Archive for January 18th, 2009

We’re not looking for a few good chemists

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Are you a chemistry major hoping for a good job in the next year or two?  Well, you might still have some time to change your major …

According to C&E News, the American chemical industry has shed some 15.000 jobs this past year.  That’s 1.7% – pretty comparable to the 1.9% drop we’ve seen in the whole country.  Unfortunately, these figures are also missing some recent big layoffs from several major chemical companies.

Ouch.