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EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
SUMMER
JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS
1500 Chemistry, 647-2858
The
Chemistry Department at U-M encourages its students
to spend at least one summer during their undergraduate
years in a chemistry-related job. Current postings are emailed regularly and posted on our website. Each fall, our Industrial Recruiting program brings companies from all over the country into the department looking to fill positions from the pre-BS to post-doctoral level. Through this program we arrange the
interviews with companies who are recruiting
here, identify positions available in other department
research laboratories and generally facilitate
the summer job search for our students. Whether
looking for an internship, or doing on campus
research, it is important to plan ahead. Write
your resume in in mid-summer to use for internship interviews in
Septemember-November or February. Consult the ACS
publication, Resume Preparation - Tips for Chemical Professionals, and use the many resources available on campus for assistance in writing your resume.
INDUSTRIAL RECRUITING IN CHEMISTRY
1500 Chemistry
The
University of Michigan Chemistry Department is
fortunate in having its own Indusrial Recruiting program.
Each Fall, recruiters come from large
and small companies throughout the United States
to recruit our students. Information on each company recruiting is available in 1500 and of course from their various websites.
The
Department produces an Electronic Open Résumé file
each year. Companies receive this access to this resource and
their representative may contact candidates directly
about job opportunities. Others may ask candidates
to sign up for an interview if the company is interviewing
in the department. Recruiting generally begins in mid-September, with the majority of companies coming before
Thanksgiving.
Résumés
should be submitted to the Student Services office by mid-August (an email will go out sometime the summer before requesting these documents.) The office is happy to assist with questions
on preparation of a résumé as is
the Career Center at 3200 SAB. The
American Chemical Society publication, Resume Preparation - Tips for Chemical Professionals, is available
on the web. You may
also wish to attend a workshop on résumé writing
at the Career Center.The Chemistry Department
sponsors the Chemistry Placement Workshop each year in the Fall for BS, MS and PhD students. Learn about
resources on campus, interviewing and plant trips, Chemistry Industrial Recruiting
procedures, student experiences and the professor's role in the interview
process. The Recruiting Schedule is generally available at this time also.
We e-mail and post
the following:
- specific
jobs from industry that come to us through either written descriptions
or telephone requests
- fellowship
and scholarship information for undergraduate and graduate students
- academic
positions
- postdoctoral
opportunities
THE
CAREER CENTER
3200 SAB, 764-7460
The Chemistry
Placement Office is a satellite of the Career
Center, 3200 Student Activities Building. Additional services
in the form of counseling, workshops and a library are
available there. Most companies coming to recruit
chemists come directly to Chemistry, though a
few may be looking for chemistry or biochemistry
concentrators as well as other disciplines at
the Career
Center. Students are encouraged
to register at the Career Center and
make use of their services.
REFERENCE
LETTER SERVICES
You would be
wise to start a Reference Letter File at Career
Planning and Placement, 3200 Student Activities
Building. This is a file containing letters of
recommendation which you solicit from people who
know you and the sort of work you are capable
of doing, such as professors and employers. When
you apply for a job or to graduate or professional
school, you would send a request, plus payment,
for each service to the Credentials Office and
they would send your letters of recommendation
to the admissions office or employer you name.
Phone 764-7459 for more details or to access
reference letters on line.
CAREER CENTER
CONNECTOR
Career
Center Connector is your
link to employers seeking to hire UM, Ann Arbor
students for internships and permanent positions.
It includes job/internship postings, on-campus
interviewing opportunities, employer presentations,
and job/graduate school fair information.
GRADUATE
SCHOOL INFORMATION
A file of graduate
school catalogs on chemistry and biochemistry programs all over
the United States is kept in 1500 Chemistry for the use of our undergraduate
chemistry concentrators. There is also a larger file of catalogs
in the Reference Room of the Graduate Library. Normally undergraduates
are encouraged to pursue studies at other universities in order
to obtain a broader perspective in their discipline. A possible
schedule for application to graduate school follows.
Late
in junior year. Some students like to take the regular GRE exam
earlier than the Advanced Subject Exam so they can focus their study
on the Advanced Exam. For GRE registration and information check
the website (http://www.gre.org) or to schedule call 1-800-GRE-CALL.
Subject tests for 1997-98 are Nov. 1, Dec. 13 and April 4.
Summer
prior to, and very early in Senior year. Talk to as many faculty
and students as you can to get information about potential graduate
programs that match your background and experience. You can visit
with nearby schools and other people whom your faculty might recommend.
Criteria for selection of graduate programs often include the ranking
of the department, area of interest, geography (and recruitment
technique!).
September. Put together
a list of schools and send for application packets.
The letter may be addressed to "Chair, Department of Chemistry"
or "Graduate Admission Office, Department of Chemistry".
The addresses may be found in the ACS Directory of Graduate Research
and the ACS Chemical Science Graduate School Finder. Libraries
usually carry these and other resource books.
Early
October. All students are strongly encouraged to apply for National
Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowships. Applications are available
in early October; initial application due November 1. You must have
taken both GRE tests by or on the October testing date. Obtain the
application from Fellowship Office, National Research Council, 2101
Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20418, (202) 334-2872.
October/November.
Take the GRE and/or the Chemistry Advanced Test. Narrow your
list of schools and complete the applications. Limit your personal
statement to about a page. Indicate a bit about your motivations
and philosophy, experience, and some idea of what your long term
goals are. Remember this is a statement of present intent, not a
binding contract. You are better off understanding your options
and not being able to choose rather than be ignorant of the choices.
December/January.
The timing of action on your application depends on the institution.
Your application to the graduate school is also an application for
financial support. This support can be in the form of a Teaching
Assistantship (TA), a Research Assistantship (RA) or a Fellowship.
The stipends will vary from school to school.
February/March.
A trip to visit the potential graduate department is a great way
to compare the various schools in your narrowed field of choices.
Depending on the distance, schools may compensate you for all or
part of your travel, housing and meals. Students often string their
trips together over Spring Break. You will get a chance to meet
both faculty and graduate students in the departments you visit.
Don't
hesitate to ask any and all questions. Even when you are back home,
the faculty members in charge of admissions/recruitment in the graduate
departments will always accept and welcome your call.
One
of the best things you can do for yourself is to get independent
study/research experience as an undergraduate. Many schools have
an Honors or Senior Thesis as part of the undergraduate degree.
A number of schools offer Pre-Matriculation programs for entering
graduate students.
Apply
for scholarships. You may obtain a schedule of
major graduate fellowship programs from the Fellowships
Office, 160 Rackham Building, 764-8119, email:
FLWSHIPS@Rackham.umich.edu). On line listing
is on gopherblue: U of M & Ann Arbor\ Schools & Colleges\Rackham\
Fellowships. A table of funding follows for undergraduates.
UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN AND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIP/
DEADLINE |
LEVEL |
QUALIFY
AREA |
AVAILABLE |
|
Barry
Goldwater
Late
Fall |
Soph/
Junior |
Math,
natural science, engineering. |
Honors
Office
1228 Angell Hall |
|
Otto
Graf
Early
January |
Incoming
Honors
Seniors |
Academic
performance, intellectual accomplishment, potential for
superior scholastic achievement. |
Honors
Office |
|
Beinecke
Memorial
Early
January |
Junior |
Unusual
ability in field, eager to pursue at graduate level. Demonstrated
financial need. |
Honors
Office |
|
Churchill
Foundation
Early
November |
Senior |
Study
at Cambridge Churchill College. Science, math, engineering.
GRE Aptitude and Achievement scores available by deadline.
US citizen. |
Honors
Office |
|
British
Marshall
September
15 |
Senior |
Study
at British University. US citizen. |
Honors
Office |
|
NSF
November
1 |
Senior |
National
competition for graduate students in science and engineering
PhD programs. |
Fellowship
Office
National Research Council
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20418
(202)334-2872 |
|
ONR
(Office of Naval Research)
Early
January |
>Senior |
Doctoral
programs in Electrical Engineering, Computers, Material
Science, Naval Architecture, Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering,
etc. Citizens or nationals of US. |
American
Society for Eng. Education (ASEE)
11 Dupont Circle Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
(202)293-7080 |
|
Rhodes
Scholarship
September
15 |
Senior |
Study
at Oxford. US citizen. |
Honors
Office |
WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER YOU GRADUATE?
In general,
about one third of chemistry graduates go to graduate
school, one third are enrolled in medical programs,
and one third are in the chemical industry or
other employment. During the last six years companies
employing BS chemists have included Abbott, BASF,
Dow Corning, Dow Elanco, Dow Midland, Eli Lilly,
Merck, Monsanto, Pfizer, PPG, Procter & Gamble,
Lubrizol, Upjohn, and Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis.
A representative list follows of graduate schools,
national awards, professional schools, and employment
for chemistry majors from 1989-1997. The number
of graduates per year were: 1989 - 44, 1990- 28,
1991- 55 1992- 34, 1993-56, 1994-57, 1995-69,
1996-64, 1997-57 (chemistry), 40 (biochemistry).
SAMPLING
OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS ATTENDED
|
# |
School |
Department |
# |
School |
Department |
|
1 |
Arizona |
Toxicology |
1 |
U Florida |
Pharmacology |
|
1 |
Boston
U |
Biochemistry |
1 |
U Houston |
Cell
Biology |
|
1 |
Bowling
Green |
Chemistry |
3 |
U Illinois-Champaign |
Chemistry |
|
2 |
Cal
Tech |
Chemistry |
1 |
U Illinois-Champaign |
Materials
Sci |
|
1 |
Carnegie
Mellon |
Polymer
Science |
1 |
U Kansas |
Pharmacy |
|
1 |
Case
Western |
Polymer
Science |
1 |
U Maryland |
Molecular
Bio |
|
1 |
Central
Michigan |
Chemistry |
2 |
U Massachusetts
Amherst |
Polymer
Science |
|
2 |
Chicago |
Chemistry |
1 |
U Miami |
Chemistry |
|
1 |
Clemson |
Chemistry |
8 |
U Michigan |
Pharmacy |
|
1 |
Colorado |
Biochemistry |
6 |
U Michigan |
Public
Health |
|
1 |
Columbia
U |
Education |
2 |
U Michigan |
Epidemiology |
|
1 |
Cornell |
Chemistry |
2 |
U Michigan |
Toxicology |
|
2 |
Cornell |
Physics |
1 |
U North
Carolina |
Pharmacology |
|
1 |
Emory |
Chemistry |
1 |
U Pittsburgh |
Business
Ad |
|
2 |
Harvard |
Chemistry |
1 |
U Rochester |
Chemistry |
|
1 |
Harvard |
Cell
Biology |
1 |
U Washington |
MD/PhD |
|
1 |
Indiana |
Biochemistry |
1 |
U Washington |
Biochemistry |
|
4 |
Indiana |
Chemistry |
3 |
U Wisconsin-Madison |
Biochemistry |
|
4 |
MIT |
Chemistry |
8 |
U Wisconsin-Madison |
Chemistry |
|
1 |
MIT |
Materials
Sci |
10 |
UC Berkeley |
Chemistry |
|
2 |
Northwestern |
Chemistry |
1 |
UC Berkeley |
CMB |
|
2 |
Ohio
State |
Chemistry |
1 |
UC Santa
Barbara |
Materials
Science |
|
2 |
Penn
State |
Chemistry |
1 |
UC Santa
Barbara |
Biochemistry |
|
1 |
Princeton |
Chemistry |
3 |
UC San
Francisco |
Biochemistry |
|
3 |
Purdue |
Chemistry |
3 |
UNC
- Chapel Hill |
Chemistry |
|
1 |
Rockefeller
U |
Biochemistry |
1 |
Washington
U |
Biochemistry |
|
1 |
Scripps
Institute |
Biochemistry |
1 |
Washington
U |
Genetics |
|
6 |
Stanford |
Chemistry |
1 |
Wayne
State |
MD/PhD |
|
1 |
Stanford |
Biochemistry |
4 |
Wayne
State |
Biochemistry |
|
1 |
Texas
A&M |
Chemistry |
1 |
Wayne
State |
Genetics |
NATIONAL
GRADUATE AWARDS 1989-1997
|
Name |
Year |
School |
Department |
Award |
|
Berk,
Scott |
1989 |
MIT |
Chemistry |
NSF
Fellow |
|
Chen,
Deborah |
1989 |
Stanford |
Chemistry |
NSF
Fellow |
|
Schmiedeskamp,
Mia |
1989 |
U Washington |
Biochemistry |
NSF
Fellow |
|
Chick,
Caroline |
1989 |
UC Berkeley |
Chemistry |
NSF
Fellow |
|
Schwartz,
David |
1990 |
UC Berkeley |
Chemistry |
Churchill
Fellow |
|
Noe,
Mark C. |
1991 |
Harvard |
Chemistry |
NSF
Fellow |
|
Knitt,
Deborah |
1992 |
Stanford |
Biochemistry |
NSF
Fellow |
|
Benezra,
Valarie |
1993 |
MIT |
Materials
Science |
Naval
Fellow |
|
Machonkin,
Timothy |
1993 |
Stanford |
Chemistry |
NSF
Fellow |
|
Daniels,
Douglas |
1995 |
Scripps
Institute |
Chemistry |
NSF
Fellow |
|
Smithers,
Jeffrey |
1997 |
Lübeck
Medical U |
Chemistry |
Fulbright |
SAMPLING
OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
|
#
|
Professional
School
|
Department
|
#
|
Professional
School
|
Department
|
|
1 |
Boston
University |
Medicine |
1 |
U Illinois,
Chicago |
Medicine |
|
2 |
Indiana
U |
Medicine |
1 |
U Kentucky |
Medicine |
|
1 |
Loyala
U |
Medicine |
1 |
U Pennsylvania |
Medicine |
|
1 |
Maryland |
Medicine |
2 |
U Puerto
Rico |
Medicine |
|
1 |
Medical
College of Ohio |
Medicine |
2 |
UM |
Medicine |
|
1 |
MSU |
Veterinary |
3 |
UM |
Dentistry |
|
2 |
MSU |
Medicine |
1 |
U Pittsburgh |
Dentistry |
|
1 |
Northwestern |
Dentistry |
1 |
U of
Rochester |
Medicine |
|
1 |
NY Medical
College |
Medicine |
7 |
Wayne
State |
Medicine |
|
1 |
Rutgers |
Medicine |
1 |
Wisconsin |
Medicine |
|
1 |
SUNY
Brooklyn |
Medicine |
|
|
|
|
1 |
U Chicago |
Medicine |
|
|
|
EMPLOYMENT
There are a
wide variety of positions filled by chemistry majors: analytical
chemist, chemical engineer, computer programmer, environmental field
chemist, formulation assistant, high school chemistry teacher, materials
engineer, nuclear power instructor, organic chemist, organic structure
analyst, quality control chemist, regional sales manager, research
assistant, research chemist, sales engineer, science teacher, service
representative, spectroscopist, technical services chemist, technician.
|
# |
Employer
|
#
|
Employer
|
|
3 |
Abbott
Labs |
3 |
Merck,
Rahway |
|
1 |
Arthur
D. Little |
1 |
Merck,
Westpoint |
|
3 |
AvTech
Labs |
1 |
National
Starch |
|
3 |
BASF |
1 |
NY City
Schools |
|
1 |
Baxter
Healthcare |
1 |
NYTest
Environmetal |
|
5 |
Cayman
Chemical |
6 |
PPG |
|
1 |
BF Goodrich |
2 |
Procter
& Gamble |
|
1 |
Chemical
Abstracts |
1 |
Rollins
Chempak |
|
1 |
Commonwealth
Edison |
1 |
Smithkline
Beecham |
|
1 |
Dow
Chemical |
1 |
SPS
Medical |
|
2 |
Dow
Corning |
1 |
Stephen
Computer |
|
7 |
Eli
Lilly |
1 |
Syntex
Corporation |
|
3 |
Flint
Ink |
1 |
Toyota
Tech Center |
|
1 |
Flowtech |
6 |
UM |
|
1 |
Gage
Product |
1 |
Unilever |
|
1 |
Genentech |
1 |
Upjohn |
|
1 |
Handschy
Industries |
2 |
US Navy |
|
1 |
Iolani
Schools |
14 |
Warner-Lambert |
|
1 |
Johnson
& Johnson |
1 |
Westinghouse,
Savannah River |
|
2 |
Lubrizol |
|
|
|
1 |
Mallinckrodt |
|
|
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