JobSpectrum Weekly
What makes a good job ad? Does it give job seekers all the information they need to respond and, more importantly, make it into the first round of interviews? What does the ad say about the company and its expectations? This article examines how to begin formulating questions when you see any job ad, display or classified.

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ACS 2001 Starting Salary Survey (Adobe Acrobat)
At Work: Computers And Privacy Don't Mix
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Is Arbitration in YOUR Small Print?
Biosensor Technology's Potential Uses in Healthcare
Careers In Chemical Engineering: The Process of Making Things Better
Careers In Chemical Information: It's Not Just Literature Searching Anymore
Cashing in on Knowledge
Chemical Genetics
Chemists as Project Managers
Corporate Reputation: How "Best Company" Lists Figure Into Your Job Search
Demystifying Stock Options and Signing Bonuses
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Pay Confidentiality in the Workplace
From Lab Bench to Sales Call: Ten Myths About Careers in Chemical Sales
Finding a Good Fit: Pre-Employment Tests That Measure Who You Are,
Not What You Know
Flavor and Fragrance R&D
Good Things Come in Small Companies: Reconsidering Your Career Path
Grant Writing: The Basic Process
Help—I've Been Downsized
Imperative or Impossible? The Future of Restrictive Employment Clauses
Innovation, Technology, the Chemical Enterprise, and YOU
Internships: How To Find One?
Interview Tips for Experienced Job Seekers
Interviewing from Both Sides of the Table
IP: Academia's Billion-Dollar Baby
Is It Ever A Good Idea To Accept A Counteroffer?
Job Market for Chemists Falters
Life As A Perma-Temp
Negotiating a Salary
Negotiation Techniques: Strategies for Career Success
Noncompetes/ Restrictive Post-Employment Agreements
Old Enough to Know Better: Identifying and Confronting
Age Discrimation in the Hiring Process
Participating in Cross-Functional Teams
Performance Appraisal Blues
Personal Conscience & Scientific Ethics
Ready for Your Close-Up? Cue the Behavior-Based Interview
Resume Makeovers for Career Changes
Resume Writing: Should You Hire a Pro?
Reverse Brain Drain: Could You Become a Scientific Emigrant?
Science Employment Benefits from 2003 Federal Budget
Start Me Up: Is Small Business Entrepreneurship in Your Future?
Surge In Pharmacometrics Demand Leads to New Master's Program
Surviving an Interview Slip Up
Switching From A Technical To A Management Track
The Chemistry Survival Guide: Learning How to Learn Chemistry
The Peer Review Process: Where the Jury is on Your Side
The Professional MS Degree
The Right to Work: Tips for Coping with Noncompetes
The Rules of Engagement: How To Work a Room
The Up Side of Down: Positive Career Strategies in an Economic Slowdown
The Value of Mentoring
Thinking Strategically About Your Next Raise
Top 10 Salary Discussion Tips
Top Qualities Employers Seek in Advanced-Degreed Chemists
When Ideas Take Wing
Women in the Workplace: Mentoring & Flexibility are Keys to Advancement
Working Overseas
Writing it Right

Professional & Workforce News

How to Write a Teaching Philosophy for Academic Employment
The teaching statement gives you a starting point for examining your teaching practices, allows you to share your ideas with others and allows you to monitor the progress of your own development as a teacher.

Tips on Writing Curriculum Vitae
The C.V. is vital to a search committee but it is not the most important part of the application. A good C.V. won't get you a job. But submitting an incomplete one could cost you that job

Related Links
The CV Doctor—Chronicle.com's Career Talk columnists critique 5 CV's submitted by readers.

Preparing Future Faculty—A national initiative involving 43 doctoral-granting institutions and more than 295 "partner" institutions, PFF is an effort to transform the way aspiring faculty members are prepared for their careers. ACS is one of the collaborating societies that are participating in the program.