Jobs Report (Mar 2012)

Using the keyword "rheolog*", I found 36 positions listed on Monster.com and 22 jobs on Careerbuilder.  The search was conducted on March 1st.

Jobs Report (Feb '12)

A search conducted using the keyword "rheolog*" on February 1st found 28 jobs on Monster and 25 jobs on Careerbuilder.

Jobs Report (Jan '12)

A search using the keyword "rheolog*" that was conducted on January 16th found 20 jobs on Monster.com and 17 jobs on Careerbuilder.

Jobs Report (Nov '11)

A keyword search [1] conducted on November 7, 2011 found 28 jobs on Monster and 21 jobs on Careerbulder.

Degrees required for the jobs are listed below.  Some jobs had multiple fields listed.

Monster

• Chemistry -- 16 positions
• Polymer Science/Engineering -- 13 positions
• Chemical Engineering -- 12 positions
• Materials Science -- 7 positions
• Food Science -- 5 positions
• Generic Engineering -- 3 positions
• Electrical Engineering -- 3 positions
• Physics -- 2 positions
• Biology -- 2 positions
• Supply Chain Management -- 1 position
• Ceramic Science -- 1 position
• Mechanical Engineering -- 1 position
• No field specified -- 2 positions

Careerbuilder

• Chemical Engineering -- 12 positions
• Chemistry -- 10 positions
• Polymer Science/Engineering -- 9 positions
• Generic Engineering -- 2 positions
• Mechanical Engineering -- 2 positions
• Physics -- 1 position
• Biochemistry -- 1 position
• Food Science -- 1 position
• No field specified -- 1 position

[1] The keyword was "rheolog*"

Jobs Report (October '11)

A keyword search [1] conducted on October 2nd, 2011 found 27 jobs on Monster and 25 jobs on Careerbulder.

[1] The keyword was "rheolog*"

Jobs Report (September '11)

A keyword search (rheolog*) conducted on September 11th found 26 jobs on Monster.com and 19 jobs on Careerbuilder.

Jobs Report (August '11)

Keyword searches (rheolog*) conducted on August 7 found 31 jobs on Monster and 20 jobs on Careerbuilder.

Jobs Report (July '11)

Keyword searches (rheolog*) conducted on July 3 found 39 jobs on Monster and 15 jobs on Careerbuilder.

Jobs Report (May '11)

A keyword search (rheolog*) conducted on May 7 found 36 jobs on Monster and 18 jobs on Careerbuilder.  Embedded links now go to the keyword search instead of the front page.

One position that is advertised on both sites is a senior-level food scientist position at ConAgra Foods.   A knowledge of dough rheology is included in the position qualifications.

Jobs Report (April '11)

A search using the keyword "rheolog*" on April 1st found

• 39 jobs on Monster
• 21 jobs on Careerbuilder

Jobs Report (March '11)

A keyword search using the phrase "rheolog*" conducted on March 1 found 31 jobs on Monster.com and 32 jobs on Careerbuilder.com.  There are 4 jobs from Dow Chemical on Careerbuilder.  The polymer rheologist position mentioned here is not posted on the site.

Jobs Report (Feb '11)

A search of the sites Monster.com and Careerbuiler.com using the term "rheolog*" found 42 positions and 23 positions, respectively.  In January, this search found 22 and 18 positions, respectively.  Part of the increase on Monster is due to 6 technical sales positions advertised by MRI Network. 
The food rheologist position at Kraft (first mentioned here) is advertised on both job boards.

Jobs Report (January '11)

Using the search term "rheolog*", I found 22 jobs on Monster and 11 jobs on Careerbuilder.  On Monster, the education level of jobs required is as follows...

• 8 require B.S. or higher
• 2 require HS diploma or higher
• 1 requires a MS degree or higher
• 1 requires an Associates degree or higher
• The other jobs do not specify a particular education

On Careerbuilder, the education level is as follows...

• 6 require BS or higher
• 2 require HS or higher
• 2 require PhD
• 1 requires a MS or higher

Where are the Rheology Jobs?

Back in May, the states with multiple industrial rheological job positions were NJ, MA, PA, NY, OH, CA, IN, CT, and DE [1].  I was wondering where the rheological jobs in the United States were and realized some information could be obtained from the Society of Rheology directory [2].  I looked through all 50 states and counted up government and industrial positions.  Some members do not identify their place of employment.  If I recognized that person as a professor, I did not count them; otherwise, I assumed that person had an industrial or government job.  From the data [3], I generated the following chart.

The top ten states for SOR members are OH, TX, NJ, CA, MN, IL, PA, DE, MD, and NY.  VA, MA, MI, WI, NM, and CT all have more than 9 industrial and government members.  The remaining 97 members were divided among 30 states.  (I'm one of two SOR members from Nebraska.)  States with zero industrial or governmental members are IA, ID, LA, ME, MT, ND, NV, and, RI.  (Next post--academic members).




[1]  Postal code abbreviations here.
[2]  SOR members can access the directory.
[3]  Raw numbers used to generate the chart can be found here.
[4]  Update 2/8/2011: Fixed broken link

Link of the Moment

Chemjobber runs some numbers on materials science jobs at Materials Views.

2010 Job Report Review

Here's a chart of job postings using the keyword search "rheolog*" from Monster and Careerbuilder for this calendar year.  The average number of postings from Monster was 31.  (I've only been tracking Careerbuilder for 3 months.)  February-July was the time when the most positions were advertised.

Jobs Report (December '10)

A keyword search using the term "rheolog*" found 17 jobs on using Monster's "new search" and 23 jobs using the standard search.  (All previous searches were done using standard search.)  The same keyword found 28 jobs on Careerbuilder.  The search was performed on December 3rd.

Monthly Jobs Report (November 2010)

A keyword search "rheolog*" found 21 jobs listed on Monster.com and 18 jobs listed at Careerbuilder.com.  The same search term did not find any positions at the AIChE career web site.

Fields of study for these jobs are listed below.  Some jobs specified multiple disciplines.

Monster

• Materials Science -- 6 positions
• Chemical Engineering -- 6 positions
• Chemistry -- 5 positions
• Polymer Science -- 4 positions
• Food Science -- 2 positions
• Mechanical Engineering -- 2 positions
• Technical Field -- 2 positions
• Electronics / Instrumentation -- 1 position
• Marketing -- 1 position
• Business Administration -- 1 position

Careerbuilder

• Materials Science -- 9 positions
• Polymer Science -- 8 positions
• Chemical Engineering -- 7 positions
• Chemistry -- 5 positions
• Technical Field -- 3 positions
• Food Science -- 1 position
• Mechanical Engineering -- 1 position
• Physics -- 1 position
• Pharmaceutical -- 1 position
• Marketing -- 1 position
• Business Administration -- 1 position
• High School diploma -- 1 position

Link of the Moment: Chemjobber Blog

Today's link is the Chemjobber blog, which I learned about when John was interviewed about polymer chemistry.  The blog is a continual analysis of the chemistry job market, and is similar to my monthly job reports.  I added the Careerbuilder searches in this month's jobs report after a quick check of the links at Chemjobber.  I recall using Careerbuilder in previous job searches, but I hadn't checked the site recently.

Jobs Report (October 2010)

Using my standard search term "rheolog*", which was conducted on October 1st, there are 26 job positions listed on Monster.com, and there are 12 positions listed on Careerbuilder.com.  The Kraft rheologist job (discussed on August 18th) is not found on either site.  The Wrigley rheologist job (discussed on September 24th) is found on Careerbuilder.  The jobs are found in the following industries--

Monster

1. Engineering Services (6)
2. Chemical / Petrochemical (4)
3. Manufacturing (4)
4. Other / Not specified (3)
5. Biotech (2)
6. Restaurant / Food Services (1)
7. Food / Beverage (1)
8. Healthcare Services (1)
9. Computer Software (1)
10. Automotive and Parts (1)
11. Electronics Components and Semiconductor (1)
12. Education (1)

Careerbuilder

1. Science (8)
2. Engineering (4)
3. Research (4)
4. Manufacturing (3)
5. Other (1)
6. Inventory / Procurement (1)
7. Business Development (1)
8. Design (1)
9. Entry Level (1)
10. Health Care (1)
11. Professional Services (1)
12. QA / Quality Control (1)
13. Management (1)

One job, at a post-doc position at Lubrizol, appears on both lists.