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Even Scientists Can't Find Jobs In America Today
Business Insider ^ | 07/08/2012 | Gus Lubin

Posted on 07/08/2012 4:46:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

We've written about how college students should major in science, tech, engineering or math (STEM).

This conventional wisdom is based on government propaganda (Obama: "This is what will make a difference in this country over the long haul.") and studies showing that science majors from the past forty years have scored better jobs.

Unfortunately today's science job market doesn't live up to the hype (via @curriculumveto).

Jim Austin of ScienceCareers tells WashPo's Brian Vastag:

There have been many predictions of [science] labor shortages and . . . robust job growth. And yet, it seems awfully hard for people to find a job. Anyone who goes into science expecting employers to clamor for their services will be deeply disappointed.

Pharmaceutical engineer Kim Haas agrees:

It’s been a bloodbath, it’s been awful... Scads and scads and scads of people” have been cut, Haas said. “Very good chemists with PhDs from Stanford can’t find jobs.

The dearth of science jobs follows "a decade of slash-and-burn mergers; stagnating profit; exporting of jobs to India, China and Europe; and declining investment in research and development," according to Vastag.

Of course, other majors aren't doing better. Check out earnings and income by major >

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhoeconomy; jobs; layoffs; science; scientists; unemployment

1 posted on 07/08/2012 4:46:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, the private sector is doing fine and we should be pretty happy about private sector job growth per 0dumbo and debbie wassermandufus.


2 posted on 07/08/2012 4:48:52 PM PDT by Principled (It's not enthusiasm for Romney, it's grim determination to remove Hussein)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s easier to find a boson....


3 posted on 07/08/2012 4:52:04 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (A Dalmation was spotted wagging its tail.)
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4 posted on 07/08/2012 4:52:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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To: SeekAndFind
I'd be willing to bet that AMERICAN science graduates can't find jobs, while FOREIGN scientists are being imported on H1-B visas by the tens of thousands to fill jobs poor sad "American" companies just can't find Americans to take.

sob! boo hoo hoo hoo.

5 posted on 07/08/2012 4:52:52 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1264 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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6 posted on 07/08/2012 4:54:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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7 posted on 07/08/2012 4:54:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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To: SeekAndFind
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology: 1% boost from a graduate degree

So I can see why all those folks like Michael Mann and the other crooks outed by the Hadley CRU email dumps are desperately trying to use government to assure them a spot on the gravy train.
8 posted on 07/08/2012 5:00:08 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: SeekAndFind

Inconvenient troofs!


9 posted on 07/08/2012 5:00:51 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: SeekAndFind

What the heck is military sciences?


10 posted on 07/08/2012 5:15:49 PM PDT by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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To: null and void

“I’d be willing to bet that AMERICAN science graduates can’t find jobs, while FOREIGN scientists are being imported on H1-B visas....”

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I know of one particular company that is doing it in their IT department.


11 posted on 07/08/2012 5:23:33 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: aruanan
Well both Mann & Hansen don't have Meteorology or Climate Science degrees. Mann was originally trained to be a particle physicist and Hansen was I think an observational astronomer (so physics educational background!). In both cases their lack of a background in the earth sciences I find interesting.
12 posted on 07/08/2012 5:28:16 PM PDT by Reily
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To: KantianBurke

Yeah I wondered about that category also!
Do they mean ROTC?


13 posted on 07/08/2012 5:30:39 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Principled

Petrochemical engineering seems to be doing well.


14 posted on 07/08/2012 5:34:22 PM PDT by Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)
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To: 353FMG
I know of one particular company that is doing it in their IT department.

I bet they'd swear on a whole stack of Bibles and under congressional oath that they can't find Americans to do the jobs and have to look to foreigners to find willing workers.

15 posted on 07/08/2012 5:47:45 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1264 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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16 posted on 07/08/2012 6:56:09 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wait until the black hole of Obamadeathcare kicks in. Medical Research is dead, dead, dead...just like many of us will be.


17 posted on 07/08/2012 9:19:14 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: SeekAndFind

A new human induced global crisis will be discovered and all these scientists will be rolling in high clover, aka government grants.


18 posted on 07/09/2012 2:52:11 AM PDT by Vinnie (A)
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