Hire Me–Please!

Posted by Linda Wang on August 19, 2009 in 2009 Fall National Meeting, ACS Meetings

Desperate times call for desperate measures. During the Academic Employment Initiative poster session at Sci-Mix on Monday night, several graduate students decided to forego the usual research poster and put up a giant CV instead. “I need every bit of help I can get,” said Elliot Ennis, a doctoral student at Middle Tennessee State University, who is looking for a teaching position at a four-year college or university.

Here he is next to his poster titled “Elliot Ennis and the Great Job Odyssey”:

With so many chemists seeking jobs, C&EN wanted to do our share to help. We gave five randomly selected job seekers 30 seconds to sell themselves. Here are their pitches:

Let us know if you’d like to contact any of these job seekers, and we’d be happy to put you in touch!