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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / What employment opportunities does geology offer?
« on: 10/09/2009 15:07:06 »
Hello everyone!
I am new to this forum and was wondering if you would share a little of your life knowledge with me.
I am currently pursuing my BS in Geology although I am a bit older than a college student and work a boring desk job. The first time round, I was too scared to study geology because of all the math and chemistry involved but I quickly realized after graduation that life it too short to hate your job for the next 30+ years. So I am finally going for it, enjoying it immensely and doing rather well.
My question is what are the possibilities of employment being a geologist? I live in the New York City area and feel like the opportunities around here are kind of limited. I am certain that I do not want to go the oil route and would want a position where I enjoy the work as opposed to making as much money as possible. I would love to work for the USGS but I realize those positions are probably very limited and highly competitive. I would also enjoy working in a lab (I am doing optical mineralogy at the moment and loving every minute of it). So I am wondering, realistically, are there jobs out there and in a city environment? Are there other areas I can look into that I probably have not thought of before. Any advice?
Amanda
I am new to this forum and was wondering if you would share a little of your life knowledge with me.
I am currently pursuing my BS in Geology although I am a bit older than a college student and work a boring desk job. The first time round, I was too scared to study geology because of all the math and chemistry involved but I quickly realized after graduation that life it too short to hate your job for the next 30+ years. So I am finally going for it, enjoying it immensely and doing rather well.
My question is what are the possibilities of employment being a geologist? I live in the New York City area and feel like the opportunities around here are kind of limited. I am certain that I do not want to go the oil route and would want a position where I enjoy the work as opposed to making as much money as possible. I would love to work for the USGS but I realize those positions are probably very limited and highly competitive. I would also enjoy working in a lab (I am doing optical mineralogy at the moment and loving every minute of it). So I am wondering, realistically, are there jobs out there and in a city environment? Are there other areas I can look into that I probably have not thought of before. Any advice?
Amanda