Career Question 1
1. What does a career in EAS look like? Future outloo? Earnings?
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Additional information from Career Cornerstone Center
Career Question 2
2. Getting Started
Whether for an internship or a job, you first need to prepare for applying.
- Your resume/CV has to grab attention
- Your cover letter needs to be targeted to the employer
- You have to know what sounds exciting to you.
- There is great advice on careers and internships, and we strongly encourage you to talk to your advisor as well.
- Career Center (job search resources)
Career Question 3
3. Current Jobs and Internships at Specific Employers
Below are links to some specific employers that have hired EAS students as interns and/or employees. Companies list both jobs and internships on their web pages. Please note, this is not a comprehensive list of companies and agencies EAS students can utilize.
Environmental Consulting
Government Agencies
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
- National Weather Service (NWS)
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- California Air Resources Board
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Meteorological Consulting
- AccuWeather
- Kinetic Analysis Corporation
- IBM (TWC parent company, Intellicast Weather, and Meteorology Consulting)
Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
- REUs National Science Foundation (Research Experience for Undergraduates at Universities around the country)
- Research in EAS at Georgia Tech
Other Private Companies
Career Question 4
4. Databases of Currently Available Jobs and Internships
Comprehensive
- Green Careers
- Environmental Career Opportunities (ECOjobs, jobs and internships)
- Clean Energy Job Database
- Meteorology Internships
- Meteorology Jobs
- Air & Waste Management Association
- Careermine (environmental/energy jobs)
- NOAA's Workforce Management
- NASA Job Opportunities
- EPA Careers and Internships
- National Weather Association Job Corner (membership and login required)
- The New Scientist - sciencejobs database
- The Geological Society - Classified Ads
- RigZone (home for oil & gas jobs)
Research/Academic Jobs
- AGU (job listings available but membership and login required)
- AMS Employment Announcements
- Jobs in Higher Education
- The Chronicle of Higher Education - Career Network
- SCIENCE Professional Network
- American Institute of Physics (Career Resources)
- American Geological Institute (Career Resources)
- Earthworks (mostly international)
- GSA - Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
- The Meteorology Jobsites List
