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What jobs can I apply for after completion of geography honors? Can you please give me the details on the same? It will be really helpful if you can get back to me soon as possible. Hope that I will get an answer from here. Thank you!

Yes, you are eligible to get jobs after completion of geography honors course.

The jobs are available in teaching, banking, defence, railway, civil service, staff selection.

The common eligibility to appear in examination is candidate must have passed bachelor degree.

The age limit varies with examination.

So, you can appear for respective entrance examination and after qualifying in the examination will be eligible for recruitment in job.

The analytical and research skill gained from you geography degree are attractive to a range of employees
Job directly related to yours degree
Cartographer
Commercial /residential surveyor
Environmental consultant
Geographical information system officer
Town planner
Job where degree would be useful
International aid/development workers
Landscape architec
Logistics and distribution manager
Market researcher
Natural conservation officer
Sustainability consultant
Tourism officer
Transport planner
Typical employers
The armed forces
Charities
The civil service
Environment consultant
Police service
Ministry of defence
Utility companies

Job Opportunities for Geography Honors background candidates:

After successful completion of the Geography honors course, you may find employment opportunities in several organizations.

You can apply for jobs in, Local Governments, Civil Services, Ministry of Defence, Environmental Protection organizations, Indian Police Services, Private Organizations, Environmental Organizations, Utility departments..etc.,

You may apply for several posts namely, Market Researcher, Cartographers, Transport Planners, Town Planners, Environmental Consultants, Landscape Architects, Tourism Officers, Officers in Logistics Departments, Consultants in Sustainability departments, Professor, Cartographers, Geographical Information Systems Officer, Consultants in Environmental departments, Natural Conservation Officer..etc.,

There are not much core jobs after geography honors . The available core jobs is as a teacher

After master degree you will become eligible for lecturer in government colleges.

Other than core jobs the available option are :-

Banking.

Civil Service.

Defence Service.

SSC.

Railway.

There are so many jobs in the field of geography.

Some career options are below;

1.Cartographer

2.Surveyor

3.Regional Planner

4.Weather Inspector.

After Geography Hons you can apply for all those jobs whose eligibility criteria is graduation. You can give exams of state PCS and UPSE. Many candidates prefer Geography for cracking civil exams because it covers various proportion of GS.

Geography honors candidates have following career options-

Survey- Specialization in surveying can be done by joining State survey departments, Survey of India or Private organizations.

Town Planning- Public as well as private sector organizations concerned in Urban Planning and Designing employ Geographers with Post Graduate degree. Diploma course is also available in specialization of Town Planning

Cartography- Specialization in Cartography, candidates have to make charts, models, maps and globes.

Remote sensing- Study of phenomenal changes in floods, forest fires, draughts, earthquakes, etc through remote sensing satellites.

Urban and Regional Planning- This specialization deals with housing, planning and development projects considering the location and land space available.

Job profiles of geography honors:-

Cartographer
Lecturer
Regional and urban planner
Forest Manager
Demographer
Geographer
GIS and remote sensing specialist

Employment areas:-

Government research institutes
Universities
Indian civil services
Rural development departments
Mining industry
Travel journalism
Environment protection agencies

After completing graduation degree in geography honours there are different type of jobs some of them are listed below.

- Geographer
- Teacher/ Lecturer
- Forest manager
- GIS & Remote sensing specialist
- Regional & Urban planner
- Cartographer
- Tourist guide translator
- Demographer
- Agricultural sector
- Indian Civil services