22nd September 2005, 01:42 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by rachstebbs
I'm getting a bit worried now... I am an archaeology student now on a placement year, but before this started I only had 2 months excavation experience. By the time this year is up, I hope to have improved that to 6 months, as well as the 9 months I will have working in museums, and various other places. Once I graduate, I will have around 15 months work experience within archaeology as a whole. I want to dig when I have graduated, but from this and some other threads, I'm worried I won't be able to get a job because of the lack of experience I have. What are we lowly students meant to do? I am already working for free on my placement year, so for the last 2 months I have worked 7 days a week, plus up to 16 hours a day if I get evening shifts. I was willing to do this as I know I need the experience but now i think some advice would be greatly welcome, is it really worth doing all this if I'm going to end up working in McDonalds for the rest of my life, because I didnt have enough experience to dig?
Don't worry. You seem to have done the right things so far. There are plenty of jobs around with the present economic situation. Many units take on a balance of experienced/inexperienced staff. Besides, going on some recent posts you might stand a better chance (especially around parts of Yorks I'm led to believe
).Why not have a look on some earlier posts on the Starting Out
forum. Good luck.