March 11, 2013
Writer: Adrianna Slezak
For a list careers related to geology click HERE (PDF).
For a list of career tracks to follow to reach those careers click HERE (link)
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Career Links
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| All Types / General Geoscience |
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| Academic |
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| 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 |
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| Government |
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| Military |
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| National Laboratories |
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| Specialized Associations |
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Valuable Software to Learn: MODFLOW, GMS (created at BYU), Landmark, ArcGIS. Search on software name for example projects and software information.
