Welcome back!

And so, as the central heating gets turned on and the morning commute gets darker and darker, the British summer draws to an end. With no prospect of sitting in a beer garden for at least 6 months, LabMonkey is dusting of the keyboard and contemplating the autumnal chemistry job market.

There’ll be a return to weekly job updates – sifting through the jobsite listings to unearth the rewarding, interesting or unusual; market analysis (What Do Graduates Do 2011 is published next month); and other job-related news as it happens.

You can follow @labmonkey4hire on Twitter for update alerts, or contact me via email (over in the top-right of the page) with your news, comments or suggestions.

Now let’s see if all those jobsite bookmarks still work....