I also posted the list to my nature blog for those of you who might want an on-line location to go to access the list: http://writingfornature.wordpress.com/links-to-interesting-blogs/finding-work/
Neahga On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Neahga Leonard <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello all, > > Thank you for the tremendous support concerning my question concerning > good job boards. Based on the responses I received, many of you are in a > similar boat. Accordingly, I've compiled the responses into the list that > follows the text of this mailing, and added some job boards that i knew of > that no-one mentioned. > > A couple of general notes: Many people suggested keeping track of the > job-postings of specifc organizations, I did not include all those links, I > suspect that you all already know of many of the specific organizations > you're interested in. This may be counter productive, but some of the > organizations I follow closely are: the IUCN, TRAFFIC, TNC, the UN, WWF, > Conservation International, The School For Field Studies, and Round River > (amongst others). > > Many, many international jobs are heavily focused on forestry and > specifically carbon mitigation, nearly all of which require detailed > knowledge of REDD+procedures. As the economy is in trouble all over the > place (except for Australia), many organizations are looking for > ridiculously experienced upper level management, financial officers, or > fund raisers, limiting the options for those of us who don't do well with a > strictly desk/computer based job. In some cases the descriptions are not > tremendously descriptive. > > It has become common for potential employers to not bother confirming that > they have received an application package. FOLLOW UP on anything you send > to any organization, by phone if you can! > > Some of these links go directly to job postings, others to a page of links > to other job boards. The links in pages of links are often not frequently > updated, thus it is common to find dead links. Some of these pages have > both specific job postings and pages of links (Society of Wetland > Scientists is a good example of this). > > > Enough said, here is the list: > > > > American institute of Biological Sciences: http://www.aibs.org/careers/ > Conservation Job Board: http://www.conservationjobboard.com/ > > Association of Zoos & Aquariums: http://www.aza.org/joblistings/ > > Austin College Job Board: > http://www.austincollege.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/center-for-environmental-studies/internships-job-opportunities/jobs-internships/ > > Climate Change Policy and Practice: http://climate-l.iisd.org/jobs/ > > Conservation News: http://www.conservationmaven.com/ > > Earth sciences Job email list: > http://www.acd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/es_jobs_net > > Ecological Society of America: > http://www.esa.org/careers_certification/jobLists.php > > http://www.biologyjobs.com/ just as it says! > American Society of Mammalogists : > http://www.mammalsociety.org/employment-opportunities > Cyber-Sierra: http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/natres.html > > Land Trust Alliance: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/about/jobs/jobs > > Maine land trust Network: http://www.mltn.org/view_jobs.php > > National Ecological Observatory Network: > http://www.neoninc.org/contact/careers > > Penn State Inst. of Energy & Env: > http://www.psiee.psu.edu/for_students/career_planning.asp > > Ranger 146’s Job Links: > http://www.goldendelighthoney.com/Ranger146/index.html#Natural%20Resource%20Jobs > > Society for Ecological Restoration: www.*ser*.org/content/*job* > _noticeboards.asp <http://www.ser.org/content/job_noticeboards.asp>(malware > warning) > > Society of Wetland Scientists Job Board: http://www.sws.org/jobs/ > Warnell Job Board (UGA's Forestry School): http://jobs.forestry.uga.edu/ > Eco Jobs Board: http://www.ecoemploy.com/jobs/ > > Stop Dodo: www.environmentjobs.com > > Texas A&M Fish and Wildlife Job's board: > http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/ > > The Society for Conservation Biology: www.conbio.org/jobs/ > > USA Jobs: www.usajobs.gov > > > > PERKHAD Wildlife Job Search: http://www.pherkad.com/jobs.html (enormous > list) > > > > Non Specific/Search engine based: > > Stopdodo: stopdodo.com / www.environmentjobs.com > > Indeed: www.indeed.com > > Monster: www.monster.com > > CareerMine: http://www.infomine.com/careers/ (mining related) > > Seek.com (esp Australia): http://www.seek.com.au > > > > Paid access: > > Ecojobs: ecojobs.com > > > > > Best of luck to you all and thank all of you for your support. > > > Neahga Leonard > >
