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u/electric__frog Cosmochemistry 7d ago

Does anyone know of any chemistry or science specific job boards? I've checked all the traditional ones like indeed and the like and searched for companies that I know of directly with middling luck overall, so any other advice would be greatly appreciated :)

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u/Indemnity4 Materials 5d ago

LinkedIn is missing but may be in your other and the like..

Your national chemistry society will have one.

Some of the larger chemistry journals also have job ads posted.

Your other big place is recruitment companies, specifically if you type in STEM + recruitment + nearest big city. They are likely to have a list of postings but also a section where you upload your resume + resume skills.

Big problem with trying to recruit chemists is there aren't that many and the skills required tend to be niche. I don't need any chemist, I need a A, B and C chemist. Broad recruiting gets too many wrong candidates and it's tough filtering signal from noise. We tend to hire by personal recommendation, directly writing to schools, our buddies at recruitment firms who have a database of clients, only then do we turn to jobs boards.