), I see that David Kroll of Terra Sigilla...