Jobs in Science

[asianstar]

What jobs can u do involving science which is really interesting, but is still well paid and u dont have to travel out of the country, except for being a doctor or vet!! this is so hard to find!! So please can u help me!!

[ross410]

I agree about the spelling and punctuation, picked up on it as I was reading (mainly because the question was about applying for a job).

But Eddie51, I think he/she will probably only be using this launguage on the internet, maybe?

[newtron]

I recently got a job at a environmental consulting firm as a hydrogeologist/geochemist, and I really like it. I've been in academia for the last few years, and I didn't think I would like working in the conuslting industry. We mostly work with lawyers as expert witnesses on different type of water litigation cases that range from water rights to contaminated groundwater issues. The thing I like the most about it is that I get to work on many different types of projects, and I started at a high enough level where I do everything from collecting data in the field to data analysis and report writing. The money is decent also.

[asianstar]

Sorry for the incorrect English but like ross410 said, i only use this type of English on the internet!! I am not that stupid to write like that on a job application! But yeah i get your point!! Thanks to everyone who wrote an answer to my question!

[heathfield]

One of the problems is that qualified pupils leaving school are expected to go directly into university to study a subject of their choice.
I honestly believe that at that stage in their life they are not 'worldly wise' enough to be able to make the best decision.
My invariable advice to anyone about to leave school is to forget university for the time being. Leave home, get any kind of a job, and fend for yourself for a couple of years. The career you'd like to follow will come to you, and it will be a much better and more informed choice, one that you'll be far less likely to regret in later years. When this inspiration happens, that's the time to apply for your university course.

[Buenchico]

Try browsing through the jobs listed here:
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyo urcareer/jobprofiles/category19/

Chris

[blommysnr]

Don't specialise into something that there is no skills shortage for. Both my parents did PhDs in Chemistry and both of them are working in totally unrelated areas now. If you specialise into an area such as Biology, Chemistry and Physics you may just end up as a teacher teaching that subject in a few years time - you won't be researching new interesting concepts. And dont become a lab tech - I know a few and they don't get paid very well and they don't find it all that challenging/interesting either. I am planning to start an engineering degree next year - there is a huge skills shortage and I'll be negotiating my salary in my first year after uni.

[jake-the-peg]

I get the strong feeling that you want to study a scientific discipline but are feeling the need to justify it to parents as being a good job with prospects.

If that is the case and you really love a subject you have to study that - You will do far better studying a subject that you love than one you hate.

Would your parents rather you graduated with a third in accountancy or a first in Physics?

My degree was in Astronomy and Physics and after graduating I spent a couple of years working as a scientist for the Atomic Energy Authority on nuclear fusion experiments. It was poorly paid and I soon left to work with computers which was much better paid but I don't regret my foundation in science.

This is a good site for jobs in science - it should give you an idea of what's out there right now

http://www.newscientistjobs.com/search.action

Oh and Don't get side tracked by "University of life" types telling you to get experience of the real world. If this country is to compete in the coming century we will need all the scientists and engineers we can muster

Best of luck

[teatime]

I studied computer science. Now I am paid me to do fun things with computers. Learn maths.