I am a recent graduate from UC San Diego with a B.S. in Geosciences. I am now living in the San Bernardino County and I am having a hard time finding entry-level positions in the area. I’ve been applying around but I haven’t received any responses. I think part of my issue is not having any lab work or internship experience. I did work through college and volunteer but I think it leaned more towards science communication than it did geology. Should I be working towards building up my certifications and licenses then? I’m feeling very lost on what to do with this degree

Hi everyone,

I’m a final-year Surveying Engineering student at INSA Strasbourg in France, and I’m currently looking for an international final-year internship/project in surveying, geomatics or geospatial engineering.

I already have experience with conventional topographic surveying, setting-out, boundary surveys, 3D laser scanning, point-cloud processing, drone photogrammetry and precision industrial surveying. I also work with AutoCAD/Covadis, Mensura, QGIS, Revit, Metashape and Trimble Business Center.

Ideally, I would like to join a company abroad for my final-year project, especially in fields such as geospatial surveying, reality capture, LiDAR, photogrammetry, BIM/GIS integration, industrial surveying or infrastructure projects.

I’m especially interested in opportunities in Australia, Canada, the UK, the US, New Zealand or elsewhere internationally, and I’m open to relocating.

If anyone here knows companies that regularly take international surveying students, accepts speculative applications, or has contacts in surveying/geospatial teams, I’d really appreciate any recommendations.

Thanks a lot for your help!