19th February 2009, 06:31 PM
I sympathise being in a similar situation myself.
Archaeologists do have a lot of transferable skills, and we of course remain graduates. What options are open to individuals will depend on their specific skills, qualifications and the part of the country where they are seeking work as it may be easier for graduates living in the big population centres in the south to change careers.
There is a government website careersadvice.direct.gov.uk which has one of those 'what else can I do?' programs which asks you a load of questions and comes up up with a load of career options (I have just tried it again and it seems to have temporarily crashed). Thankfully mine did include 'Archaeologist' on my list of career possiblities meaning that I have not wasted a fair chunk of my professional career.
Don't rely on the jobcentrePLUS for any meaningfull support, mine didn't even ask me what my level of education was, and has given me no careers advice at all.
Good luck
Archaeologists do have a lot of transferable skills, and we of course remain graduates. What options are open to individuals will depend on their specific skills, qualifications and the part of the country where they are seeking work as it may be easier for graduates living in the big population centres in the south to change careers.
There is a government website careersadvice.direct.gov.uk which has one of those 'what else can I do?' programs which asks you a load of questions and comes up up with a load of career options (I have just tried it again and it seems to have temporarily crashed). Thankfully mine did include 'Archaeologist' on my list of career possiblities meaning that I have not wasted a fair chunk of my professional career.
Don't rely on the jobcentrePLUS for any meaningfull support, mine didn't even ask me what my level of education was, and has given me no careers advice at all.
Good luck