4th February 2011, 02:58 PM
Most, if not all, archaeologists know a lot more than they give themselves credit for we are polymaths and don't you forget it! (I dont like this 'jack of all trades', sounds like your about to rip someone off for a dodgy roofing job (like the one at the Wessex office ha!)).
If you cant see your transferable skills and worth then who else will. Get other people to read your CV and get feedback, tailor CVs to specific jobs and talk yourself up!
As for leaving archaeology, that's a joke, people never really leave it! Once you get hooked you will always find ways of getting dirty again! Twas an apt description when someone likened it to heroin!
I have never found it hugely difficult to get a job outside of archaeology with bar work, labouring, driving jobs, selling crack (joking), CAD work and even some work as a GIS technician (took me totally be surprise) being accessible. Lastly, unless you are going to become some sort of academic don't, for the love, do any more education in archaeology! You can always bring more education in similar subjects 'back into' archaeology later on! (who the hell knows what someone who has a Msc in Archaeological Computing can do anyway)
If you cant see your transferable skills and worth then who else will. Get other people to read your CV and get feedback, tailor CVs to specific jobs and talk yourself up!
As for leaving archaeology, that's a joke, people never really leave it! Once you get hooked you will always find ways of getting dirty again! Twas an apt description when someone likened it to heroin!
I have never found it hugely difficult to get a job outside of archaeology with bar work, labouring, driving jobs, selling crack (joking), CAD work and even some work as a GIS technician (took me totally be surprise) being accessible. Lastly, unless you are going to become some sort of academic don't, for the love, do any more education in archaeology! You can always bring more education in similar subjects 'back into' archaeology later on! (who the hell knows what someone who has a Msc in Archaeological Computing can do anyway)