I am graduating with my master's in biology this fall and am looking for work. My area of emphasis is biodiversity and entomology. I have applied to several government agencies (I am an experienced field technician) but am interested in other kinds of work as well. I'd like to potentially get into industry, working with a company offering some upward mobility. Tell me what you do so I can expand my options a bit. What are some interesting biology jobs the average graduate may not be considering?
2007-03-01 21:20:51 · 2 answers · asked by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I work at a not-for-profit research institute. This environment is a nice mixture of industry and academia. I no longer work 60-80 hour weeks like I did in gradschool for 17,000 a year. My pay is determined by the NIH post doctoral payscale (I don't work there, but lots of places use that to pay their post-docs), so it's not great but some of my friends who are doing academic post-docs are paid below the pay scale, so it could be worse. Everyone gets full benefits here.
Like academia its a very friendly, open and sharing environment.
However, in terms of upward mobility, I'm not sure how far you can get with a MS degree. Here you can't advance beyond Research Associate (technician, really).
One interesting non-research job you can consider is working as a technical specialist at a law firm that handles intellectual prooperty. I have a friend who does this and she loves it.
2007-03-02 00:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by John V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
become a lecturer in a university or be a tutor in your specific biology field
2007-03-01 23:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by Answerer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋