Careers and Internships

Careers and Internships

1. What does a career in EAS look like?

2. Getting Started

3. Current Jobs and Internships at Specific Employers

4. Databases of Currently Available Jobs and Internships

I.  What does a career in EAS look like?  What is the future outlook and earnings?

• Occupational Outlook, Statistics and Information
•  Atmospheric Sciences
•  Environmental Scientists and specialists
•  Geoscientist
• Additional information from Career Cornerstone Center
•  Atmospheric Science
•  Geoscience

II.  Getting Started

      Whether for an internship or a job, you first need to prepare for applying.   

• Your resume/CV has to grab attention
• Your coverletter needs to be targeted to the employer
• You have to know what sounds exciting to you. There is great advice on careers and internships ), and we strongly encourage you to talk to your advisor as well (For undergraduates and non-thesis Masters students see Dr. Dana Hartley, hartley@eas.gatech.edu)

III.  Current Jobs and Internships at Specific Employers

Below are links to some specific employers that have hired EAS students as interns and/or employees.  Companies list both jobs and internships on their web pages.  For a comprehensive lists of companies and agencies the database section.

Environmental Consulting

• CH2MHILL
• Earth Tech
• Environ
• ERM
• Golder Associates
• TRC Companies Inc.
• Trinity Consultants
• URS Corperation
• Smith Aldridge
• AMEC

Meteorological Consulting

• AccuWeather
• Kinetic Analysis Corporation
• WSI (TWC parent company, Intellicast Weather, and Meteorology Consulting)
• AirDat

Other Private Companies

• The Weather Channel
• Delta Airlines
• Georgia Power
• The Southern Company

Government Agencies

• Georgia Department of Natural Resources
• Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
• National Weather Service
• National Severe Storms Laboratory
• California Air Resources Board
• Federal Emergency Management Agency

 Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

• REUs National Science Foundation (Research Experience for Undergraduates at Universities around the country)
• Research in EAS at Georgia Tech

IV.  Databases of Currently Available Jobs and Internships

Comprehensive

• Environmental Jobs and Careers
• Eco.org Career Center
• Environmental Career Opportunities (jobs and internships)
• Environmental Career and Internship Opportunities
• Meteorology Internships
• Meteorology Jobs
• Air & Waste Management Association
• Petroleum & Geoscience Jobs(environmental/energy jobs)
• NOAA's Workforce Management
• NASA Job Opportunities
• EPA Careers and Internships
• National Weather Association Job Corner(membership and login required)
• The New Scientist - sciencejobs database
• The Geological Society - Classified Ads
• Worldwide Worker - A jobfare in Oil & Gas

Research/Academic Jobs

• AGU job Listing (membership and login required)
• AMS Employment Announcements
• Jobs in Higher Education
• The Chronicle of Higher Education - Career Network
• NASA Job Opportunities
• SCIENCE Professional Network
• American Institute of Physics Career Services
• American Geological Institute - Classified Ads
• Earthworks(mostly international)
• GSA - Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
• The Meteorology Jobsites List