Careers in Food Science provides detailed guidelines for students and new employees in the food industry to ensure a successful start to their career. Every step towards a rewarding career in this rapidly evolving industry is covered, from which classes to take in college and which degrees to earn, to internships, and finally how to land, and keep, the first job. This book also provides day-to-day examples of what to expect from the many jobs available to help students decide what to do and where to go.

This second edition includes nine new chapters covering research chefs, food systems, social justice, food waste, start-ups, sustainability, and management.  Several new authors offer fresh perspectives.  

Section 1:  Introduction.- 1. Introduction: Career Preparation for the Food & Beverage Industry.- 2. The Equilibrium of Life-Career Planning.- 3. First Jobs for Food Science.- Section 2: The undergraduate student experience.- 4. Making the Most of Your Undergraduate Experience.- 5. Campus Career Services and Centers.- 6. Professionalism and Leadership.- 7. Is Food Science Right For Me? The Transfer Experience.- 8. The Decision to Pursue an Internship.- 9.  IFT Student Association.- Section 3: A successful industry career.- 10. Finding and negotiating a job.- 11. Employer expectations/Managing corporate life.- 12. Could a small company be for you?.- 13. A successful industry career or Making your way in a company.- Section 4: Careers with a degree in food science.- 14. Quality.- 15. Production management.- 16. Product development.- 17. Technical sales.- 18. R&D.- 19. Regulatory and food law.- 20. Careers in Traceability.- 21. Using food science in special interest groups.- 22. Food for Good: Leveraging Food Science to Feed the World.- 23. Careers that combine Culinary and Food Science.- 24. Entrepreneurship and Consulting: Taking a Different Path.- 25. Careers in Sensory Science.- 26. Food Science in Community-Based Food Systems.- 27. Working for a Startup Company.- 28. Careers in Sustainability.- 29. A Career in Management.- Section 5: The graduate student experience.- 30. Is grad school right for me?.- 31. Finding and getting into the right grad program.- 32. The transition from undergraduate to graduate student.- 33. Faculty expectations of graduate students.

Careers in Food Science provides detailed guidelines for students and new employees in the food industry to ensure a successful start to their career. Every step towards a rewarding career in this rapidly evolving industry is covered, from which classes to take in college and which degrees to earn, to internships, and finally how to land, and keep, the first job. This book also provides day-to-day examples of what to expect from the many jobs available to help students decide what to do and where to go.

The food industry includes a wide array of fields and careers not only in food production and in academia, but also in government and research institutions. In fact, it is estimated that by 2010 there will be 52,000 annual job openings for college graduates in the Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources system in the U.S. alone. Written by people who have experience or are currently working in each sector, this book seeks to shed some light on starting, or furthering, a career in this exciting field.