Growth in jobs with a green tinge

Article Abstract:

Scientists interested in conservation-related employment should take heart from the many positions now open but should also remember that competition for these jobs is likely to intensify. Government is the chief employer in environmental fields in the UK, the US and other developed nations but non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private industry are becoming increasingly important. Environmental jobs are proliferating more quickly than jobs connected with natural resources. Developing countries' governments are becoming more active environmentally although NGOs are still dominant.

Economic aspects, Vocational guidance, Conservation of natural resources, Natural resource conservation, Environmental movement, Environmentalism

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Life is short

Article Abstract:

Research posts in institutions in what was formerly East Germany are being filled mostly by applicants from the former West Germany. This has caused disappointment among many former East German scientists. The situation was considered unavoidable, however, because most scientists in the former East Germany had scant exposure to Western science under communist rule. Nevertheless, Germany should try to correct the situation, for instance by deciding soon the fates of former East German scientists who have lost their jobs due to accusations of complicity with the communists.

Germany, Social policy

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Young, gifted ... and spurned

Article Abstract:

Issues are presented concerning the difficulties which are faced by young French scientists when seeking employment. The inability of research institutes to offer scientists short term contracts due to their classification as civil servants is discussed.

France, Economic policy

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