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Ovo se naravno odnosi na USA posto su oni dalekoooooo napredniji od nas u ovom pitanju, ali kod nas je spisak zanimanja geologa dosta mali 
In the 30-plus years I've been watching it, geology has never been more exciting than today, and it just gets better and better. And geologists are great people, whether they're backpackers in the field or knob-twiddlers in the lab (or the field). But what do geologists do, and is geology a career for you? And if it is, what's on the Web that can help you?
A simple place to start is with the U.S. government's Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose online Occupational Outlook Handbook describes the jobs and backgrounds of geologists and geophysicists along with a forecast of the job market. (In a nutshell, oil & gas is stagnant, environmental geology is booming.) A site at England's Imperial College has a nicely written section of career advice including how geologists interface with people in other workplace roles, and what industry expects from geologists. It's not enough just to love the science; you have to be good with people and with words, numbers and computers too.
School comes before jobs, of course, and an excellent place to start your research is in my Colleges list. Many schools have their curricula posted, and you can research the faculty to find who suits your own predilections—even see their class notes in some cases. Job resources for students are a common feature of these sites.
If you're already a student or, for heaven's sake, a fresh graduate, you have quite different needs. Vague occupational forecasts mean nothing to you—those describe, not prescribe. A postdoctoral position is a possibility. To find postdocs, the best bets are professional journals (like Nature, for instance) and major research schools. Two sites are strong in European listings: one at Eurolat has many in German-speaking countries, and the postdoc page at the Université de Strasbourg's Geosurfing site is good for French opportunities.
Maybe you're looking at the private sector. For prospects in the mineral extraction industries visit CareerMine, part of the comprehensive and lively Info-Mine site. There are plenty of job services on the Web (JobHunt is where I would start), but few are closely tailored to the needs of earth scientists. Earthworks has listings for the whole world. Professional societies such as the Seismological Society of America often carry job listings, too. Poke around.
Other online possibilities predate the Web, although they're accessible through your browser. Job-related newsgroups on Usenet are tedious to sift through unless you are good with search tools; sci.geo.petroleum and sci.geo.geology are well-focused though not strictly job-related. Don't be a spammer or a lurker: in any newsgroup where your peers are posting, you should be sure to participate. That's just good networking, ranking right up there with professional societies in importance. And the formerly great mailing list Geosci-Jobs has migrated to Yahoo, where it continues to serve a worthy purpose although its helpful archives are gone. The good people are still there, though.
PS: Once you get your job, be sure to attend meetings of professional societies. My favorite is the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, in San Francisco every December. In 2000, I posted a daily diary from there. And befitting the rugged image of geologists, afternoon coffee breaks also feature free beer. What other profession gives you that?
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