Outside of teaching, research, and advanced degrees...what kind of jobs can an ncsu bio major reasonably expect to have a chance at?


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9/23/2010 2:37:17 PM

Panhandling.

9/23/2010 2:38:09 PM

stripping

9/23/2010 2:38:43 PM

Technician jobs in fisheries/wildlife sciences, pharmie sales, lab work, consulting... or panhandling or stripping if that is what you want.

9/23/2010 2:40:21 PM

Environmental technician for the DOT

9/23/2010 2:41:05 PM

XX% of people who have degrees don't use them

9/23/2010 2:41:56 PM

XX% of people who have degrees don't use them for the jobs they apply for. You're good to go.

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9/23/2010 2:41:56 PM

I know everything and I don't have a job.

9/23/2010 2:45:36 PM

hate to be a downer but a bio degree isn't really the most lucrative in the science field. I'd recommend getting a graduate degree or combining it with another field like chemistry or engineering (i.e. biological engineering > biology)

9/23/2010 3:06:19 PM

I know two guys with biology degrees that work in soil/concrete labs.

9/23/2010 3:28:19 PM

technical or scientific writing; all manner of administrative jobs that require a generic BS

9/23/2010 5:59:10 PM

go all the way to a phd man

sometimes i think about biology and i'm like "i fucked up i should be studying this instead"

9/23/2010 6:03:04 PM

RTP has a lot of advanced medical companies, so you could get on there as a chemist or lab grunt.

9/23/2010 6:14:33 PM

tutor bio majors

9/23/2010 6:35:28 PM

well...i was a zoology major and if vet school hadn't worked out...i was going to go live with monkeys like jane goodall :OP or do something with the world wildlife foundation...

9/23/2010 8:09:10 PM

combo-ing it with comp sci. chem. physics, genetics, biochem, etc all really enhance what you can do or will be considered for later.

why, what do you wan to do?

9/23/2010 8:21:23 PM

my buddy has a bio degree, he's a park ranger @ hanging rock. pay's not great, but he likes it.

9/23/2010 8:25:22 PM

Environmental engineer for DOD
genetics biomanufacturing
go for phd, masters, or med school, pharmacy school, DO school, etc

9/23/2010 8:26:39 PM

I got a Zo degree, too...but it was news to me recently to hear that it was lumped in with a general Bio degree at state now. Pretty fuckin lame.

But yea, it was shit because only connections got me [temporary] jobs that were worth a damn after getting my BS. Took me 2 years to get a good tech job that was supposed to be temporary (6 mo), ended up being 2.5 years before I left to enter grad school, simply because all of the people I worked with/for convinced me I was the sort of person who needed to go to grad school. Sometimes I regret leaving my job to go back to school, but then I remember I'm still getting paid to do what I love, and I'll get a PhD once I'm done. And I was the sort of person who swore that I would never go back to school when I got my BS.

^^you remember how it was back in the 536/538 days, mayne!

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9/23/2010 11:34:23 PM

Only Bio major I know works in sales

9/23/2010 11:37:18 PM

shoulda gone with microbio dude :/
Apparently that's where all dem jobs is at.

. . . says the animal science major who's forever stuck in upper management.

9/24/2010 2:07:21 AM

Labs. If you don't have any experience you'll most likely have to get a temp lab position to give you enough experience to get a permanent job. The only issue then will be going w/o employee benefits like insurance.

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9/24/2010 3:55:48 AM

So far with my bio degree I have:

Worked at Labcorp and hated it.
Lived and worked in Japan teaching English.
Now I work at a major financial company doing tech support and am paid fairly well.

Take of it what you will.

9/24/2010 8:17:04 AM

Quote :

"you remember how it was back in the 536/538 days, mayne!"

Yep...good times. give a shout if you're back in the area.

9/24/2010 8:50:38 AM

teaching, research, and advanced degrees

9/24/2010 8:52:05 AM

I have a bio degree from 2007. I started at Wyeth doing clean room work, then I got a job doing sales of industrial equipment, now i am an associate scientist. If you have a degree at all you can get more jobs than just what your degree is specific for...I also might be going to Belmont University in Nashville to aquire a music-business degree

9/24/2010 8:57:07 AM

JARBS!

9/24/2010 9:08:07 AM

I got my BS in Natural Resources and recently got my MS in Marine Science. After I got my BS, I was determined not to go back to school. After a year of teaching kids how to fish and doing tag-recapture studies in FL making $31k, I went back for my MS. There are more opportunities for folks with advanced degrees, but it's a tough market right now. If you have a science-related job- keep it. If you are in school, stay in school as long as your funding allows. I have a shitload of experience for someone my age (25) and good grades, and I am having to fight against PhD's right now for BS- and MS-level jobs.

Shit sucks man. Stay in school.

9/24/2010 9:17:56 AM

EPA, NPS, FWS, USDA, FDA.....

9/24/2010 10:22:05 AM

Also go to job fair's on campus as much as you can. Those are the most promissing places to get a job right out of school.

9/24/2010 11:02:55 AM

If you know how to turn on a computer you can get a job doing help desk.

9/24/2010 11:07:56 AM

apparently you can get a job at SAS with a human biology degree

9/24/2010 11:51:56 AM

bagging groceries
waiting tables
barista

9/24/2010 12:52:09 PM