Geosciences Careers
Explore the various careers in the geosciences where your education and skills learned through the Jackson School can be rewarded as a professional in this field.
Geoscience Career Spotlights
These 3 minute videos highlight diverse professionals working in various Geoscience-related areas using their education, skills, interests and knowledge of science. Each person demonstrates their career path beginning with their degrees to getting experience, whether it be volunteering in research labs or an internship, to advancing in their field and into higher management positions. All videos were produced by UNAVCO interns.
Career Compasses
The American Geosciences Institute compiled career information from the U.S. Bureau Labor of Statistics and researched various areas of the Geosciences field to easily explore specialty areas. The links below are to printable PDF versions.
Geophysics
Hydrology
Data Science
Geographic Information Science
Planetary Science
Ocean Science
Geoscience Policy
Atmospheric Science