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A Career Guide for Chemists

Richard J. Friary

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2000
• ISBN:
  9780080509624
• Topic: Sciences physiques
• Subtopic: Chimie industrielle et technique

This book is intended to help newly graduated chemists, particularly organic chemists, at all levels from bachelors to post-doctorates, find careers in the North American pharmaceutical industry. It will serve as a practical, detailed guiedbook for job seekers as well a reference work for faculty advisers, research supervisors, development officers, employment agents, and personnel managers in the industry. The book gathers in a single volume the fundamentals of getting an industrial job as a medicinal or process chemist, and covers all aspects of a chemist's job--scientific, financial, and managerial--within a pharmaceutical/biotechnology company. Other scientists looking for jobs as analytical or physical chemists and even biochemists and biologists will find the book useful. The valuable appendix is a unique compendium of 365 commercial, governmental, or non-profit institutions that comprise the North American pharmaceutical industry.

Learn How To:

• Discover the 12 permanent, big-pharma jobs for B.S. chemists
• Use the 500+ company index to locate potential employers
• Track pharma openings with 190+ corporate and chemist-specific job banks
• Add industry veterans to your employment network
• Find the 50+ companies offering paid summer internships to students
• Include the one resume item that wins interviews for B.S. and M.S. chemists
• Express a knowledgeable preference for drug discovery or development
• Research over 360 drug companies through their Web sites
• Discover the 70+ firms offering stock purchase plans or stock options¾and which two represent big pharma
• Find out your salary offer in time to negotiate your wages