7th September 2005, 05:10 PM
Troll,
Let them go I say. With respect, this is a hard field to progress in, and to do so you have to be extremely pro-active or extremely lucky. Sadly there are more potential archaeologists than even **** short-term jobs. They've just been filtered out in a sadly brutal way. We've all had periods of disillusionment, but must have come out the other side if we're still here.
Interestingly, I'm meeting more and more people coming back to the field after leaving and only then realizing some of the benefits. There are a lot of really crap jobs out there, and not many good ones that ex archaeologists can land.B)
As for training in small Units none of the initiatives you mention has filtered down to us. That's not to say that un-official training is not a constant and ongoing process.
Let them go I say. With respect, this is a hard field to progress in, and to do so you have to be extremely pro-active or extremely lucky. Sadly there are more potential archaeologists than even **** short-term jobs. They've just been filtered out in a sadly brutal way. We've all had periods of disillusionment, but must have come out the other side if we're still here.
Interestingly, I'm meeting more and more people coming back to the field after leaving and only then realizing some of the benefits. There are a lot of really crap jobs out there, and not many good ones that ex archaeologists can land.B)
As for training in small Units none of the initiatives you mention has filtered down to us. That's not to say that un-official training is not a constant and ongoing process.