From JOANNA CORBY
I agreed with all that Neil Harris had to say in ‘The environmentally
friendly chemist’ (Careers, 3 October), apart from the statement ‘chemical
engineers are in demand’. Where are they in demand? If someone knows, will
you please tell those of us who graduated this summer with degrees in chemical
engineering and still haven’t got jobs.
Of 38 people in my class who graduated this summer, no more than 15
had jobs to go to and I know of none who has got a job since. Two years
ago, about 90 per cent of chemical engineers from our university had jobs
to go to at graduation, but the recession has hit even the big oil and chemical
companies and the present situation says that we are not in demand.
Joanna Corby Hitchin, Hertfordshire
