tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post12601526544990405..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: So what would you ask a ACS presidential candidate? Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-44821591434822445092013-09-24T09:54:24.421-04:002013-09-24T09:54:24.421-04:00Christ, if only we had their numbers.Christ, if only we had their numbers.Medellin Jacobsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-10555577950460551262013-09-23T09:33:41.240-04:002013-09-23T09:33:41.240-04:00Wow. Such a compelling narrative , in a Joel Ostee...Wow. Such a compelling narrative , in a Joel Osteen kind of way, Medellin. Have you thought of heading a mega-church? But then again, that would not give you the salary you have now.NMHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-78943669383173863882013-09-20T13:37:27.387-04:002013-09-20T13:37:27.387-04:00What we have to do is have good relationships with...What we have to do is have good relationships with the industries and governments of China, India, and South Korea, not just with Eastern and Western Europe. I think the ACS has a role to play in that. I think that we can continue to give our members the continuing education and life-long learning skills to enable them to have overseas assignments. I think our career services do help people through transitions, but we have to look at that to see if they are the right services in a global economy. Then we can give our members more tools in their tool kit to adjust. If they do lose their jobs, then we have to have the right kind of services to help them retool and get other jobs.Medellin Jacobsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-81833833758168799022013-09-20T01:42:09.289-04:002013-09-20T01:42:09.289-04:00Do you believe that the ACS should fundamentally r...Do you believe that the ACS should fundamentally represent US-American chemist members or all members in the job market?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-31324901830858149492013-09-18T19:33:01.691-04:002013-09-18T19:33:01.691-04:00To ensure timely response please address your ques...To ensure timely response please address your questions directly to me.Medellin Jacobsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-14219854122634584582013-09-18T19:32:43.890-04:002013-09-18T19:32:43.890-04:00Should we be considering fundamentally altering th...Should we be considering fundamentally altering the academic funding system such that it encourages long term employment of technicians and researchers rather than creating an exponentially growing number of graduate students and post-docs?<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-12727652661345574812013-09-18T15:35:45.410-04:002013-09-18T15:35:45.410-04:00Is the ACS policy to get more students to study in...Is the ACS policy to get more students to study in STEM field, specifically chemistry? If so, how do reconcile the fact that wages for chemists are stagnant or falling? Does this argue against the idea of a STEM shortage and the need for more STEM students?Unstable Isotopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-43151640108164971172013-09-18T11:44:21.143-04:002013-09-18T11:44:21.143-04:00I, a long lapsed ACS member, would ask:
"Ea...I, a long lapsed ACS member, would ask: <br /><br />"Each ACS president candidate, for at least the past decade, knows the challenging job market facing ACS members and inevitably speaks of 'growing jobs in the US. SPECIFICALLY, what TANGIBLE STEPS would you take to increase the number of chemistry jobs in the US, and is this something you think is really achievable or something you just think sounds good".<br /><br />Second, "Offshoring (an 'inshoring' in the case of AMRI/LLY) of US chemistry jobs to lower wage states (IN, in the case of AMRI/LLY). Without using the terms 'dialogue', 'encourage', or 'lobby' how SPECIFICALLY would you alter this dynamic to benefit chemists in the US". biotechtoreadornoreply@blogger.com