13th January 2009, 11:28 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Oxbeast
There are still lots of experienced archaeologists out there, they are just out of work. When the jobs come back, so will they.
Oxbeast makes a timely and extremely good point.
It maybe that the best way to beat the recession in archaeology is to find something else to do for a while. There are lots of other professions out there where exponents have second or third strings to their employment bows enabling them to better ride out the ups and downs of seasonal or temporal employment swings. In fact one of the better learnt lessons of this particular dip might be to remind archaeologists that their profession can be a cruel master/mistress.
In the meantime the rest of us should bear in mind the philosophy of one Corporal Jones and 'don't panic', (at least not until we see the white of the enemy's eye!!)