3rd February 2011, 05:18 PM
Don`t go away...sit tight, retune old skills, diversify and reinvigorate your passion! Your industry needs you![/QUOTE]
When anyone asks me about becoming an archaeologist I tell them that (if they are young) dig first and then specialise if you want to stay in the job. There is more chance of continuous work and opportunities for digging as and when. Opportunities for working with the public are going to increase and always refreshes motivation for doing the job. New faces and places. Training will increase as more archs want to do community work (it's there already, all be it in a limited way at the moment, through the CBA). But, as with many 'unusual' jobs, it's easier if you have the 'bank of mum & dad' or the 'bank of partner'. If you need to pay the rent tomorrow and are broke... such considerations as re-training or researching or volunteering to pass the time is not possible. That's when we lose valuable people, understandably.
When anyone asks me about becoming an archaeologist I tell them that (if they are young) dig first and then specialise if you want to stay in the job. There is more chance of continuous work and opportunities for digging as and when. Opportunities for working with the public are going to increase and always refreshes motivation for doing the job. New faces and places. Training will increase as more archs want to do community work (it's there already, all be it in a limited way at the moment, through the CBA). But, as with many 'unusual' jobs, it's easier if you have the 'bank of mum & dad' or the 'bank of partner'. If you need to pay the rent tomorrow and are broke... such considerations as re-training or researching or volunteering to pass the time is not possible. That's when we lose valuable people, understandably.