Chemistry
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Descriptive Career Information
Chemistry Careers: Beyond Bunsen Burners
An article from jobweb.com. Provides a short list of some of the various occupations that chemistry majors might persue. Also provides some links to more information on chemistry careers.
http://www.jobweb.com/studentarticles.aspx?id=264
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Chemists and Materials Scientists
Descriptive information about the career from the Occupational Outlook Handbook, including links to related careers.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos049.htm
Job Banks and Searching Advice
American Chemistry Society Careers Page
A Job bank from Chemical and Engineering News magazine. Also features profiles of the companies that are advertising positions.
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_CAREERS&node_id=87&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1
Chemjobs.net
A small, international job bank for chemistry and related areas.
http://www.chemjobs.net/chemjobs.html
ChemSoc Careers
Career advice and links for chemists.
http://www.rsc.org/Gateway/Subject/Careers/
Science Magazine Classifieds
Part of the Science magazine website, here you will find a job bank as well as job hunting and career advice, a calendar of upcoming job fairs, information about graduate programs, and a database to which you can post your resume for consideration by employers.
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/
Sciencejobs.com
A job bank from New Scientist magazine. A portion of the job bank is devoted to chemistry jobs. Offers jobs in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australia.
http://www.sciencejobs.com/splash.action
Associations
American Chemical Society (ACS)
The world's largest scientific society. Producer of Chemical Abstract Service.
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content
National Organizations that promote women in science
A list by Women in Cell Biology.
http://www.ascb.org/index.cfm?navid=89&id=1684&tcode=nws3
North American Catalysis Society (NACS)
Distributed professional society with no central office; the New England branch is called "Catalysis Society of New England". Website includes job postings.
http://www.nacatsoc.org/
Graduate School Information
MassCIS
The Massachusetts Career Information System (MassCIS) is available to Massachusetts residents and includes an Education & Training section. Click on "Graduate School Sort" to create a list of schools matching your preferences. From the Mass. Division of Career Services (DCS).
http://masscis.intocareers.org/
Peterson's Online Graduate Program Resource
Peterson's online searchable graduate program database. Users can search graduate programs nationally by keyword, location, etc.
http://www.petersons.com
Market Trends
American Chemical Society - Salaries and Surveys
These reports by the ACS Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA) provide data on salaries, industry trends, guidance regarding emerging technologies and employment opportunities.
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=1116&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1
"Finding a Teaching Position: Strategies for Success"
For Education Digest; Mar2008, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p38-42, Thomas A. Kersten writes this article that mentions the market demand for teachers in chemistry.
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.simmons.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=31203806&site=ehost-live
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