Attendance: ~75

Number of respondents to feedback form: 35

"What you were hoping to get out of workshop":

• Direction and info on job hunting.
• Chemistry job market trend.
• What qualities are needed for a chemist to get a competitive career.
• Web resources.
• Interview tips.
• A talk regarding industrial and academic job opportunities.
• The location of where to look for jobs and the best ways to do it.
• Where to find jobs that are relevant to my area of research.
• Strategies to successfully get a job.
• Getting a job in a different area.
• Trends in job market.
• Required skills or what it takes to succeed.
• Areas of research receiving most funding in academia and industry.
• Big names in different areas in chemistry both in industry and academia.
• What research happens where
• What universities and industries are best to work for at this time
• Insights into the application/interview process
• Specific companies and institutions that hire chemists
• How to choose proper advisors

"What you actually got out of the workshop":

• Your webpage looks very useful.
• How to choose advisors for graduate work and post-docs.
• Academic position trends.
• Trends for academic jobs.
• Links on jobs.
• The market and recruitment trends in Canada.
• Knowing better to continue with a Ph.D. and post-doc.
• Work for a big name at a big school.
• Facts about how Ph.Ds and post-docs get jobs.
• Some interesting stuff to think about.
• Importance of networking.
• Information on academic careers.
• Work for a big name.
• I got what I was looking for.
• Graduate trends in chemistry.
• The importance of choosing where to go for post-docs and making good contacts with people.
• The special points to consider during application either for post-doc or career.
• I got what I needed.

"What you liked most about workshop":

• Good advice.
• Credible data.
• Detailed data on getting academic positions.
• Bar graphs showed "urban myth" knowledge in black and white.
• Frank discussion.
• Academic prospects clarified.
• Enthusiastic.
• Trends in Canada and U.S. for PhDs and post-docs.
• The statistics provided were astonishing.
• Survey regarding chemists comparing with all other universities.
• The charts.
• Got us to try.
• Good resources available were shown.
• Showed good surveyed data.
• The introduction to the website.
• The importance of making good contacts.
• Learning about the website to help networking.
• Info about webpage and useful publications/resources.
• Provided access to a useful webpage I did not know about.
• I liked your tremendous effort to collect such a huge amount of information and to give a bright overview of what to do; I will look up the website.
• I can advise my Ph.D. and post-doc fellow friends about the website.
• I had an idea where people are heading.