24th January 2011, 04:20 PM
"d) Ecology / conservation - depends on what you want and what you got. For low-scale practical conservation, archaeology will be looked upon favourably. Higher up (i.e. Ranger) you are up against people who have been doing it a while and/or have qualifications."
Have you seen the pay in ecology/conservation jobs - the sector relies on the same drives that make people go in to archaeology so ther are low paid/temporary (often seasonal) jobs as reserve wardens, butterfly counters etc but not that many well paid, permanent jobs - and the ones that there are will tend to go to the people with ecology degrees and experience, rather than archaeologists looking for a career change.
Have you seen the pay in ecology/conservation jobs - the sector relies on the same drives that make people go in to archaeology so ther are low paid/temporary (often seasonal) jobs as reserve wardens, butterfly counters etc but not that many well paid, permanent jobs - and the ones that there are will tend to go to the people with ecology degrees and experience, rather than archaeologists looking for a career change.