Saturday, January 31, 2009

Working Chemist ACS Web Index: 1/25-1/31/09

This is the third post of Chemjobber's Working Chemist ACS Web Index. It is a measurement of how many jobs posted on the ACS Careers website are aimed at the bench-level chemist. Definitions/caveats at the end of the post.

Going through the 28 positions listed from January 25 through January 31, there are 6 new positions posted that are available to the working chemist. There are 4 connected to the pharmaceutical industry and 2 outside of pharma.

That wasn't such a great week for the working chemist. Sigh. There was, however, an interesting position (ACS registration required) with the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, but I would not characterize it at all as a bench-level position. If you're into climate change and have a PhD, it might be for you.

For the month of January, 162 new advertisements were posted. Of those, there were 41 available to the working chemist. 23 (plus 2 multiple position ads) were in the pharmaceutical industry, while 18 were outside of pharma.

Definitions/caveats: This index is primarily for chemists (at all educational levels) who have been working for less than 10 years and are still 'at the bench.' It counts only jobs that are lab-oriented and primarily non-managerial; obvious senior-level titles such as "Group Leader", "Research Fellow" or "Director" will not be counted. Academic jobs (professor positions at any level, any Ph.D.-level lecturer position, postdocs) are also not counted. Academic technician or staff positions are counted on a case-by-case basis. Engineering positions are not counted, unless they are open to chemistry degree holders as well. Jobs outside the US are not counted.

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