I am officially unemployed (again!)................................

[CrownPrinceBandar]

Gah! And I thought that 2005 was gonna be my year!

After 6 months of furtive employment, the archaeological well has run dry and I'm on the dole again. I went to the local unemployment office and I was told that my weekly disbursement would be a miserly $112.00/week! The job I was working on here in town will hopefully restart whenever the weather breaks, and that should net me a few weeks of employment.

Note to parents: If your kid wants to be a professional archaeologist here in the US, please urge them into law or medical school. IMHO, sporadic employment and a gypsy lifestyle is no way to live.

On an ironic note, it seems my local office of unemployment is having their own employment pains. The lady I talked to said that they had only 3 people doing the work of an office of 7 - 8 people, and when I offered my services to take up the slack, she said no-can-do, because there is a hiring freeze here in WV for many state offices and under-staffing is the norm, mostly thanks to the Bush economy.

Now where are those classifieds?

[alexisfree]

1. sorry to hear that!...

sad....how this country is wasting the many on unless wars....instead of providing jobs for our bright minds.....there is so much waste of professionals in this country that can contribute to the economy and ...……oh my god… I better stop before I start crying again...now where is my pills!.....

[edbermac]

2. Archaelogy? You got rocks in your head...

:silly:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. I guess I do.............

shoulda become a lawyer. But no!............. science called. Feh!

[arismomkoofie]

4. I knew there was a reason

I got my masters in education after that anthro degree!

Hope you find something soon!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. Thanks.

School is in the works after I pay off my car in about a year. :hi:

[Debbi801]

6. Sorry to hear about that...

That sucks for you.

And, I am very nervous now for my 12 yr old son. Since kindergarten, this is what he's wanted to do. We have the rock and fossil collections to prove it. :-) Currently he is in a magnet middle school studying environmental and earth science.

What else can you do with an archeology degree?

Thanks,
Debbi

[CrownPrinceBandar]

7. Environmental policy and science is pretty good right now........

as far as jobs go. A friend of mine just got a nice job in Farquar County (sp?) VA with her masters in environmental policy.

If your son collects rocks and fossils, his interest is paleontology, a field I cannot comment on. But my general suggestion is to stay involved with what he is interested in and plan for future employment when he gets to college. Archeology is not a bad field of study (I love it), its just that opportunities are limited unless you are very motivated and/or very lucky.

[LynzM]

8. I'm sorry to hear that....

It sucks... I got laid off last year, and my husband graduated and hasn't been able to find a job in his field yet. Good luck to you with finding something!! :hug:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

9. Right back atcha!................................

:hug:

[kedrys]

10. That sucks!

Hope you find something soon! :hug:

[papau]

11. Now in Germany you would be getting offers in the sex trades via UE comp

office.

Albeit a career change -

Time to legalize the sex trades in the US!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

12. Not sure if anyone would pay me for my "wares", but..................

ladies, I'm available (cash up front).

[papau]

14. I do not believe you have a choice as to the sex of your custoimers

you have got to be flexible!

:-)

[Radical Activist]

13. I hate it when that happens

Political organizers sometimes have a similar gypsy lifestyle of sporadic employment. Good luck finding a good job doing something you love.

[deminflorida]

15. When one door closes, others always open....

Hope maybe these help....

http://www.saa.org/careers/job-listing.html

http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com

http://archaeology.about.com/od/employment/

[CrownPrinceBandar]

16. Thanks for the links...............

I'll check 'em out in short order.

[Parche]

17. job

As an archeologist i was going to say that "rocks"
but that sucks
I have been out for 2months now going on 3 and just won my
hearing and just recieved the retroactive checks!!!!
so there is some good out there
now we have to go out and find the good jobs!!!