Career resources

ChemIDP

ChemIDP is an Individual Development Plan designed specifically for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the chemical sciences. Through immersive, self-paced activities, users explore potential careers, determine specific skills needed for success, and develop plans to achieve professional goals. ChemIDP tracks user progress and input, providing tips and strategies to complete goals and guide career exploration. Learn more Also see Careers & the Chemical Sciences

ACS “What Chemists Do” series

What Chemists Do – Wendy Young, VP of Small Molecule Discovery Chemistry, Genentech (April 27, 2016, 2.28 minutes)
What Chemists Do – Andy Brunning, Chemistry Teacher and Science Communicator (Nov. 1, 2016, 2.33 minutes)
Watch the “What Chemists Do” series

ACS Entrepreneur series

ACS Entrepreneur Video Series: Greatest Lessons Learned (Feb. 8, 2021, 2.24 minutes)
ACS Entrepreneur Video Series: Aspiring Entrepreneurs (Feb. 8, 2021, 2.18 minutes)
ACS Entrepreneur Video Series: Business Skills (Feb. 8, 2021, 3.46 minutes)
ACS Entrepreneur Video Series: Personality Traits and Skill Sets (Feb. 8, 2021, 3.52 minutes)

The ACS Institute

“The ACS Institute is a learning platform offering a robust collection of learning and training resources to advance the chemistry community. These learnings assets have been organized into seven ACS Centers for ease of discovery.”

Additional ACS career resources