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~lol~ @ GreenChick
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For the scientists and mathematicians out there I keep seeing this advertised on UK TV advertisement breaks: http://www.futuremorph.org/scienceandmaths.cfm
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I totally agree with you - it looks like a great site and very informative too. It also has a 'young' design which I am sure will please potential students/grads trying to get into the industry.
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Ahh cool GreenChick - i shall add a lot of those contacts you have mentioned to my twitter list too.
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Also some chemical companies are going all out with 'getting with the times' and I guess are trying to attract a whole new age of followers. I currently follow Shell http://twitter.com/shelldotcom and http://twitter.com/rdsa and DuPont http://twitter.com/DuPont_News on Twitter. Anyone else following any chemical companies on Twitter?
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Also check out the butanediol information we have for free on ICIS via chemical intelligence here http://www.icis.com/v2/chemicals/9075175/butanediol.html
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I stumbled upon this student focused US website Go Get Papers http://www.gogetpapers.com and found that it has a vast collection of papers, questions and videos under a range of different subjects. If you're interested in becoming a chemical engineer then this may be of interest to you: http://www.gogetpapers.com/Papers/chemical_engineer_lots_of_questions
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There seems to be a few company schemes around trying to get people into the chemical industry. ExxonMobil has recently won the Institute of International Education 2009 Opening Minds Corporate Leadership Award. The award is said to recognise ExxonMobil's outstanding global philanthropy, including initiatives that improve the teaching and learning
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Also check out Shell's degree matcher system: http://www.shell.com/home/content/careers/student_graduate/is_shell_right_for_me/degree_matcher/graduates_degreematcher_19102006.html Just enter your degree and it will come up with the best matched jobs that the company has to offer.
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A good starting place to get an insight into a number of key companies within the chemical industry is via the free ICIS company intelligence module: http://www.icis.com/v2/companies/companies_a-z.aspx You can see a range of contact details, finances, company structure and strategies here which might help give you some ideas for questions to ask key