Abstract
The American Chemical Society recently deployed a new online career tool called ChemIDP. As the name implies, this resource is an individual development plan (IDP) tool that assists graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the chemical sciences with career planning and preparation. IDPs are commonly used in industry to assist employees with their professional development and have proven to be a useful tool for managers and senior leadership. The use of IDPs is not as common in the academic world, but this perspective is changing as institutions implement ways to help prepare their students to meet the demands of the current job market. In its 2012 report titled “Advancing Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences,” the ACS Presidential Commission on Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences noted that “graduate programs should make an Individual Development Plan a standard part of every doctoral student experience.” The results of the 2013 ACS
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