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)

Reports some of the results of the recent NSF survey of science and engineering graduates' employment in the field. The overall labor force participation rates for baccalaureates and master's degree recipients were around 96 percent. (MA)

Presents the results of a survey by the Engineering Manpower Commission that includes a list of openings as percent employed and predicted change during the next twelve months for ten speciality areas. (GS)

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)

Lists directories of American organizations which employ a large number of chemists and chemical engineers. This column in the journal is designed to acquaint scientific personnel with information to begin or change careers. (SA)