LibGuides: Chemistry: Careers

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Careers and Employment in Chemistry

Two categories of career and employment websites are listed here. This box lists websites devoted exclusively to chemistry, while the following box lists websites that cover chemistry and other careers.

American Chemical Society Career Navigator
This service from the American Chemical Society has numerous links and resources for careers and jobs in chemistry.
C&EN Jobs
Job listings in Chemical & Engineering News, the official magazine of the American Chemical Society.
American Chemical Society Salary Calculator
Find median-based salary data by career choice. Data adjusted for inflation. This information is only available to ACS members.
College to Career - Getting a Job in Chemistry
This multifaceted website from the American Chemical Society contains information, guidance, and resources on more than 30 traditional and nontraditional careers in chemistry.
ChemIDP
An individual development planning tool designed to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the chemical sciences plan and prepare for rewarding careers. From the American Chemical Society.
CHEMJOBBER
Helping chemists understand the job market.
Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Scholars
Career planning resources for graduate students and postdocs from the American Chemical Society.
NY Area Employment Opportunities
This service offered by the New York Section of the American Chemical Society lists local job openings for chemists.
Royal Society of Chemistry
This service from the United Kingdom's Royal Society of Chemistry includes guides to products and special services, such as job listings.
Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty
This book is a collection of practical advice and experiences from seasoned biomedical investigators and includes chapters on laboratory leadership, getting funded, project management, and teaching and course design.

Careers in Chemical Information
Some chemists and chemistry students decide, not always at the beginning of their careers, that they are attracted to the information side of chemistry. These sources provide an introduction to chemical information careers.

Resources on Careers in Chemical Information
This site is being reloaded, so these resources are temporarily not available: Links to both online and printed resources on the many types of careers in chemical information. These varied professions include, information specialists, database searchers, science and chemistry librarians, patent specialists, as well as careers in publishing, science writing, public service, entrepreneurship, chemical informatics, and computational chemistry.

Preparing for Careers in Information Science
A session at a national meeting of the American Chemical Society where six speakers each described their different career. This document was written by John K. Borchardt for The Alchemist. The speakers’ abstracts are at http://acscinf.org/content/224-technical-sessions#Th1a/
Careers in Chemical Information and Science Librarianship
A talk given at a national meeting of the American Chemical Society
Making the transition from special to academic librarianship
A talk given at a national meeting of the American Chemical Society

Careers and Employment in All Types of Jobs

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Produced by the U.S. Department of Labor-Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Occupational Outlook Handbook is the Nation′s premier source for career information. For hundreds of different types of jobs the Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you, the training and education needed, salaries, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions, job search tips, and links to information about the job market in each State. Simply type in the name of the occupation you are interested in learning about, in the A-Z Index.
Early Career Resources
This website from the scientific publisher Elsevier offers advice on how to plan a successful research career. Included are sections on funding, search and discovery, ethics in research and publishing, writing and publishing, networking, guides and recommended reading, and training webcasts.
USAJOBS - The Federal Government's Official Jobs Site
This is a United States Office of Personnel Management website. USAJOBS is the Federal Government’s official one-stop source for federal jobs and employment.
GovernmentJobs - City, State, Federal & Public Sector Jobs
Use this commercial site to browse federal, city and state jobs, and apply online. From entry-level to executive.
A Guide to Government Careers
What jobs both federal and state government offer, the types of jobs available, job search resources, and how to apply for these jobs.
AAUP Career Center
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) maintains this Career Center which is free to people seeking a faculty or academic professional position.
Bright
Bright searches across all job boards and links you to contacts you already have, so you can use your personal and professional contacts to discover job openings inside companies where you have connections.
careerbeam
You can set up your own resume and cover letter, then use their search strategies to to provide you access to organizations, industry contacts, in-depth industry profiles, detailed occupational intelligence, and world-wide companies.
CareerBuilder.com
A large job bank.
Careerjet
An employment search engine that has a classified listing of job openings both in the U.S. and other countries.
Careers After College and Job Offers
How to navigate your first job offer after graduation.
Careers of the Future
A look at career trends to reveal the work that will be the most in-demand come the next decade.
New Graduate’s Guide to Getting Hired
A guide to help graduates find a job.
College Student Internships & Employment
Help to find, choose and make the most of college internships.
CollegeGrad
A site where grads can look for entry level positions, explore different careers, and has tips for resumes and interviews.
Graduate’s Guide to Careers in Public Service
The public service profession is often misunderstood as a career path. While most people know a job in a public sector is about making a difference, whether at the local, country or international level, few have a full understanding of what kinds of jobs are available. While public service isn’t just about volunteer work or advocating for a charitable cause, it isn’t all about government work either. The goal of this guide is to explain what a career in public service is about, demonstrate how to get a career serving a higher cause and dispel any myths and misunderstandings about public service.
Craigslist
Some small companies post their job openings only on Craigslist. First, select the city that interests you. Then under the "Jobs" heading, you can further narrow your search by specific category.
CTI Career Search
Information and advice on hundreds of employment categories and thousands of schools, to help people find and pursue careers of interest to them. Included are comparative salary data, news summaries, and feature articles.
DOC
A job site focusing on biomedical and healthcare positions.
Fairygodboss
A career and job site created by women, for women. Fairygodboss helps women get hard-to-ask questions answered. The inside scoop on pay, corporate culture, benefits and work flexibility. Also company ratings, job listings, career advice and discussion boards where women can anonymously review their employers' female-friendliness.
Free Resume Templates
A guide with many templates to help you create your resume.
Glassdoor
You can search by job title and location. You can also see salaries for different types of jobs.
Great Sample Resumes
Sample resumes, resume writing tips, and cover letters for nearly every profession.
LiveCareer
A guide for creating resumes and cover letters.
Cover Letter Templates
A guide to cover letters with tips and examples.
FacultyVacancies.com
Academic openings at every level from doctoral students to high level faculty.
americaoxy.com
Academic job openings in higher education and research in the U.S.
Guide to Graduate Certificates
In some fields instead of a full degree program, a Graduate Certificate Program might suffice instead.
Indeed
A world-wide listing of jobs from thousands of company websites and job boards.
Inside Career Info
A collection of hundreds of candid career reports written by working people about their jobs.
Insider Higher Ed
Click Job Search to see faculty level jobs.
internships.com
Here students can find internships and employment opportunities in this large internship marketplace.
Interview Skills
Tips, to help you make the best possible impression at a job interview.
job-hunt
Locate jobs banks by subject and location. Also has Job searching advice and tips.
Jobs2Careers
Many types of careers. Can search by state.
jobs.ac.uk
All types of jobs in the UK, Europe,Australasia, Africa, America and Asia & Middle East.
Jobs - New York Times
After you upload your resume for free, employers may contact you.
Kob Solutions
Interview tips, a guide to social media best practices, and resume writing tips.
Labor Force
An employment and staffing agency that offers clients solutions to temporary and temp-to-hire employment requirements.
LinkedIn
A business-oriented social networking service heavily used by recruiters You can post your resume, skills and qualifications, join specific groups, and interact with other people.
LinkUp
Over 1.7 million currently listed jobs from 40,000 employers. This site is updated daily.
Monster
A large job bank.
My Individual Development Plan
A web-based career-planning tool for Ph.D. students and postdocs in the sciences. It helps you define and pursue your career goals by providing exercises to help you examine your skills, interests, and values, and a list of 20 scientific career paths with a prediction of which ones best fit your skills and interests.
National Postdoctoral Association
A member-driven, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides a unique, national voice for postdoctoral scholars. Their mission is to to improve the postdoctoral experience by supporting enhanced research training and a culture of enhanced professional growth to benefit scholarship and innovation.
Naturejobs
A job bank of science jobs worldwide. This site also offers career guidance.
Navigating The College Career Fair
Resume tips, interview advice, and what to expect.
New Scientist Jobs
A free database of hundreds of science jobs. You can also upload your resume.
Online Recruiters Directory
Job seekers can search here for recruiting firms and headhunters.
Online PhD
This site may be temporarily unavailable. Provides current and former PhD students with information and resources necessary to thrive and advance their careers.
Online Library Science Degrees
If you are ever considering a career as a librarian, here is a guide to online library science programs.
Recommended Recruiter
A site of choice for both job seekers and companies and to find recruiters from across a wide range of industries.
Riley Guide
The Riley Guide introduces you to the online job search, listing many online sites and services that are useful for your job search. We do not post jobs nor resumes but instead point you to the places that do.
Robert Half
You can search for jobs, upload your resume, and look at career advice.
Ropellla - Candidate Tools
Resume and interviewing tips.
SampleResume.net
A free professional resume resource that helps you write an effective resume, and cover letter, and also prepare for interviews. This site contains many sample resumes and cover letters.
Science Careers: from the journal Science
Job listings for scientists and engineers in industry, academia, and non-profit organizations. Also has career advice and information about graduate programs.
SearchFirm.com
Job seekers can locate corporate recruiters.
SEARCH2HIRED
Simply enter the type of job you are seeking, and the your desired geographical to obtain a listing of available job openings. You can refine your search by job type: permanent, full time, part time, contract, or internship.
Snagajob
Browse and search for jobs by location, category, industry, position, and company.
Taking a Gap Year Before Graduate School
Taking some time off to explore the world before attending graduate schoo,l by working, volunteering, or doing in internship, can be a way to clear your head and give you a new experience.
TrueCareers
This site may be temporarily unavailable. Jobs in the sciences and engineering are among the many types of job openings posted here. You can search both by type of job and location, and you can also post your resume.
Talent
A listing of over 2 million jobs in the U.S. Readily searchable by key word, company, skills, and searchable by geographic region. Replaces Neuvoo.
Twitter
Some organizations post their job openings here. Consider creating a professional account separate from your personal account.
ZipRecruiter
Lists over 9 million jobs. Has a free mobile app

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