Geochemist : Employers and vacancy sources

Typical employers include:

• oil and gas companies;
• consultancies;
• mining companies;
• environmental consultancies;
• universities and research institutes;
• specialist environmental bodies, such as the British Geological Survey (BGS)  (part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) ) and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) .

Your choice of employer is likely to be influenced by both your degree subject and your area of specialist interest.

Opportunities to work for major oil operators or service companies are currently fairly limited due to the increase in outsourcing. However, this does mean that there has been an increase in vacancies within oil and gas consultancies. Given the broad scope of work covered by such consultancies, there may be opportunities to develop expertise in a range of areas.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB)  
• Oil and Gas Job Search   
• Rigzone  
• Oil Careers   
• Earthworks Jobs   
• New Scientist Jobs  
• Jobs.ac.uk  
• EarthscienceJOBS  
• World Oil  

You can also go directly to employers’ websites. Reference resources such as Oil and Gas  and the Oil Directory  provide contact details for oil and gas companies.

Recruitment agencies sometimes handle vacancies. See entries in the specialist press and links from professional websites.

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