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The websites are useful for tidying up your resume, finding job opportunities, and preparing you for your future in chemistry.

BYU Career Services Links

Cassie - Chemistry Resume Chat Bot

  • Build or improve your resume using BYU chemistry-approved formats
  • Practice interview questions
  • Write strong LinkedIn headlines and summaries
  • Explain different chemistry career paths (research, industry, medicine, grad school, etc.)
  • Uses Gallup CliftonStrengths to help you describe what you’re naturally good at

Big Interview

  • Record a mock interview
  • Video library of skill building – interviewing, negotiating, job searching, resumes, etc.

Handshake

  • Job and internship postings
  • Create job alerts
  • Company information and contacts
  • Campus recruiting events hub for in person and virtual events
  • Build out your profile, including uploading a resume (make it public!!)
  • Follow companies
  • STEM Fair information and registration

Career Shift

  • Job listings
  • Contact information that’s hard to find elsewhere
  • Company information
  • Save your searches

GallupStrengths Assessment

  • Learn about your strengths and how to talk about them in interviews, cover letters, resumes
  • Have a coaching session to learn how to apply your strengths every day

The Most Highly Effective Job Search

  • A highly effective networking strategy leading to opportunities

Additional Resources

American Chemical Society

  • Career tools, networking events, and professional development resources to help chemistry students explore jobs and graduate programs

American Society for Mass Spectroscopy

  • Career resources and training opportunities for students interested in mass spectrometry, analytical chemistry, and related research fields

American Crystallographic Association

  • Educational resources and networking opportunities for students interested in structural chemistry, materials science, and molecular research.

Geochemical Association

  • Access to publications, lectures, and professional networks for students interested in geochemistry, Earth science, and environmental research

O-Net Online

  • Research jobs, salaries, industry projections

C&EN

  • 7-step guide with expert advice sent to your inbox
  • Newsletter #2 has a number of useful chem-related job posting sites to explore

BYU LinkedIn

  • Find BYU Alumni on the Brigham Young University page, Alumni tab