Hey everyone,
I'm a few months away from getting my MS in Biology in Utah and have decided to make a big career shift. I had planned on going into academia (lecturing at a university or teaching at community college) and my coursework and thesis was geared towards that. I study metacommunities but have focused a lot of that work on streams and wetlands.
I've decided now that the road to getting into an academic job is not one that I want to go down. However, I now need something that can attest to my professional skills in another area. Are there any professional certifications out there for ecologists/wildlife biologists/freshwater biologists that I could pursue? Or does anyone have any suggestions for careers based on my skillset?
I have considered going into clinical laboratory science, but that means going out for another degree. I wouldn't mind doing that if I needed to, but I feel like I should be able to get something out of this master's degree.