GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & JOB OPENINGS
Scholarships & Grants
2. Houston Geological Society W. L. and Florence W. Calvert Memorial Scholarship
Each scholarship is for at least $3200 and is renewable for up to 2 years (Masters) or 3 years (PhD) contingent on adequate progress. Applicants must be American citizens enrolled in a
geoscience department in Texas, Louisana, Oklahoma, Arkansas or New Mexico during the Spring semester of 2008. Eligible students can, however, use this scholarship for graduate studies this
coming Fall in any geoscience graduate program in the country. Seniors and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Forms are available in the geology office. Deadline is June 15.
Desk and Derrick Club of Dallas Scholarship
The Desk and Derrick Club of Dallas offers scholarships to outstanding college students planning a career in the Petroleum, Energy and Alied Industries. The award is flexible and depends on the
qualifications and needs of each student. Awards are available to both graduate and undergraduate students. Forms are available in the office or on the web at www.dallasdandd.org.
Deadline is July 15.
ON CAMPUS
OFF CAMPUS
Experience Required
March 8 Posting: Geologist, Dallas
Entry Level Jobs: BS, MS, PhD
June 9 posting: Oscar Renda Contracting Inc.
May 5 posting: Field Geologist, Selman & Associates, Ltd. employment@selmanlog.com
May 5 posting: Mud Logger, employment@selmanlog.com
April 18 posting: Field Engineering Geologist
April 18 posting: U.S. Geological Survey, multiple listings
April 18 posting: Geology Instructor, Bowling Green State University
Dallas Geological Society Web Site at http://www.dgs.org/index.php
Also search monster.com & careerbuilder.com for national listings
Fellowships
Temporary/Part Time/Intern/Post Docs
JOB MARKET
| May 18, 2008
Career Couch: No Internship Yet? There's Still Time
By PHYLLIS KORKKI
Small to midsize companies, especially, may still
have summer openings.
June 6 Posting: Facilities Operation and Management Support
General Information about Careers in the Geosciences (Click Here)
What can I do with a Geology Degree? (Click Here)
Do Science and Engineering Students use their degrees?
Job outlook for Geoscience from Time Magazine
Don't dismiss it as rocks for jocks. With oil companies desperately searching for new sources of crude and prices above $65 per bbl., now is a good time to know your limestone. Petroleum geologists study the earth's surface and subsurface to help predict the chances of striking oil. Over the past year, the average annual salary for a geologist with three to five years' experience has climbed 11%, to $75,600, reports executive- search firm MLA Resources. Across the board, salaries are up 8%. Also, demographics are driving demand; the average age of a petroleum geologist is 49. Bob Goldstein, a geology professor at the University of Kansas and an oil-industry consultant, says companies are offering his grad students salaries in the low $70,000s.
For more details, go to
http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/article/0,9171,1112838,00.html.
GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS MISSING JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The American Geological Institute (AGI) has conducted a survey of students
majoring in the geosciences and faculty to ascertain their attitudes towards
employment in the geosciences. With a large percentage of the workforce retiring
in coming years, job opportunities for recent graduates are plentiful with more
openings than applicants to fill them. But many students are either unaware or
uninterested in the fields where these employment opportunities exist. A total
of 1,358 students and 558 faculty members responded to the survey representing
more than 260 schools. To view the report in its entirety, please go to
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/careers/. The three most
preferred career pathways for students of any education level (BA/BS, MA/MS, and
Ph.D.) are Federal Government, State/Local Government, and the Environmental
sector. Of particular note:
The petroleum industry has indicated that it will need to replace over 50
percent of its workforce in the next ten years. But few students indicate that
the private sector is a career path in which they have interest. Academic
advisors are more likely to promote careers in the environmental sector than
those in the petroleum industry to their students while only 61 percent of all
students would consider an environmental career path. This division is even more
striking at the graduate level, where only 31 percent of students would consider
entering the environmental industry. Another disparity is in K-12 education
careers. Many advisors recommend this path while few students have interest in
becoming teachers.
The question becomes, where will industry find applicants to fill these positions? It is most likely that these positions will be filled using foreign-trained geoscientists and more non-geosciences technical workers to replace retirees and to handle the expected growth within the petroleum industry as energy demands increase.