Can we stop calling them nontraditional careers?

• DOI: 10.1021/cen-09632-comment
• Publication Date: 2018-08-03T20:37:31Z
• Authors: Natalie A. LaFranzo
• Keywords: Brainstorming; Position (finance)

In 2015, two years after I finished my graduate training, spoke with a journalist at U.S. News & World Report who was writing an article highlighting how Ph.D.-trained scientists were pursuing careers outside academia. The noted that, that time, only 42% of people Ph.D. in the sciences working Similarly, results from 2015 American Chemical Society ChemCensus survey chemical workforce showed 40.4% respondents reported academic sector. Recently, preparation for brainstorming lunch ACS national meeting Boston, browsing titles and positions fellow members Younger Chemists Committee (YCC). discovered 17% are position (including postdocs, faculty, or support staff). fact, nearly half YCC work industry government, less than those