ACS Careers Blog

ACS Careers Blog is now the ACS Career Navigator™ Blog. Visit weekly at our new location on the ACS Network for information on ACS Career Services, Professional Education, Leadership Developmen...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/weve-moved/

Every day, you make the decision as to whether to continue working at the same job, or look for something new. Most days, you don’t even think about it, you just get up and go to work. If you h...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/07/07/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/

Going from emergency to emergency putting out fires at work is no way to spend your day. Some days there is a crisis or things keeping coming up that do not let you manage your time effectively. ...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/managing-your-day/

 Sometimes it’s easy to know when to leave your current job: your manager is a complete jerk, you are being asked to do unethical or illegal things, or you just plain hate what you are doing. ...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/when-is-it-time-to-leave/

Common interview questions are googled, anticipated, and feared by many an interviewee. People try to prepare for questions as strange as what type of animal best describes you, or what type of i...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/why-should-i-hire-you/

Job interviews are stressful. You’re worried about making a good impression, selling your skills and abilities, and not spilling food on yourself. At the same time, you’re trying to learn all...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/do-you-have-any-questions-for-me/

I recently read about a group of amazing computer programmers who emigrated to the US. They came out of Russia, in a time when Russia had very few computers. With little knowledge of the English ...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/do-more-when-you-have-less/

The alarm goes off. Another day in the pressure cooker of work has begun. And there are only 24 hours to get more done today. If your mornings begin with the panic of job-related stress and a fee...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/coping-with-job-stress/

This can be a tough question to answer in an interview or when your manager is talking to you about career development. What they really want is not an in depth look at the future you envision fo...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/where-do-you-see-yourself-in-five-years/

Chemical professionals are used to presenting their work at seminars and conferences. They spend hours preparing content and practicing wording, until everything is perfect. But when it comes to ...

https://acscareers.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/and-todays-speaker-is/