20th April 2005, 01:38 PM
As much as I enjoyed studying archaeology at university, especially the practical side, it was the wage side of things as well as the job insecurity that put me off. I'm currently sitting here earning 2k more in a job that requires considerably less skill and work input than I would do in archaeology. When I tell people how much archaeologists earn they can't believe it. Even worse is the fact that more and more graduates are being put off by the lack of job security and poor pay - out of about 35-40 people who graduated in my year about 4 maybe 5 chose archaeology as a career and 2 of those have since given up on it. Let's hope things improve!
If at first you don't succeed...give up and have a beer!
If at first you don't succeed...give up and have a beer!