Welcome to Career Consulting
"Mock interviews recorded with DVD was excellent!"

- Job Seeker, March 2010, San Francisco


Looking for your first job? Making a career transition? Creating a new resume or honing your interviewing skills?

The ACS online Career Consultant Program (CCP) offers personalized consulting to help you succeed, wherever you may be in your career.

A team of volunteer ACS experts are standing by to assist you via e-mail and/or phone with almost any career questions you might have:

  • Résumé preparation
  • Job search strategies
  • Interviewing techniques
  • Making a career transition
  • Salary negotiation techniques
  • And more . . .
ACS Career Consultants are also available at the national meeting Career Fair and regional meetings, where you can sign up for face-to-face consultations including:

  • 30-minute resume review sessions to critique your resume and discuss other career questions you might have.
  • 30 minute mock interview sessions, including a 10-minute taping of a practice interview, followed by a feedback conversation. And you take away a DVD of your interview.
This is a free and confidential member-only service.





For technical support, contact 888-667-7988 or customerservice@support.boxwoodtech.com. For other questions, please contact careers@acs.org



Onsite Career Fair

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Onsite Career Fair
August 19-21, 2012 Philadelphia, PA


Virtual Career Fair

Save the date for the next
Virtual Career Fair
August 20-21, 2012 Online


ACS Webinars

Fireside Chat with Entrepreneurs – The Challenges of Scaling a Global Biomaterials Supply Chain
Date: May , 2012 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Guest Speaker: Sharon Feng, Bayer Material Science and Joseph Steig, Natural Composites, Inc.


How to Build an Innovative Research Culture: The Case of DNA Sequencing
Date: May 10, 2012 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Guest Speaker: George Trainor, 2011 Awardee, ACS Heroes of Chemistry


From Cocoa Buds to Taste Buds – The Chocolate Process and Sensory Experience
Date: May 17, 2012 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Guest Speaker: Dr. Greg Ziegler, Penn State University


Creating Successful Research Proposals: Tips from the Trenches
Date: May 24, 2012 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Guest Speaker: Celia Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Pigments, Dyes and Chemical Fingerprints in Art Conservation
Date: May 31, 2012 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Guest Speaker: Dr. Kristin Wustholz, College of William and Mary