Employment Planning Aids is designed to familiarize both the student and the experienced graduate with services, sources of information, and organizations that can supply guidance and advice on selecting, obtaining, and changing careers related to chemistry. (Author/RH)

Describes career opportunities for chemists considering employment areas of opportunity, salaries, college chemistry enrollments, research and development budgets, long term forecasts of supply and demand for chemists. Includes career planning aids, and an employers directory of chemical professions. (DF)

Starting salaries of chemistry personnel in industry, colleges, and universities are discussed. Data are presented from annual salary surveys done by the American Chemical Society's Office of Manpower Studies. (SA)

The demand for chemists in 1980 and the recruitment plans for college campuses are discussed. The employment trends in chemistry and chemical engineering are presented in a data table. (SA)

Described is a catalytic science center designed to incorporate academic and industrial concerns. The center combines educational and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for the chemical professional. (MA)

Career options for chemists are discussed with emphasis on how to be successful in career development. Information is presented in the form of brief statements from chemistry personnel representing universities, industry, and non-laboratory related businesses. (SA)

The various employment opportunities for the chemistry college graduate are given. Trends show that industry is seeking out rather highly trained graduates. Desirable types of training are suggested. (SA)

Reports on the exchange of chemistry professors between the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Oakwood College in Alabama. Explores the Madison Plan which has a long term goal of working toward educational excellence by taking advantage of the strengths inherent in ethnic diversity. (MVL)

Information is provided on unemployment rate and employment gains of chemical engineers and of professional and technical personnel. Employment trends are mentioned. (DT)

The chances of an employee being relocated are higher in the chemical and plastics industries than in U.S. business as a whole. But the benefits provided by chemical and plastics companies to employees shifted to other locations are generally better than average. (Author/BB)

Provides an annotated bibliography of materials available to chemists and chemical engineers to aid in career planning. (CP)

Describes the 1973 employment situation for chemists and chemical engineers. Indicates that chemistry in all its various facets continues to be a promising and rewarding field although there are no longer any easy pickings. (CC)

Results from the annual ACS survey are reported and analyzed. The present unemployment rate; regional unemployment; unemployment in various work background, by age, and by sex; overall salary gains; men's vs. women's salaries; and a breakdown of salaries by years of experience, job, and region are among the data provided. (DT)