Joel I. Shulman

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  pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/85/8545cover4.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/5/2007    Last Visited: 12/6/2007  

  It's not wise to think about a transition to management until you understand research and the values of the company you are working for, says Joel Shulman, an adjunct professor of chemistry at the University of Cincinnati who worked at Procter & Gamble for 31 years, with 24 of them in management.
  
  "You can't go in saying, 'I want to be a manager.' You have to be a scientist first," says Shulman.He advises "looking for ways to get your feet wet."
  
  One way for scientists to do that, say Shulman and other career advisers, is to pursue opportunities to be a research team leader.Team leaders get a chance to practice their people and organizational skills, but they most likely don't have supervisory or budget authority.
  
  "Hopefully, it's a two-way street when someone moves from the bench to management," says Shulman.The company should provide opportunities for would-be managers to learn without plunging in completely.He advises that researchers work out alternatives with their employers should they find that they don't want a management role after all.But, he adds, "if the company asks, it believes you are going to be successful."
  
  In larger companies, he says, would-be managers usually have to make their aspirations known to higher-ups.If the company is interested, he says, it should provide training opportunities.
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  "Going all the way to an M.B.A. doesn't make sense for most people," Shulman says.He recommends learning on the job and maybe taking a business course or two.He says the American Management Association offers courses in business management "that are really valuable."He teaches a course called "Preparing for Life After Graduate School," which includes survival skills for researchers going to work in industry.Under the auspices of the American Chemical Society Office of Graduate Education, the course is now being offered at a variety of locations around the country.
  
  "Being a first-line manager in industry is not too different from managing a research group in academia," says Shulman."You have to manage people and budgets."
  
  Shulman adds that the mistakes managers in industry and academia make are similar, too.
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  But "in industry, you have the situation of managing people whose jobs you can't do," Shulman says."You have to learn to delegate and look at the big picture."
  
  Another pitfall, says Shulman, is not giving proper credit to people.People need to feel that their contributions count.He adds that it is important to "manage upward as well as downward," which is to say, you need to make your boss look good, too.

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  C&EN: COVER STORY - EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK FOR 2004 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/25/2003    Last Visited: 11/25/2003  

  An online exclusive, written by former Procter & Gamble recruiter Joel I. Shulman, aims to help foreign chemical scientists navigate the often difficult process of getting a job in the U.S.

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  C&EN: EDUCATION - THE PLIGHT OF PART - TIME FACULTY - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/6/2003    Last Visited: 1/18/2003  

  Joel I. Shulman, for instance, is a former Procter & Gamble employee.In 2001, he was in charge of the firm's Ph.D. recruiting and university relations.From that vantage point, he encountered "a real lack of appreciation within chemistry departments of what chemists do in industry, and a lack of preparation of Ph.D. graduate students for going into industry."Shulman felt that this was a serious problem that he could do something about.
  
  "They can fire you at any time without notice.If a department decides not to teach several classes, you will be the last person they will look for to give a class."
  
  With retirement looming, he contacted the chairman of the University of Cincinnati's chemistry department and proposed a program to remedy the situation.After Shulman retired from P&G, the department created a unique adjunct position to make the most of his industry perspective.Before he began teaching, Shulman met with the chemistry faculty to discuss what he had in mind and to ask for advice.Most advised him to "concentrate on the stuff that no one else can do."
  
  "Adjuncts don't have all the fancy whiz-bang things and the huge classroom and 10 research projects on the side, but they devote their lives to teaching."
  
  Shulman started a pass/fail course for third- and fourth-year grad students on making the transition from academia to industry.It has since expanded into a "life after graduate school" course, which he coteaches with a full-time faculty member."We talk about industry and government labs, teaching at small colleges, and other things that graduate students don't have a lot of familiarity with," he says.The class also covers topics such as the type of postdoc position to look for.
  
  STYMIED Mejia's visa doesn't permit her to work full time, so adjunct status suits her.
  
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  Shulman is being given free rein in terms of the structure of the course.In selecting the textbook, he sought the one that was the most readable, modern, and inclusive, and that had the fewest errors.
  
  In addition to teaching, Shulman runs the chemistry department's Industrial Affiliates Program, which facilitates interactions between the department and a dozen companies involved in R&D.He is also working with a faculty committee to increase minority participation in the department.In all, Shulman's work at the University of Cincinnati occupies about 25 hours per week.
  
  Most adjuncts at the university are paid according to the number of credit hours they teach.But because teaching accounts for only a small part of his duties, Shulman receives a flat monthly salary.The university also contributes funds on his behalf to the state teachers retirement system and makes medical benefits available to adjuncts.
  
  Some part-timers combine their teaching with a job in industry.
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  Others on campus aren't so fortunate, and Shulman says adjuncts there are talking about unionizing in order to win better pay and benefits.
  
  Many chemistry departments, particularly the small ones, use adjunct professors to avoid hiring full-time faculty members, Shulman says.The arrangement costs less and gives the departments added flexibility in terms of matching course offerings to enrollment needs.
  
  Boise State's LeMaster concedes that hiring adjuncts is a cost-saving measure.But he notes that part-timers often don't have as many responsibilities as their higher paid full-time colleagues.
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  And Shulman says, "It's like going to college and selecting the extracurricular activities that you want without ever having to worry about taking tests or even taking courses.I'm free to do the things that I want and that play into my strengths."
  
  Many part-timers take a great deal of pride in their work.

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  CCR News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/1/2002    Last Visited: 4/20/2008  

  The Research Investment AN, led by Joel Shulman (University of Cincinnati), Charlie Slife (Gillette), and Terry Ring (University of Utah), is developing a package of materials for CCR members to use when inviting members of Congress to visit their facilities.
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  Research Investment: Joel Shulman, Terry Ring, Charlie Slife

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  CCR News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/1/2002    Last Visited: 4/20/2008  

  Research Investment AN, Joel Shulman, last Tuesday of every month at 10:30AM EST. (September 24, October 29)
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  Joel Shulman (University of Cincinatti) and the Research Investment AN is developing an industry position on the President's science agenda, and publishing talking points for CCR member reps to use to contact their local Congressional representatives in support of the bill to double the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget over the next five years. (The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recommends overall doubling of Federal support for R&D in the physical sciences; see article below).

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  CCR News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/1/2002    Last Visited: 4/20/2008  

  Dec. 9-10, Mon.-Tues., Washington Visitation with federal funding officials, Research Investment AN, Joel Shulman
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  Dec. 17, 10:30 am EST, Research Investment AN Conference Call*, Joel Shulman
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  April 2-3, Wed.-Thur., 2003 Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day, Joel Shulman, www.agiweb.org/cvd

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  CCR News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/1/2002    Last Visited: 4/20/2008  

  RI - Research Investment: Jack Solomon (Praxair), Joel Shulman - renewed, Terry Ring
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  Research Investment AN, Joel Shulman, last Tuesday, 10:30 AM EST. (Oct. 29, Nov. 26)

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  CCR News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/1/2002    Last Visited: 4/20/2008  

  Research Investment: Joel Shulman, Terry Ring

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  Chronicle article 4/28/00 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/28/2000    Last Visited: 11/9/2007  

  "In industry, we're not looking for cross-disciplinary experts," said Joel Shulman, manager of external relations,

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  JCE 2006 (83) 1415 [Oct] Doctoral Education - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2006    Last Visited: 9/28/2006  

  For example, consider the list of articles in the Spring 2006 issue of the ACS Graduate Education Newsletter: The Role of University Research in Preparing Professional Chemists (Ann Nalley, ACS President 2006); Preparing for Life After Graduate School (Joel Shulman, U. of Cincinnati); Overcoming National Boundaries to Education Experiences (Kim Baldridge and Jay Siegel, U. of Zürich); Globalization of Human and Technological Resources (Kim Baldridge and Jay Siegel, U. of Zürich); Doctoral Reform Initiatives (Marjorie Caserio, U. C. San Diego); Thinking about Becoming a Faculty Member? (Jerry Bell, ACS); Graduate Student Participation in Symposium Planning at National Meetings: Introducing the GSSPC (Marja Engle, U. of Illinois).

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