This entire symposium is an attempt to gather from many different sources what a person needs in order to succeed in the first position they take, after earning their PhD.  We hope to discuss all the factors, technical and non-technical, that help a person do well as they begin their career as a professional chemist or chemical engineer.

Introduction: Just what, besides the PhD, really is needed for the first job?

246th National Meeting (2013)

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