Earth Scientists Don’t have Careers. They go on Fieldtrips.
A career is often seen as a linear path, upwards. A single ladder standing against a steep wall.
In real life, linear lifelong careers are rare. Career paths go up and down and bend around unexpected corners. Sometimes steep, rarely boring. Like fieldtrips.
So how do you move forwards on a winding road? Navigation skills and colour pencils are key to mapping your career on the go, a compass helps you setting direction. The most important ingredients for a successful career however are not what know, or the tools you master. To get the job, or join the next trip, it matters who you know and knowing where you want to go. Exploring opportunities means connecting with communities, and you setting direction. Let’s go!
About Anouk Creusen
Anouk graduated with a MSc in Sedimentology from the VU where she founded the Earth Science Career Event and Gaia, network for women in earth sciences. She joined Shell as a geologist and worked for 15 years in The Netherlands, the UAE, Oman and Brazil until she decided her energy would be better spent on decarbonising the energy system. From the Middle East to Brazil, Anouk founded professional technical women’s networks, convinced that the economic and social impact of technical women leaving the workforce is devastating for innovation and inclusive decision making.
She now runs her own company 75inQ where she works on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals’ #SDG7 and #SDG5; Accelerating the transition to clean energy by bringing gender balance to the top.
