From M. WELLER
Re A. J. Cottingham’s letter (2 October) on the availability of jobs
for scientists. The period 1981 to 1991 has been one of severe industrial
decline. Consequently there has been a fall in demand for research and development
personnel.
As every economist knows, business has now begun to come out of recession,
so an increasing number of vacancies in this field will occur. In fact,
the conversion student may well find him/herself at an advantage over the
first choice science graduate in that it will take a year longer to reach
the stage of job seeking.
M. Weller Sheffield
