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April 30, 2021
Recent results from the AGI Geoscience COVID-19 Impacts study indicate that over half of retired geoscientists have been actively engaged with the geoscience profession or active with volunteer activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly three-quarters of retired geoscientists actively...
April 23, 2021
In this data brief we examine how employment status has changed for non-retired survey participants over the course of the Geoscience COVID-19 Impacts study. Three-quarters of non-retired participants remained employed, 4% gained employment, and 1% lost and regained employment. Fourteen percent of...
April 16, 2021
Employment trends by occupational category
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey provides monthly occupational employment data which allows us to examine employment trends in geoscience-related occupations since 2016. Between 2016 and 2019, total geoscience employment...
April 02, 2021
When asked about skills development during COVID-19, one-third of non-academic geoscientists reported spending time developing geoscience technical skills related to geospatial analysis, groundwater management, contaminants and remediation, mining technologies, and specific lab equipment. In...
March 26, 2021
Literature review, writing and online research continue to be the primary work and research mode for non-academic geoscientists. Fieldwork and computational research activities were reported by 30% to 40% of respondents since June 2020, with some declines in fieldwork activities during late fall...
March 19, 2021
In February 2020, the primary work locations of 89% of non-academic geoscientists was at their employer’s office, while 8% of respondents reported that their primary work location was working from home. By May 2020, primary work locations had switched, with 84% of respondents reporting working from...
March 12, 2021
Over the past year, most non-academic geoscientists remained employed. A few respondents reported switching jobs and employers, while most of those who remained employed over the past year reported keeping the same job with the same company. New graduates and previously unemployed geoscientists who...
February 19, 2021
Staffing
Most businesses did not expect to make changes in permanent staffing throughout 2020, and less than one-third of companies expected decreases in permanent staffing. In addition, between September and December 2020, the percentage of businesses expecting to increase staffing grew from 10...
February 12, 2021
Financial Performance
From June through December 2020 between 50% and 64% of geoscience employers reported expectations of lower financial performance relative to 2019. Over the same period, the percentage of companies reporting either similar or better financial performance relative to 2019...
February 05, 2021
As of December 2020, 91% of geoscience graduates who earned their degree between 2014-2018 were employed, while 75% of graduates from 2019 and 80% of graduates from 2020 reported the same. For geoscience graduates who earned their degree in 2020, 31% of bachelor’s, 50% of master’s, and 91% of...
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