ALEXANDRIA,VA — This week, the American Geological Institute (AGI) launched a new web site highlighting information on all aspects of geoscience employment. This free publication, Guide to Geoscience Careers and Employers, is accessible online at http://guide.agiweb.org.

    The Guide presents information on choosing, maintaining, and advancing a career specifically in the geosciences and provides useful geoscience-employer information that students need in order to find geoscience employment. It is designed as a “living” document – one that will be updated and expanded as new information becomes available. “This web site is a valuable resource for students, geoscience departments, and career centers,” says Dr. Marcus E. Milling, AGI’s Executive Director. “In today’s rapidly changing world, knowledge of real-life work experiences and current workforce patterns are vital for anyone wanting to make informed educational and career choices.”

    The Guide’s overview provides a summary of past and projected geoscience job markets, trends in college enrollments and degrees, employment trends and statistics, and job-hunting hints and strategies. Six employer categories are featured: oil and gas industry, mining industry, consulting firms in water resources and the environment, federal and state government agencies, national laboratories, and K-12 education. For each of these sectors, an experienced professional provides insight into employment trends, skills needed, and future directions applicable to that employment category. Also included are profiles of major companies and agencies, along with contact information, job descriptions, the recruiting process, and summer internship opportunities.

    A companion publication, the free Guide to Geoscience Departments, can also be accessed from this site. This web-based guide lists detailed information on almost 200 college and university geoscience departments, including contact information, admission procedures, degree requirements, financial information (including housing), available financial assistance, field-camp information, research and support facilities (computers, labs, libraries), faculty teaching and research specialties, department geoscience specialties, and historical enrollment and degree data.

    The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 39 geoscientific and professional associations that represent more than 120,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in our profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in mankind's use of resources and interaction with the environment. More information about AGI can be found at http://www.agiweb.org. The Institute also provides a public-outreach web site, http://www.earthscienceworld.org.
 

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