ACS Career Services Publications
The ACS Department of Career Services has a number of publications that can help you cope with sudden workplace changes or guide you in your current job. (Documents marked with an asterisk are available in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download it for free.) If you are interested, the 2002 Career Services Catalog* is available.

ACS Professional Guidelines
Academic Professional Guidelines of the American Chemical Society
Working Draft, 3rd Edition, Academic Professional Guidelines*
Professional Employment Guidelines of the American Chemical Society*
The Chemists' Code of Conduct

Professional and Workforce News
Critical Non-Technical Skills: What Are They and How Do You Get Them?*
Tips on Writing a Curriculum Vitae*
Chemical Employment in Small Business*
Conducting an Electronic Job Search*
The Employer Speaks*
How to Write a Teaching Philosophy for Academic Employment*
Negotiation Techniques: Strategies for Career Success
Nine Steps to Career Success*
The Human Genome Project and Chemists´ Future Jobs*
A Statistical Summary of Chemists in the United States*

Salary and Employment Surveys
Frequently Asked Questions About Salary Surveys*
A Brief History of the ACS Salary Survey*

Annual Member Survey
ChemCensus 2000*
Industrial Chemists2000*
Women Chemists 2000*
Academic Chemists 2000*

Annual New Graduate Survey
Starting Salaries Class of 1999*
Starting Salaries Class of 1998*
Early Careers of Chemists Report
Early Careers, C&EN

Mature Career Chemist
Lifetimes in Chemistry*
Career Chemist: The Transition to Retirement (C&EN)

Current Numbers and Trends for the Chemical Profession
Chemists´ Employment & Marketability*
Employment Outlook 2002

Selected Tables in Chemistry
Degrees in Chemistry by Sex: 1948-1999*
All Employed Chemistry Highest Degrees, 1997, SESTAT*
All US Chemistry Degrees, 1997, SESTAT*

Bureau of Labor Statistics — Science Occupational Forecasting
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002-03 Edition
The 2002 — 2003 Career Guide to Industries
2000-10 National Employment Matrix, detailed occupation by industry

What a Chemist Should Consider Series:
What a B.S. Chemist Should Consider Before Accepting an Industrial Position
What a M.S. Chemist Should Consider Before Accepting an Industrial Position
What a Ph.D. Chemist Should Consider Before Accepting an Industrial Position
What a Ph.D. Chemist Should Consider Before Accepting an Academic Position
What a Chemist Should Consider Before Accepting a Government Position
What a Chemist Should Consider Before Becoming a Consultant

Other Publications for the Chemical Professional
Career Transitions for Chemists
Careers for Chemists: A World Outside the Lab
Career Management Series
Coping with Job Loss
Current Trends in Chemical Technology, Business, and Employment*
Employment Guide for Foreign Born Chemists*
Resources for Career Management*
Teaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities
Working Chemists with Disabilities
Younger Chemists Committee Newsletter
Women Chemists Committee Newsletter