Explains the job situation and earnings status of chemists. Shows the latest annual American Chemical Society survey indicates an improvement in the employment situation, but that salaries lag behind inflation. (GA)

Discusses recent trends in job placement for BS, MS, and PhD graduates in chemical and chemical engineering. (CP)

Analyzes two 1973 salary surveys by the American Chemical Society. Indicates that the salary gains of chemical professionals in 1973 are generally the strongest since the 1960's. (CC)

Predicts that job prospects for chemical professionals will be good in 1981. Discusses evidence for this prediction, including comparatively low unemployment figures for American Chemical Society members in 1980 and active recruitment of graduating chemists and chemical engineers on college campuses. (CS)

Summarizes the supply and demand data on employment situations for chemists and chemical engineers. Indicates the presence of a better employment picture this year than before. (CC)

Cites statistics of a National Science Foundation report on scientists and engineers in 1974. Reports that chemists are better educated, older, have a better chance of being employed, and do more work for industry, than other scientific personnel. (MLH)

Reports recent employment statistics for chemical and related businesses, including the fact that the chemicals and allied products industries averaged 10,000 more employees in the first quarter of 1977 than in the final quarter of 1976 and 19,000 more than in the first quarter of 1976. (MLH)

Analyzes job situations for chemical professionals on the basis of the survey findings obtained by the Chemical and Engineering News and the College Placement Council. Indicates a slight recovery in employment in 1973. (CC)

Provides an analysis of 13 job layoffs, each of which involved the job termination of three or more chemists or chemical engineers. (SL)

Analyzes trends in the column inches of position open'' advertising carried in this magazine every week in terms of the unemployment rates of chemists and technical and professional personnel published since 1965. Indicates a positive relationship among the calculation results. (CC)

Discusses a study showing that job offers in 1975-76 to candidates with bachelor's degrees in chemistry were 11 percent higher and in chemical engineering 3 percent higher than in 1974-75. Job offers also increased for women and for candidates with graduate degrees. (MLH)

Reports that total research and development (R&D) spending for the United States is expected to reach $40.8 billion in 1977, up 9 percent from 1976, according to National Science Foundation (NSF) figures. Employment opportunities for scientists and engineers should be improving. (SL)

Reviews jobs for chemists outside the laboratory, including production, sales, management, market research, patent law, personnel, public relations, science writing, and library science. (SL)