Self Assessment The first step The better you know yourself, the more prepared you will be to sell yourself to your ideal employer.   Targeting the Job Market Evaluating the market Understanding the major factors that influence the chemical Industry—and your career. Identifying specific opportunities Doing your homework to locate the job you want.   Networking A how-to guide Networking is a critical activity but is often done so poorly that it has somewhat of a bad reputation. Meeting locator Learn more about upcoming scientific meetings. Join ACS How being an ACS member enhances your networking potential   Interviewing A primer for interview success It may help to relieve the stress of an interview if you keep in mind that it's a two-way street. Interview types An overview of various types of interviews. Questions to ask When it's your turn to interview the interviewer. Illegal questions How to handle questions that stump most job seekers.   Resumes & Cover Letters Tips on Resume Prep Your resume gets you the interview, not the job. Cover Letters Anatomy of a cover letter. E-mail Etiquette More than one-third of human-resource professionals reported a preference for e-mailed résumés, according to a survey last year by the Society for Human Resource Management. This article from BusinessWeek Online offers these handy tips to master the rules of job search e-mail etiquette.   Negotiating Salary Comparator - For ACS members only Estimates salaries based on years since the BS degree, job title, and other factors. Salary.com Salary.com links to hundreds of publicly available compensation surveys that provide relevant salary information for selected job categories.