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Career Management in the Information Age

  • 2011 March 29, ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA
  • 2011 March 21, Sierra Nevada Local ACS section
  • 2011 Feburary 17, Principia College, Elsah, IL
  • 2010 November 11, Permian Basic Local ACS Section, University of Texas - Permian Basin, TX
  • 2010 October 15, Virginia Local ACS Section, Longwood University
  • 2010 October 14, Virgina Blue Ridge Local ACS Section, Ferrum College

Preparing Perfect Scientific Presentations

  • ACS Short Course Webinar, 2010 April 13, 20, 27

Green Opportunities for Your Chemistry Career

  • 2010 August 24, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA
  • 2010 March 22-25 American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco, CA

Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries:
Career Opportunities for Chemical Professionals

  • 2010 August 23, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA
  • 2010 March 22-25 American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Nontraditional Careers for Chemists/Scientists: Thinking Outside the Beaker

  • 2012 Jan 13, University of New Mexico, Alburquerque
  • 2011 Dec 12, University of Toronto, Canada
  • 2011 March 22, Sacramento Local Section ACS
  • 2011 March 23, San Juaquin Local Section ACS
  • 2011 March 24, Los Padres Local Section ACS
  • 2010 October 10, Heart O'Texas Local Section ACS, Belton, TX
  • 2010 October 9, Central Texas ACS Local Section, Austin TX
  • 2010 October 13, North Carolina A & T University
  • 2010 September 23, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • 2010 April 25, Experimental Biology 2010 Conference, ASBMB track, Anaheim, CA
  • 2010 April 15, Wichita Falls-Duncan Local Section ACS
  • 2010 March 22 ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, for the Chemistry and the Law (CHAL) Division
  • 2010 Mar 04 Washington University in St Louis - BioEntrepreneurship Core
  • 2010 Feb 25 Hampton Roads Local Section ACS
  • 2010 Feb 24 Virginia Blue Ridge Section, ACS
  • 2010 Feb 18, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • 2009 September 17, Chemistry Career Night, Younger Chemists Committee, St Louis, MO
  • 2009 May 16, Great Lakes Regional ACS meeting, Chicago, IL
  • 2009 April 29, Arizona State University/Central Arizona ACS, Phoenix, AZ
  • 2009 April 15, Cameron College, Hastings, Nebraska
  • 2009 April 15, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
  • 2009 April 14, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
  • 2009 March 05, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO
  • 2008 July 11, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemistry Department. Focus on careers in sales and marketing.
  • 2008 June 30, Northeastern Regional Meeting (NERM) of the American Chemical Society
  • 2008 February 26, University of Connecticut, Chemistry 300 class
  • 2008 February 23, University of Texas at Austin
  • 2008 February 20, Northwestern University (Chicago)
  • 2007 May 21, CERMACS meeting, Covington KY
  • 2007 April 14, Detroit Local Section, ACS
  • 2007 March 26, Invitation of CHAL division at ACS National Meeting, Chicago IL
  • 2007 April 18, Pfizer Inc, St Louis, MO
  • 2006 October 26, Midwest Regional ACS meeting, Quincy, IL

Preparing for Life After Graduate School (3 days)

  • 2011 September 20-21, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
  • 2011 Sept 12-14, University of California, Irvine
  • 2011 May 17-19, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
  • 2011 May 9-12, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Job Search Strategies for Chemical Professionals:

Planning Your Job Search;
Preparing a Resume
Effective Interviewing for Industrial Positions

  • 2011 October 20 ACS Midwest/Great Lakes Regional Meeting, St Louis, MO
  • 2010 October 27, ACS Midwest Regional Meeting, Wichita, KS
  • 2010 September 23, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • 2010 July/August, ACS Webinar Series
  • 2010 Feb 18, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • 2009 October 22, Midwest Regional ACS Meeting, Iowa City, IA
  • 2009 April 30, Arizona State University/Central Arizona ACS, Phoenix, AZ
  • 2009 April 18, Southest Missouri State University
  • 2009 March 23, 24 ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
  • 2008 August 17, 19 ACS National Meeting, Philadephia, PA
  • 2008 April 6, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Careers in Chemistry: What Can I do with a Ph.D.?

  • 2011Sept 30, ACS on Campus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, MA

Marketing Your Career by Being Proactive

  • 2010 Nov 12, American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Conference, Milwaukee, WI

Preparing for Your Future:
Professional Development for Undergraduates

  • 2010 August 22, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA

Jobs in the Pharma, Biotech, and Green Industries

  • 2010 May 20, Eatontown, NJ Career OneStop Center
  • 2010 April 08, New Brunswick NJ Career OneStop Center

Careers for Organic Chemists

  • 2010 April 15, Cameron University, Lawton OK (twice)

Work-Life Balance on Multiple Time Scales
Daily, Monthly, Yearly and Lifetime

  • 2010 March 22-25 American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco, CA

Things I Wish I'd Known - Life Lessons from My Career in Chemistry

  • 2010 Feb 26, WCC North Carolina local section ACS

Changing Careers: When and How (LinkedIn)

  • 2010 Feb 11, 17, March 09, 31, April 12, 29, Pfizer Career Center, Right Management

How to Prepare for a Career Fair

  • 2010 March 16, ACS Webinar Series

Non-Traditional Careers in the Sciences (3-hour Workshop)

  • University of British Columbia, Vanvouver, Canada, 2010Jan20

Career Transitions: Navigating the Shifting Employment Landscape

  • 2010 November 3, ACS Virtual Career Fair

Mock Interview Demonstration

  • 2011 March 28, ACS National Meeting in Anaheim, CA
  • 2010 March 22 ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA

Leadership Development Workshop

  • Younger Chemists Commitee, Fort Worth, Texas, 2010 Jan22
  • Younger Chemists Commitee, Fort Worth, Texas, 2009 Jan24

Leadership: A Critical Tool for Career Success

  • 2010 Feb 23 Central North Carolina Local ACS section
  • 2008 September 22-26, Chisholm/Osage Speaker Circuit

Leaving the Nest: Life After Postdocing

  • 2009 August 21, presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in Washington DC for the Computers in Chemistry Division

How to Start a Chemical Consulting Business

  • 2009 August 16, ACS National Meeting, Washington DC
  • 2007 August 21, ACS National Meeting, Boston MA

Career Management for Chemists in a Challenging Market

  • 2010 February 02, "Resume Preparation Tips for Scientists", Washington University Danforth Campus
  • 2009 October 28, "Basics of Behavioral Interviewing", Washington University Danforth Campus
  • 2009 September 22, "Career Services Available from the American Chemical Society", Washington University Danforth Campus

Younger Chemists Career Night

  • 2009 September 17, "My Career in Chemistry", Sigma-Aldrich

Successful best practices for Electronic Balloting Utilizing SurveyMonkey

  • LSAC/DAC ACS teleconference, 2008May 28


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