Little Change In Hiring For New Graduates

Chemists who are ready to enter the workforce or change jobs–and who are hoping that the industry has finally made a recovery and is hiring in earnest again–may be disappointed in the coming months. Many of the industry representatives and university chemistry department heads C&EN talked to about the 2005–06 hiring season said they predicted hiring levels for new chemists will roughly mirror those of last year or be slightly reduced. That's not good news, as last year's employment situation showed little sign of recovery from the prolonged downturn that has been affecting chemical hiring for years now.

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