There are several approaches you can take if you’re looking for a job as a geologist. Some concentrate on general resources, while others concentrate on your area of expertise. Although the term geologist may appear to refer to a single profession, geologists work as geodesists, geomorphologists, geophysicists, hydrologists, marine geologists, mineralogists, paleoceanographers, paleoclimatologists, petroleum geologists, petrologists, photogeologists, volcanologists, architects, surveyors, and professors.
A national or international professional agency connected to your field and/or specialty is a great place to look for work as a geologist. The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) website, for example, has a job board. If you’re a hydrologist, for example, go to the International Association for Environmental Hydrology (IAEH) and look through their job listings.
Geology.com is another site that you might find useful. This site has geologist job listings as well as specialized job listings by employer type, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for whether you’re looking for geologist jobs in academia, the oil and gas industry, a government agency, or a mineral company. Articles about careers and geology-related news supplement the job listings.
You can also make general career sites useful to you by using advanced searches. You can easily retrieve and recheck it as often as you like if you do an advanced search and bookmark it or make it a favorite. Apply the same strategy to sites that list state and federal government jobs.
A career counseling service on your university or college campus may be another useful resource. You may be eligible for their services even if you are an alumnus rather than a recent graduate. They’re likely to know something about finding geologist jobs because they’ve had other graduates in the department or specialty you’ve chosen.
Last but not least, Blythe Camenson’s Great Jobs for Geology Majors, Julie DeGalan’s Great Jobs for Environmental Studies Majors, and Mike Fasulo and Paul Walker’s Careers in the Environment are all worth reading. All three have hints and tips that you might find useful in your job search for a geologist.