subject: Jobs In Science: The Future [print this page] With the economic recession, many job-seekers have had a hard time getting a job; for every post there are lots of applicants. In many areas, there are more graduates than the economy can take, so the future is uncertain. However, jobs in science appear to be an exception for that rule.
In fact, many companies in the U.S. and other countries have a hard time hiring scientists because, in some fields, there are just not enough of them. So, they actively try to recruit them from other countries, offering excellent salaries and great benefits, especially when it comes to biomedical jobs, and biochemistry jobs.
It is hard to believe that there are sectors of the economy where the companies are actually struggling to find enough qualified professionals to hire, while it takes months before graduates from many other disciplines get a job. It is clear that the numbers don't match; students are graduating from disciplines that are just not what the economy requires at the time.
But, what can be done to fix that? Most people would say that there is no way to fix it because it is a personal choice and people can't be forced into choosing science over any other discipline. However, there are ways to promote that young people choose sciences; the teachers, government and parents need to promote sciences in schools and make sure that children understand its meaning and importance.
Today, most kids memorize formulas, write an exam and then forget everything because they don't really understand what the formula and the concepts mean, so it is not a surprise that, by the time they are finishing high school and choosing a major, they don't even consider sciences as an option. The schools and teachers need to make sure that kid are actually learning science, not memorizing, and that, if a student didn't
