This is the first of three ACS workshops. The workshop helps candidates carefully plan their job search campaign and locate just the right position for them. The workshop explores the current job market and helps the job candidate understand both posted and hidden job resources. The job seeker also has an opportunity to explore their own personal values, skills and motivators as it relates to job opportunities. Finally, participates explore networking as a tool to identify and research potential employers.  Please RSVP to joechem [at] iastate [dot] edu by noon Tuesday January 31^st indicating that you intend to attend this session.

This workshop will cover how to prepare for an effective interview. Participants will explore the interview process and learn about behavioral interview questions and how to handle them. The workshop will discuss handling other difficult questions and final preparation for the different types of interviews, including screening, telephone and on-site. Finally, the workshop will cover how to handle on-site research talks and manage your final job decisions.  Please RSVP to joechem [at] iastate [dot] edu by noon Tuesday January 31^st indicating that you intend to attend this session.

Dan Shechtman, an Iowa State professor of materials science and engineering and research scientist for the Ames Laboratory, won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The honor was awarded for his discovery of quasicrystals, crystalline materials with a periodic atomic structure deemed impossible in modern crystallography. Initially controversial, Dr. Shechtman’s findings have changed long-held definitions and ideas about matter and atomic arrangement. He is also the Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Reception to follow.