Sabine wrote:
: I am one of those people who always wanted to stay in academia, but lately
: wonder if that is really such a good idea, because I do not like the idea of
: living on relatively badly paid insecure jobs for a long time to find out
that
: I can't find anything reasonably secure and reasonable well paid. So now I am
: rethinking my goals, etc. I found, e.g. that besides liking teaching (which I
: always did, but only at an advanced level, I admit - I would not like high
: school teaching, I think), I enjoy organizing things, collaborating with
people
: all over Europe (and, very important, using my language skills - besides
German
: and English, I speak French fluently, and Italian reasonably well) - so I am
: trying to find out where someone with a physics background and good
communication
: skills would be useful - except science writing, which you can't live on in
: Germany, I think. I think I would like to go into scientific publishing, but
there
: are only very few jobs around here, well maybe in England, but so far I have
not
: figured out whether I want to live abroad for longer than 1 or 2 years. Well,
: I guess I have to do some research on other possibilites, like international
: organizations, especially in the European Union, but if anyone has
suggestions
: where to hunt for that sort of information, I would be very grateful.
: Bye,
: Sabine
I think Sabine has done a great job of expressing the worry of looking at the
job market. I have many of her same concerns. And I appreciate her having the
nerve to post them, that takes real guts. I know what my skills are and
I have a general idea of what I am good at and like to do, but actually finding
a good job that fits isn't very easy. I am very hopeful for my future, and for
hers too. Sorry I don't have any info. on international organizations, but
Houston, Texas (where I am) is a rather diverse place. Let me know if you
want any information from this part of the world.
Celeste
