Finding job openings

Expect to feel a certain satisfaction mixed perhaps with relief when you receive your first offer of a permanent position. Although such an offer represents a destination reached, the journey on which you are to embark—from student to professional chemist—demands a ticket. You pay for the trip with your own labors, for getting a job is a job in itself. To find permanent employment, even a highly qualified new graduate must do more than look for a position, yet learning where to look forms a crucial part of the search. 

This section shows specifically where and how to look for a chemist s job in the North American pharmaceutical Industry. It covers print advertisements and job banks specifically for chemists, alerts of chemists job openings, and outlines job banks and hotlines meant for all kinds of pharmaceutical company positions. The section points out that many entry-level job openings are created and filled with little or no advertisement. It concludes advising how undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry establish employment networks comprising employed, in-the-know industrial chemists. 

Before you begin to search for openings, you ll need to choose the kind of company—large or small—where you would like to work. Perhaps you U fit in both kinds but, if not, a decision to look only among one or the other can be momentous. It s smart to consider working in a small company, which the accompanying example shows. 

Big Things ftom Small Companies (by Michael P. Kirkup, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, J-Star Research, Inc.) 

Now for the sales pitch. What are the benefits of working for a small company Most small companies offer the basic benefits such as health and life insurance, retirement plans, incentives for exceptional performance, and bonus plans based on company performance. Some of the hidden benefits are visibility, opportunities for rapid advancement and career growth, and a real knowledge that your efforts are contributing vastly to the success of the company. The latter point should not be underestimated and is particularly true of research at small companies. Often decades will go by before a researcher at a large company works on a project that puts 

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Upon finding job openings, you will need to perform additional research to learn as much as possible about the potential employers and then submit a resume, cover letter, and/or an employment application to be considered for each position. Thus, your resume becomes an extremely important tool for marketing yourself to potential employers. 

Chapter 1 helps you get your job search started. This chapter explains the best places to find job openings—from help-wanted ads in your local paper to the Internet and beyond. But no search is complete without involving the people in your network. Chapter 1 teaches you how to build and maintain a network of contacts—people who are already in the working world and who can help you learn more about the field or job that interests you. Often a contact in your network helps... 

Creating a resume package, as you ve probably surmised, is a time-consuming task. Once this aspect of your job-search process is completed and you ve selected how you want your overall resume package to look, the next step involves finding the best job openings and then actually applying for those jobs. 

Research shows that a huge percentage of job openings never actually get advertised in the newspaper s help-wanted section or on an online job site. As a result, it s up to you, as the job seeker, to find the best job opportunities and apply for them. In addition to relying on the employment ads, take full advantage of your networking skills. Contact friends, acquaintances, past employers, coworkers (past... 

Appendix C offers a listing of news-oriented sites worth visiting when performing research. At any of these sites, you can perform keyword searches to find the specific information for which you re looking. Another source of company information is the career-related websites. Many of these sites contain background information about the employers that advertise job openings on their sites. 

In this situation, the skill headings used within the resume become extremely important. I recommend that someone who needs a skill-based resume find at least five to ten help-wanted ads for job openings they d be interested in filling. By reviewing those ads, the job seeker should be able to create a comprehensive list of skills to focus on within their resume. 

You re qualified to do a chemist s job in the drug industry if you earned at least a baccalaureate degree in chemistry. But before you get a job or even an invitation to interview, you need to show your credentials to suitable employers and to know what they seek. What you must know and show is the subject of Chapter 7, which presents the common prerequisites that employed chemists meet and the various qualifications that B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. scientists offer. The chapter also discusses permanent residency and working visas as well as the important role played by the American Chemical Society in helping chemists find jobs. It concludes with methods for discovering the open positions that need chemists. 

I noticed your advertisement in the (insert date) edition of (insert newspaper/publication name), and strongly believe I have the skills and work experience necessary to fill the (insert job title) position that you have open. Enclosed please find my resume. 

Insert name) suggested I contact you regarding the opening for the (insert job title) position your company has available. Enclosed please find a copy of my resume for your consideration. 

Upon reviewing my resume, I hope you will find time in your busy schedule to meet with me in person regarding the (insert job title) openings at your company. I U give you a caU later this week to schedule a convenient time for a meeting. 

One scene was in a restaurant/hotel with the usual confusion of rooms, levels, and people. It seemed like a reunion in the dining room because there were some people from Harvard there though none was identified. My job was to find the back door so as to exit directly to the street and not backtrack to the lobby. I opened several doors only to find that they were in fact windows which had been closed, by carpentered panels, from the outside. I noticed that wooden wedges had been inserted between the window frames and the panels, an elaborate contrivance for which the function was not apparent. It seemed odd that the panels would be so spaced rather thanfittingflush. 

Before you ever attempt to get a job in natural foods retailing or open your own store, you should experiment with different natural foods and products. Try the shampoo, eat the peanut butter, sample the frozen waffles and prepared meals. Make a salad with the produce. You will find that there are many outstanding products on the market that you might choose to continue to use and eat. Above all, you must believe in your own products. 

The initial finding was made in 1962 and over the next five years the author devoted very intensive studies at elaborating the preparative methods and outlining the scope and ramifications of his discovery. As a result, his full publication in 1967 contained an in-depth description of a new phenomenon and opened an entry into an enormously huge area of exploration for hundreds of laboratories all over the worlda striking example of the ability of one outstanding chemist to create jobs for the entire chemical community ... 

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