Analysis of Skills Sought by Employers of Bachelors-Level Geoscientists

[Durchlässigkeitsbeiwert]

Study published by Geological Society of America analysed 1k+ job ads from 2020 to identify most sought after skills for jobs requiring bachelor-level geoscience degree.
https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Publications/GSA_Today/features/GSA/GSAToday/groundwork/G510GW/article.aspx
The top four skills (each featuring in over 50% of the ads) are:
- written communication
- field skills
- data collection
- computer skills

Variation between subfields likely prevented more specialised skills from making the cut (though, it is partially covered by requiring geoscience degree at the first place). The first place of "written communication" can be interpreted in two opposite ways:
Var a. Students do not take enough general education courses to learn to write
Var b. Students take too many general education courses, instead of learning technical writing

Do forumites have similar studies in their fields?

[quasihumanist]

What percentage of folks with a bachelor-level geoscience degree are actually hired into a job specifically requiring a geoscience degree?

[Durchlässigkeitsbeiwert]

It appears that there are roughly 4k graduates per year¹. Around 1k per year take "Fundamentals of Geology" exam² - a step towards license that is normally taken by people already working in the field. Though, many states do not license geoscientists (or only require license for specific tasks). So, 1 in 4 four seems like a lower estimate for graduates starting career in the field. However, earlier study³ mentions that generally only 1 in 8 remain in this field after 5 years.

¹ - https://www.americangeosciences.org/geoscience-currents/us-geoscience-degrees-granted-increases-across-board-2016-2017
² - https://www.asbog.org/documents/FG%20&%20PG%20Exam%20Statistics%20(2008%20-%202016).pdf
³ - https://www.americangeosciences.org/sites/default/files/StatusoftheWorkforce2011overview.pdf