Geoscience Workforce Currents #79

Geoscience students with internships that led to jobs after graduation, spring 2013

2013-10-16

(Press-News.org) Alexandria, VA –The majority of bachelor's and doctoral graduates did not participate in an internship experience during their postsecondary career, whereas the majority of master's graduates did have at least one internship experience. Most of those bachelor's, master's and doctoral students that held an internship considered their internship experiences to be "very important". Of these master's candidates, 48% were employed within the geosciences at a company they had previously interned at the time.

### For the complete Geoscience Currents #79 please go to: http://bit.ly/17JXlLe. The 2013 Status of Recent Geoscience Graduates can be accessed online at: http://bit.ly/GzvfvM or a paper copy can be purchased at: http://amzn.to/1eo1eva. For more information about the National Geoscience Student Exit Survey please contact Carolyn Wilson at cwilson@agiweb.org or 703-379-2480.

The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geosciences education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment.

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