[Disappointed]

Is anyone else finding it impossible to get anywhere near finding a job?
I don't know if I have done or not done something that is not obvious to me and I'm the only one experiencing this.
I really hope it's the economy but if it magically fixes itself in a few years I imagine jobs will prefer recent graduates over some one that has been away from Chemistry for so long.
If I tell a company I'll clean the bathrooms for free just to get in the door, they'll probably just think I'm crazy.
. I'll do that though.
Any working chemists need any free assistance?

[Arkcon]

To a certain extent, a slow economy will make people reluctant to hire.  But if there's a job to be done, and no one available at a company to do it, they will start looking.

If I tell a company I'll clean the bathrooms for free just to get in the door, they'll probably just think I'm crazy.
. I'll do that though.

That's a funny statement, I suppose, but in reality, there are plenty of high school grads with cleaning experience, so those positions do tend to be snapped up fast.

I'd suggest you try some contract agencies, just try to write out your laboratory skills in a logical manner, and see what they can match you to.

[Disappointed]

Good to know.
If it's not the economy then I can forget about finding work related to chemistry.
Though to be fair it's still in the game as much as anything else right now.

[Donaldson Tan]

A chemist friend of mine (recent chemistry graduate) became a marketing executive at a global petrochemical firm.

She can't find any chemist job back home.