I'm an American in my final year of PhD. I have a B.S. Geology, two Master's in Geology (one in Geology from the US, one in Volcanology from France) and I'm currently doing a PhD abroad in France in Volcanology. I started my PhD with the intention to continue in academia after, but since about a year ago I decided I don't think academic life is quite for me. For a while, I felt very lost about what to do with myself after I finish at the end of this year; however, I had an idea come to me a few months ago to try to find a job in Ireland and to see what it would take to make a life there.
It's less spontaneous than it sounds-- my father (American) was an Irish historian and had sort of a diplomat job, made frequent trips to Ireland when I was a child, and he even taught me the Irish language when I was young. Many years back I had a long-term relationship with a Irish language penpal, that involved many trips back and forth to Ireland (sadly did not work out in the end) but during those years I took a year off of school to move to Ireland on a one-year working holiday visa. So I've worked and lived in Ireland. I was working in retail as it was the only job I could find then. I really loved my life there. I loved the people and their general attitude, the opportunity to use my Irish language skills (thought not very often), the weather (no really I did!), the landscape, the history... just everything. Over the last few years I have made some trips over, as it's not _too_ far living in France now, and each trip has been so wonderfully refreshing. I always thought I could be very happy living there, but due to my specialized field in volcanology, I always considered the prospect almost impossible. But now I'm more open to where my life could lead me next and I'm excited by the prospect of maybe pursuing a non-academic career there.
So, I think these are my advantages:
- I have degrees in general geology with some practical experience in different areas. My undergraduate coursework involved typical geology courses but was especially heavy on GIS and chemistry. Also there was one year I was interested in pharmaceutical science and took some organic chemistry classes as well-- I won a departmental award for a final project I did, and took the PCAT and got a decent enough score, but in the end my heart stayed with geology. So I have something to say about having some training in general geology, chemistry, biology and/or pharmaceutical science if ever needed.
- A lot of my Master's and PhD work has involved quantitative chemistry of rocks, minerals and silicate glasses. The skills I have acquired could be entirely transferable to a chemistry laboratory or to material sciences. I have been trained to be autonomous on many different types of analytical instruments. And what I don't know, I learn quickly-- when my research calls for a particular technique, I learn it and do it myself if it's possible.
- I have teaching experience from being a TA in grad school, and won an award from my university for excellent teaching evaluations (I have no formal training in teaching, however)
- I've lived and worked in Ireland before. I will have a good reference from a retail sales assistant job (for a pretty high-end brand) I worked at there. I also volunteered as a shop assistant for a charity shop supporting the blind of Ireland and could have a good reference from my time volunteering there too. I have a long working history in various jobs from supermarkets to bakery-café jobs I had in the US during college if it can help.
- I have some Irish language skills, though admittedly I would need a lot of brushing up and probably a fair amount of re-training and practice to be able to use it well. I went through and I've completed the Duolingo course in Irish pretty quickly and I've been going through again to practice lately. I'm not sure how much use it could be anyway, but maybe there's some related government initiatives that could be useful for my transition over there.
- I speak French pretty well from my time spent studying abroad in France (almost 4 years now), I'm not exactly fluent since I'm in a mostly English-speaking international laboratory but I've learned a lot of French in my spare time and I can hold my own in a conversation. I have a level B1 certificate from 2015 (no expiration date) but I'm definitely a much higher level now and could gain a certificate for at least B2, if not higher.
That's all I can think of to share for the moment.
My questions are:
(1) What jobs would I be suited for which might be in demand in Ireland or what companies or areas should I look at? I'm really open to a lot of things and I have a range of experiences that might help me land something. I was thinking my main areas of search could be chemistry, GIS, material science or pharmaceutical science.
(2) What's an overall good strategy for me while I finish up my PhD by the end of December? Americans can quite easily apply for a working holiday visa up to one year after they graduate from a university, should I do that (again)? I'm single and while not very wealthy I could support myself for a short time if necessary, but not very long, a month or two max really. I wouldn't mind taking a job in retail or something in the meantime if it allowed me to support myself and get settled in. And if things get drawn out I'll have nothing against going back to the US to look for work.
Thanks for any and all advice :)
tl;dr American looking to put together a strategy for starting a life in Ireland after finishing PhD at the end of this year. Training in geology, chemistry and some related fields. Lived and worked in Ireland previously (retail job) for one year. Speaks French (very good level) and Irish (needs some work). What jobs might I be suited for in Ireland? How should I go about looking for a permanent job there? I'm open to many things.
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