Orange County Local Section Paul W. Jagodzinski Director District VI (The western U.S. and Canada) I serve as your Director! American Chemical Society 1 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus
Orange County Local Section Thanks to Bob Cohen, Councilor for arranging my visit. American Chemical Society 2 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus
Orange County Local Section ACS Board of Directors 12 Elected + 4 Ex Officio Charge of the Board A Board of Directors composed of the President, the President-Elect, the most recent Past President (all ex officios), six District Directors, one elected from each of six geographical Districts as provided in the Bylaws, and six Directors-at-Large, shall be the legal representative of the SOCIETY, and, as such, shall have, hold, and administer all the property, funds, and affairs of the SOCIETY pursuant to Public Act 358 “To Incorporate the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY” passed by the 75th Congress, 1st Session, and approved August 25, The Executive Director shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Board of Directors.“ [ACS Constitution, Article VIII] American Chemical Society 3 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus Member society with two business units.
Orange County Local Section ACS Council (U.S. Congress) American Chemical Society 4 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus Divisions (90) Ex-officio (24) Local Sections (363) Meet on Wednesday mornings at national meetings. Orange County Local Section 3 Councilors
Orange County Local Section Is the ACS Doing Enough for Its Members in the Area of Employment? What are we doing? But first... what do we know about our members? American Chemical Society 5 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus I serve on a Presidential Task Force on Employment
Orange County Local Section What do we know about our members? 82.5% domestic, 17.5% international –Top Countries: Japan, Canada, UK, Germany, China, India 66% have a PhD 91% employed (FT 87.4%, PT 3.9%), 3% unemployed 54% Industry, 37% Academia, 7% Government, 2% Self- Employed 31% female Median age 52 4% Hispanic or Latino, 82% White, 8% Asian or Pacific Islander American Chemical Society 6 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus
ACS Membership is growing outside the United States. American Chemical Society Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report 7 158,551 MEMBERS AS OF YEAR END 2015 Top Countries with International Membership Japan 4,309Germany 1,512 China 3,497Australia 836 Canada 2,769France 817 United Kingdom 1,847Switzerland 814 India 1,683South Korea 794
ACS Members are aging, and the number of women is growing. American Chemical Society 8 Age RangePercent % % 55+48% Source: 2016 Membership Survey
Two-thirds of ACS members have a PhD American Chemical Society 9 Source: 2015 ChemCensus Regular member domestic workforce under 70
More than half of ACS members are employed in Industry. American Chemical Society 10 Source: 2015 ChemCensus Regular member domestic workforce under 70 years of age Employment Status Full-time87% Part-time4% Postdoc2% Not working, seeking3% Not working, not seeking2% Retired2% Employment Sector But the number of industry members is declining.
ACS Career Navigator™ American Chemical Society 11 Careers Services Career Consulting Career Fairs Career Pathways Market Intelligence Employment Dashboard ACS Salary Calculator™ Employment Reports Professional Education Short Courses Ondemand Online Courses Leadership Development Online Courses Facilitated Courses
Resources that will help you stand out in the crowd when contemplating a new career path, searching for a job, or striking out on your own. ACS Career Fair C&EN Jobs Career Pathways Workshops Personal Career Consulting ACS Career Navigator™: Career Services American Chemical Society Resume & cover letter resources Interview strategies & negotiations Entrepreneurial Resources Center™ Coping with job loss Retirement planning
ACS Career Navigator™: Career Fair The Career Fair allows job seekers and employers a substantial experience supporting a variety of services and interactions for ACS members: Onsite appointment-only interviewing with participating companies Appointment-less conversations in Recruiters Row within the ACS expo Career lightning talks on a variety of important topics Professional headshot service Career consultations with ACS experts American Chemical Society 13
C&ENjobs: American Chemical Society 726 open jobs in September 2016 On average, 75 new employers added monthly On average, 154 new job postings added monthly Browse jobs by location, field specialization, experience level, and more! Upload your resume in order to be discovered by employers
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16 ACS Career Navigator™: Personalized Career Consulting The ACS Career Consulting program provides ACS members with a personalized session to assist with almost any career question a member might have including: Résumé preparation Job search strategies Interviewing techniques Making a career transition Salary negotiation techniques And more...
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ACS Career Navigator™: Leadership Development Facilitated and online courses offering practical leadership training that can be applied in professional, personal and volunteer endeavors American Chemical Society
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course topics in catalog subject areas topics scheduled publicly total course instances U.S. cities + Online learners per year American Chemical Society Organic and Physical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Computers, Statistics, and Engineering Polymer Chemistry Professional Development Regulatory and Environmental Chemistry Columbus, OH Jun Chicago, IL Sep Denver, CO Jul San Francisco, CA Nov 7-8 San Diego, CA Mar Houston, TX Dec 5-9 Dallas, TX Jan New Orleans, LA Mar 30 – Apr 1 Boston, MA May Edison, NJ Oct Philadelphia, PA Aug Washington, DC Sep 7-8 Blacksburg, VA Mar, Jul, Dec ACS Career Navigator™: Professional Education
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ACS Career Navigator™: Market Intelligence Comprehensive salary and employment information for ACS members and new graduates. American Chemical Society
Orange County Local Section Given all of these services... Is our Society doing enough in the area of employment? American Chemical Society 24 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus
Orange County Local Section One last bit of information... American Chemical Society 25 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus
Orange County Local Section ACS Governance for the Future The ACS is a deliberative body that makes decisions very slowly... but we live in a world with instant access to information and rapid decision making and we need to be a bit more agile in our decision making. American Chemical Society 26 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus
Orange County Local Section Joint Board-Council Policy Committee Task Force on Governance Redesign (15 members) Determine if changes are necessary and make recommendations as appropriate “Urgency for Agility” American Chemical Society 28 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus
Orange County Local Section Paul W. Jagodzinski Director District VI I serve as your Director! American Chemical Society 29 Source: 2015 All Member Demographics Report, 2016 Membership Survey and 2015 ChemCensus