1st June 2012, 05:43 AM
I have no specific experience of the current UK job scene, but it does strike me, after 30 odd years associated with the profession, that archaeology has always produced far more graduates than there are available professional positions. This is passed off as 'students don't necessarily study archaeology because they wish to pursue it as a career' and/or 'archaeology is a useful background for many other professions', but fact is the profession has never been able to sustain the professional aspirations of its academic graduates. It seems an impossibility that this will significantly change at any time in the future, even if there is a recovery of the present employment market.
I'd like to ask Bonesgirl and Kel whether they felt there was enough information available about the pitfalls of a career in archaeology, before they began their studying and whether that was widely recognized amongst their academic peers? It seems the health warning on the side of the archaeology degree packet might have to be written larger and with more emphasis on the health threatening side effects....!!
I'd like to ask Bonesgirl and Kel whether they felt there was enough information available about the pitfalls of a career in archaeology, before they began their studying and whether that was widely recognized amongst their academic peers? It seems the health warning on the side of the archaeology degree packet might have to be written larger and with more emphasis on the health threatening side effects....!!
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