Job prospects for rural scientist?

Question

Im doing a rural science degree at UNE and i really dont know what jobs will be availab;le for me when i finish. I really want to live in america as soon as i finish but i dont want to live in the middle of nowhere. Anyone got any ideas?

Answer 1

Shouldn't you have thought about this before you started your study? Fool!

Answer 2

Doing rural science kind of requires you to at least *work* in the middle of nowhere, doesn't it? I don't know much about the field.

In my town, we've got a mine draining problem. The old mine nearby started leaking stuff that turned the water in the river an opaque, bright orange. It was like this for decades, and it's not an unheard of problem in old mining regions. Everyone said the water always would be like that. A few years ago, some scientists got together and figured out a relatively simple system to get the orange out of the water. To everybody's surprise, it worked. Within a few years, the water was normal. Maybe you could find work doing something like that. We're 40 minutes from a large, fun city, so you could live halfway between and drive 20 minutes to work and 20 minutes to fun in the city. Of course, my town no longer has a need for someone to solve this problem, so I just use my town as an example of how you could be employed as a rural scientist but not have to live in the middle of nowhere.

Answer 3

I assume you are foreigner; otherwise you will be able to stay in US no matter what. Rural Science...you are talking about Physics, Chemistry, or Biology, right? Now the US market is very volatile. When a company seems to make money, they start thinking of hiring, and when they start to lose money, they cut immediately. Many people these days change jobs in months or a year or two. If you have no prior working experience, usually, you may not know people that are already in the industries, and things get hard. Polish you resume...trust me, it is very important. Keep searching and submitting your resume. Hopefully even with 1% chance, you can get a couple of interviews after you try thousands. Lower your expectation, and pretend that you love their companies very much. Evaluate your choices if you do have a few job offers, and then pick your favorite. Please do not think that you will not like the job, and you tell them off, because that may be the only job offer you get. If you have choice, stay away from telecom, semiconductor, etc. industries as the market is bad and competitive, everyone is killing each other to stay alive. Trust me, it is not a nice place to work. You are just trying to make a living, and not kill yourself. The only healthy sector in US is energy sector...I assume your rural science degree can help, and it may be a stable job. Forget about high pay now. Get your foot into the door before you think any further. Think of it this way, your first job help you to get your second job which help you to get your third...and you improve yourself in salary, working environment, job prospect, etc. each time to job hop. Many job these days need US citizenship, and also there is currently US work Permit problem....already hit quota this year and petition is full for next year. You may not be able to get the H1-B VISA this year or next, and so may be you have to think of something else like OPT; where all foreign students are given one year to work in US after they graduate.