Career & Employment 2004
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December 6, 2004
CONTRACT RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
CROs provide essential services and adapt to fit changing needs of pharmaceutical firms.
November 1, 2004
EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
Amid record-high unemployment for chemists, C&EN offers advice on a new job hunt, midcareer transitions, and temporary jobs, as well as a salary review and information on job resources.
October 18, 2004
DREAM JOBS
C&EN examines what makes some companies leaders in employee relations.
October 4, 2004
MEDICAL DEVICES
Chemical engineers, like chemists, are in demand in this industry, which is thriving in New England.
August 16, 2004
EMPLOYMENT & SALARY SURVEY
The job market for chemists continues to be difficult, but salaries have improved.
July 26, 2004
BAY AREA BIOTECH
Amid fears about offshoring, report offers positive biotech job news in California.
July 19, 2004
COURTING CHEMISTS
Chemists’ expertise is sought by medical device industry.
June 7, 2004
FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES
Chemists' work combines biology, chemistry, and psychology to create tempting products.
May 3, 2004
COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY
Techniques are incorporated into the routine work of drug discovery.
April 19, 2004
2003 STARTING SALARY SURVEY
Job market is still soft, median salaries have dropped, and number of unemployed has held steady.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE
ACS project aims to broaden the process by which faculty members in the chemical sciences are hired.
JOBS REAL AND VIRTUAL
Partisan dispute over job creation focuses attention on jobs data and what they really mean.
April 12, 2004
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Four Scientists offer advice on how to be a megastar employee in a nanoworld.
March 22, 2004
BIRTH OF A DRUG
Chemists in a variety of subdisciplines team with other scientists in the making of a new drug.
March 1, 2004
FORENSIC SCIENCE
It may not be as dramatic as popular TV shows portray, but painstaking chemical analysis is still an exciting career.
February 23, 2004
MIDWEST BIOTECH
With links to agriculture and medical devices, biotechnology holds tremendous promise for the Midwest.
February 2, 2004
PACIFIC PARADISE
Good living conditions and a rise in hiring attract people to schools in the Northwest.
January 19, 2004
JOBS SHOCK
Data show chemical employment is down amid overall job doldrums.
January 5, 2004
CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS
Technicians have become an integral part of both process and research labs.
This page updated October 4, 2004
