It's possible to get brought on in USDA-FS as a seasonal tech, and later
get hired on as permanent 0193 archeologist in a different Forest.
yeup yeup. I know of two of us in Alabama, and neither have MA degrees.
Of course, we're in Alabama....
-Molly Thrash
Talladega National Forest
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Andrea Marroquin wrote:
> Don't hold your breath that those jobs will be open to us, though. The
> Forest Service has been talking about all of these upcoming retirees
> with a lot of concern. The word on the street is that they plan to
> replace all of these professionals with "student trainees." Hiring on
> students at a lower GS-level, giving them some experience, and
> guaranteeing them work when they complete their degrees. Wonderful
> opportunity for the students, but really irksome to those seasonal
> archaeological technicians who already have advanced degrees,
> supervisory experience, and years invested as seasonal employees doing
> fieldwork, labwork, and writing reports that can't get permanent
> employment!
> All this talk about how low the standards are for getting hired as a
> professional archaeologist with a federal agency. Frankly, regardless
> of the standards and your personal qualifications, it is darned
> difficult to obtain permanent status if you are not a student or a
> veteran with a 10-point hiring preference (speaking as one who has been
> trying for a number of years). In any event, federal agencies are
> talking a lot about contracting out the work rather than hiring on
> permanent staff. It is best not to overstate the opportunities for
> employment out there in the federal realm. Although some of us
> continue to look!
>
> Andrea Marroquin
>
> On Sep 10, 2004, at 10:39 AM, Michael Pfeiffer wrote:
>
> > Of those statistics that Will generated, it shows that just over half
> > of
> > the professional archaeologists in the forest service are over 50 years
> > old. The FS is facing loosing a majority of its professionals in the
> > next
> > 5-10 years due to retirement.
> >
>
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