Bureau of Labor & Statistics Career Descriptions

General Information from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Learn about what a geophysicist does and what possible careers in this field.

Guide to Geoscience Careers and Employers
We especially endorse essay section of this. Provides ideas of possible industries to work for.

Job and Intern Listings from the AGI
The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 44 geoscientific and professional associations.

San Diego State’s Internship Links
According to our San Diego Friends, “The geosciences is one of the best areas for students interested in finding summer internships/jobs in their field of study.”

Boston University
Some good Earth Science Summer Internship Links from Boston University

GradSchools.com
The most comprehensive source of graduate school information.

US News & World Report
While magazine graduate school rankings are likely to be the least scientific way to rank a program, we know that you’ll find them no matter what, so here’s a shortcut to the US News’ top three Geophysics schools.

Why you should study geophysics at Scripps
A wonderful and humorous description of why you should go to graduate school in Geophysics complete with a compelling argument for Scripps. UCSB students will enjoy this.

The American Geological Institute
Contains more than two dozen associations.

The American Geophysical Union
Is a worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity.

Boston University
Has a well-cared-for list of Association Links.

Job Listings from the AGI -- The American Geological Institute
Is a nonprofit federation of 44 geoscientific and professional associations

Geoscience Gateways
This site is like a “gusher” – lots of links and many jobs

US Federal Government
There are a lot of Federal Government Geophysics jobs. Go to USA Jobs and type in Geophysics as a search term for available positions.

Article on Job Hunting
Here is an interesting article about a Bulgarian student who searched for jobs in the US and Canada and what he learned from the experience.

UCSB Library Geology Subject Homepage

Geophysics Departmental Web Page

Research Topics Map

Institute for Crustal Studies

Career Resource Room