We’re taken a short break from our Water Jobs interviews,
but don’t worry, we have lots of subjects lined up for your edification in
coming months. If you just can’t bear the wait and know that water is a great
field to be researching, here are a few sites that provide additional
interviews and resources.
Although we might not like to admit this, Illinois doesn’t
actually host every type of water job in the world. For example, we don’t have
any oceans to draw oceanographers. To cover this lapse in geography and
occupation, we point you to Sea
Grant’s Marine Careers website. Of course, several of our coworkers (based
in both Illinois
and Indiana)
are featured on this site, but there are also interviews with many marine
biologists, ocean mappers, marine geophysicists, and many, many other careers,
some of which we didn’t know existed. In addition to the interviews, the site
provides listings about possible salaries in marine careers, frequently asked
questions, and lots of information about schools, majors, and internships.
Another site we enjoy is EngineerJobs.com. While we get
very distracted by many of the other articles, including reasons why you'd kill yourself with a Lightsaber, they also run a great
feature titled: So
you want my job? Thus far the series has boasted such highlights as a civil
engineer, a preservation engineer, and a marine engineer. In addition to job
profiles, the site also includes a lot of job hunting and career advice that
we, in spite of being non-engineers, found very useful. Be warned, though. If
you are remotely nerdy, this site is a huge time-sucker, in a good way.
Finally, if you’re interested in water supply and wastewater
treatment, we recommend checking out Work for Water. A joint
project between the American Water Works
Association and the Water Environment
Federation, Work for Water is a massive clearinghouse for all water
industry related career details. Information in available about everything from
graduate school to career opportunities for veterans to community college
programs in environmental engineering, and there are lots of interviews,
scholarships, and fellowship opportunities, too.
And finally, if you want the opportunity to actually talk to
people working in water, you should probably attend Illinois Water
2014. Not only will we host a career panel, but we also offer student
scholarships to help you get there.
