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Take what you can from where you are
I’m back in the lab! I just got back from a 3-month science writing internship and am back to my research gig as a fifth-year chemistry graduate student (yikes!). My internship was like a pit stop--...
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Upcoming ACS Webinars: Virtual Career Fair 2011
Hi everyone! Just wanted to draw your attention to several opportunities for learning more about chemistry careers and the job market. As you all know, the ACS National Meeting in Denver, CO kicked off...
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ACS Webinars: Academic Jobs Outlook
You may be wondering why I’m blogging about academic careers on a blog which is supposed to be all about nontraditional careers for chemists. Well, I attended the ACS Webinar titled “Academic Jobs...
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Chemists in Career Services
Profile: Alexis Thompson, Ph.D. (Chemistry, 2007), Director of Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Illinois Alexis Thompson made the jump from physical chemistry research into career services--...
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What it takes to be a chemistry entrepreneur
If you’re a chemist with a great idea, it just might be that some entrepreneurial training and business savvy is all you need to start up a company that could lead to new jobs, according to Harvard...
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ACS Webinars: The Road Less Traveled– Nontraditional Careers for PhD...
As promised, here’s Part Two of my recap of Steven Carlo’s presentation with ACS Webinars entitled, The Road Less Traveled—Alternative Careers for PhD Chemists. If you missed it, you can watch the...
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The Quest for a Passionate and Purposeful PhD
This guest post was written by Selina Wang, PhD. When I became a “PhD“ rather than “PhD candidate”, I couldn’t get the question “Now, what?” out of my head. It reminded me of the feeling I had when...
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The light at the end of the tunnel
There's no greater feeling than finally seeing the light at the end of the grad school tunnel! Photo credit: flickr user SamBoyd Photography. I’ve been a bit spotty with blogging recently, so I...
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On the Continually Bleak Chemistry Job Market
You’ve probably seen the numbers. On August 3rd, the July unemployment figures for the US were widely reported. Relatively stagnant, again, with an overall unemployment rate of 8.3% Last month, here at...
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This past November, C&EN ran a cover story on the employment outlook for chemists. The coverage consisted of several simultaneously published stories regarding various aspects of the employment...
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