Department of Geology – BYU–Idaho

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All Types / General Geoscience	www.monster.com – The best site for environmental & petroleum jobs. Also includes some salary information. America's Job Bank Geology and Earth Science Jobs Geoscience Jobs Earth Science Jobs Sloan Career Cornerstone Center - Gives guidance on geoscience careers and has links to job opportunities.
Academic	Academic Careers Online
Petroleum	Find links to petroleum-only sites in www.aapg.org. www.rigzone.com – includes an extensive directory of petroleum and service companies (Service companies provide data and services to petroleum companies. They generally hire people with 2-5 years of industry experience, and are excellent employers). Some petroleum companies: Amerada Hess, Anadarko, BP-Amoco-Arco, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon, Pioneer Resources, Saudi Aramco, Shell, TotalFinaElf, and others. A few of their web sites include job postings, and most discuss careers.
Environmental / Engineering	One of the largest, URS employs 25,000 in the environmental & engineering fields. Includes job postings. See what this company does. www.enr.com Earth and Environmental Science Jobs Other environmental companies: Bechtel, Tetratech, Parsons, CH2Mhill, Golder Associates, Weston Solutions, EarthTech, Shaw Group, Brown and Caldwell, Jacobs, Washington Group , and others. Engineering Jobs (Advice: Privately-owned companies tend to treat employees a little better than publicly traded ones).
Mining	Mining USA
Government	U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Government Jobs
Military	U.S Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiement Station
National Laboratories	Argonne , INEL , Lawrence Livermore , Lawrence Berkeley , Los Alamos, Sandia , Pacific Northwest .
Specialized Associations	Association of Women Geoscientists

Valuable Software to Learn: MODFLOW, GMS (created at BYU), Landmark, ArcGIS. Search on software name for example projects and software information.

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