17th August 2008, 12:11 AM
I understand the desire to work near to where you live and sympathise with how your partner might feel but unfortunately if you want to pursue a career in field archaeology you may have to move from company to company in order to build a level of experience which matches your qualifications, (btw, congrats on your 2.1).
Some companies will take you as a trainee digger, (it is widely perceived that a degree or Uni training digs are no substitute for experience in the commercial sector), or you might be lucky and be employed as a site assistant on full diggers pay, (still a pittance but better than being a trainee).
There are no hard and fast rules to gaining a foothold in archaeology after graduation, what I would say is if this is what you really want to do then keep on sending your CV out, don't be disheartened by the rejection letters (if you get any - coz most companies won't even bother to reply to your application).
When you do eventually get a job, if you are ever in any doubt about what you should be doing on site then ask. One thing I will guarantee is that any site manager worth a damn will prefer you to ask a thousand questions a day and get the job done properly than be somebody who never asks and gets it wrong, that just leads to a whole load of problems for them in post-ex.
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Some companies will take you as a trainee digger, (it is widely perceived that a degree or Uni training digs are no substitute for experience in the commercial sector), or you might be lucky and be employed as a site assistant on full diggers pay, (still a pittance but better than being a trainee).
There are no hard and fast rules to gaining a foothold in archaeology after graduation, what I would say is if this is what you really want to do then keep on sending your CV out, don't be disheartened by the rejection letters (if you get any - coz most companies won't even bother to reply to your application).
When you do eventually get a job, if you are ever in any doubt about what you should be doing on site then ask. One thing I will guarantee is that any site manager worth a damn will prefer you to ask a thousand questions a day and get the job done properly than be somebody who never asks and gets it wrong, that just leads to a whole load of problems for them in post-ex.