To High school senior-

Congratulations on getting into the college of your choice. I am very excited that you are
looking into the Biology field. I know you had some questions about what jobs are available, the
overall responsibility within those positions. Education, salaries, etc.

So lets jump right in. Dependent on what kind of biology you major in, you can find jobs
with the department of wildlife resources, FDA, local city municipalities, working for states
keeping watersheds clean, or you can work in labs studying the effects of certain drugs on
organisms. You can become a doctor, a veterinarian, a teacher etc.

Working with the DWR, your job is dependent on what field you go into. You can work
in parks making sure that the human interaction in parks is not affecting the biosphere of the
park. You can work with logging and oil companies and help/ assist/ direct their reforesting
actions. With an emphasis in zoology, you can work in zoos, and as well head on to veterinarian
school.

Many of these jobs require a bachelor's degree in biology. Dependent on what field,
some jobs may require you to participate in continuing education classes in chemistry and
biology that is directly related to your field. For teaching and some positions within government
entities, you will want master degrees if you want to move into management and advising the
government and their entities. In teaching you will want to get a masters degree, this helps you
earn more money off the bat in public school education, choose which kinds of classes youd
like to teach and as well many private schools require teachers to be masters or doctors in their
field, and have actual field research experience.

Some salaries and jobs available from Usajobs.com are as follows;

Research Ecologist (biology with emphasis in ecology) DOE $72,168-$111,560 / year

Student Trainee as a Park Ranger (zoology, forestry, and fisheries) DOE $26,150- $38,158 / year

Supervisory Research Geneticist/ Physiologist/Microbiologist Etc. Research leader

$112,00-$16100 / year

Industrial Hygienist $60,508 - $78,657

Wildlife Biologist $79,720 - $123,234

 As a biologist, you will never have to worry about finding a job. As long as people are living on
this earth well need biologists. The pay may even increase as we work to find ways to curb
global warming and overpopulation.
While working in Biology youll need to be able to write reports in clearly and concisely.
These reports need to be understood by not only professionals in your field but also by many of
the people in our government. You will do a lot of note-taking while you work in the field, it is
very important that you take detailed notes on what you are observing, and put these notes
into the computer soon after. You want to make sure when you write, again anyone, can
understand what you saw, your procedures, and be able to pick up where you left off. You will
have to learn to communicate clearly through email, memos, or even just lists.
In general, you will need to learn how to communicate with all kinds of people. You will
need to learn how to communicate verbally to a Dr. or lead researcher in your field, or a Us
Senator who has no experience in your field, and each of these people will need to leave a
conversation with you feeling as though you have a full knowledge, experience and that youre
trustworthy.
As for the being a biologist, youll have tons of fun. You may turn into a bit of a
germaphobe after your microbiology class. I have learned that as a biologist youre never
bored, and there are always new and exciting things happening in your field. You will always
have someone smarter in the room than you are. Do not get discouraged, but listen with open
ears, and learn from them. Finally start using the metric system. In science the sooner you
switch your life to the metric system, the sooner youll feel comfortable in learning and
completing research in your field.

Congratulations and good luck-

Hillary Craig

I found the above information from

Greg Mohammed my uncle who was a research biologist, and is now a secondary school
teacher.
Chris Johnson a family friend who works for the DWR in Florida as a conservationist.
USAjobs.com for salaries and available jobs.
And from science daily an online magazine and Phys.org a science magazine.