Prospective Students
Career Opportunities
There are many career opportunities available for students other than in the petroleum industry
or academia. Most private environmental consulting firms and government agencies
(including state government) hire people with a M.S. degree. The major oil companies actively
recruit at Wisconsin during the Fall semester, allowing M.S. and Ph.D. students to interview
for summer internships. Academic positions as well as many research opportunities at other
universities or institutions are commonly the avenue that many people finishing a Ph.D.
take.
Environmental/Geology Job Websites
The US Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/
Leighton Geoscience (consulting firm in California)
http://www.leightongeo.com/
A great place to start
http://www.geosciencejobs.com/
The National Park Service
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/geojob/
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/geojob/
The Ocean Drilling Program
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/
A great resource from Syracuse University for jobs and job related sites.
http://libwww.syr.edu/research/internet/earth/jobs.html
Environmental and geological jobs
http://www.ejobs.com/
A fairly good resource for classified ads, mainly academic and post-doctoral.
http://www.geotimes.org/current/
Oil Industry Jobs
http://www.exxonmobil.com/
http://www.bp.com/
http://www.phillips66.com/
http://www.shell.com/
http://www.schlumberger.com/
