Dear ESA Listserv: I had compiled a well organized document with each category of response well laid out, but ESA seems to reject all attachments so instead here are the lists in email form. I really appreciate everyone who responded with tips or similar tales of difficulty. I got a lot of responses for search terms and job sites, as well as several replies from post-graduate graduates having the same difficulties as us recent 4-year degree graduates. I hope this list helps! Please share these terms, as I'm sure that young scientists on the ESA listserv are not the only one's with similar struggles.
If you have more to add please do! This is just what I got in a day. Kind Regards, Sarah Fann Research Assistant Marine Environmental Research Institute www.meriresearch.org Terms: Biological Science Technician field crew research assistant aide laboratory biology/biological technician analyst sampling survey Field technician Research Associate Post-graduate researcher Field assistantWildlife Technician Ecology Technician student services contracto seasonal crew member Organizations: AmeriCorps Studen Conservation Association The Nature Conservancy The wildlife society BirdingontheNet Bird Job Board Conservation Maven Society for Conservation Biology Jobs Texas a&m job board Chronicle of higher education Science / Nature Jobs ESA jobs USA Jobs NGO websites Websites: usajobs.gov http://wfsc.tamu.edu/jobboard/ http://www.osnabirds.org/Jobs.aspx www.wildlife.org www.thesca.org.<http://www.thesca.org/> monster.com http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/BJOB.html http://www.americorps.gov/ indeed.com http://www.pherkad.com/jobs.html http://www.fisheries.org/afs/jobpage-php General Tips: You are not alone. 1-5 years of low pay, seasonal, jobs in this field is pretty normal before graduate school and will give you a leg up. Contact potential graduate advisors and ask for jobs Be sure to completely fill out the usajobs/statejobs applications, as a computer will filter these and any resume not properly formatted will be automatically rejected. Find a way to contact the immediate supervisor for all gov jobs and call them for a 5-10 chat. HR people will not want to give out supervisor number, so insiste you have specific questions and that it is critical that you contact the supervisor. Consider applying for paid opportunities like Fulbright Fellowships http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html Consider applying for unpaid opportunities like the peace corp, or volunteering with a potential advisers. Don't get stuck only doing volunteer jobs though.
