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Job-Seeking
1. Prepare yourself
- Take advantage of the: UM Career Center - the activities, people, and resources are there for you.
- Visit: Idealist Career Center - this online career center has useful information for all jobseekers.
- Write a: High-quality resume - use other ENSP resumes as guides to get started.
- Join a: Professional association - it adds to your knowledge and professionalism; and many maintain their own "jobs boards"
- Register for: Careers4Terps - it's free! Check the left margin on the Career Center webpage to log in.
- Conduct: "Information interviews"- this downloadable flyer from NIU describes a great way to gain career insights. Start by contacting ENSP Alumni!
2. Explore employment sectors
3. Start applying!
Consulting
Firms: These firms
have hired ENSP grads in the past.
Federal
Government
State & Local Government
National
Service
International
& Overseas
Policy & Non-Profits
- Remember
to check the Policy Internships page, too!
- American Economics Association - national listings
- American Forest Foundation - Washington, DC
- American Geophysical Union - Washington, DC
- American
Planning Association - national listings
- American
Political Science Network - local, state, and federal resources
- American
Public Works Association - national listings
- American
Rivers
- American
Meteorological Society - national listings
- American
Water Resources Association
- American Wind Energy Association - Washington, DC
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
- Audubon Society
- Chesapeake Bay Program - Annapolis, MD
- Common Good Careers
- Econ-Jobs.com
- Dot.Org.Jobs
- Environmental Defense Fund - Washington, DC
- Greenpeace
- Idealist.org - non-profit organizations
- Izaak
Walton League of America - Gaithersburg,
MD
- Journalism
Jobs.com
- Land
Trust Alliance - Washington,
DC
- League
of Conservation Voters - Washington, DC
- NAEP - National Association of Environmental Professionals
- National Audubon Society - national listings
- National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Washington, DC
- National
Geographic - Washington, DC
- National
Groundwater Association
- National
Parks Conservation Association- Washington, DC
- National
Recreation and Park Association
- National
Wildlife Federation - Reston, VA
- Natural Resources Defense Council - Washington, DC
- Nature
Conservancy
- Nature Serve - Arlington, VA
- nonProfit-Jobs.org
- Ocean Conservancy - Washington, DC
- OPAJOBS.COM - opportunities in public affairs
- Orion
Grassroots Network
- Pew Center for Global Climate Change - Arlington, VA
- PIRG.org
- Resources
for the Future - Washington,
DC
- Smithsonian
Institution - Washington, DC
- Sustainable
Farming - Internships and Apprenticeships
- Trust
for Public Land
- US
Green Building Council - Washington, DC
- Wilderness
Society, Washington, DC
- Woodrow
Wilson Center - Washington, DC
- World
Resources Institute (WRI) - Washington, DC
- World
Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Washington,
DC
Sciences
- AgCareers.com
- AgricultureJobs.org
- American
Fisheries Society
- American
Zoo and Aquarium Association
- AquacultureJobs.com
- Aquaculture
Network Information Center
- ASLO - Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography
- BeginningFarmers.org - includes lots of organic and/or urban farming jobs; scroll down to find them
- Center
for Environmental Management of Military Lands
- Center for Watershed Protection - Ellicott City, MD
- Chesapeake Research Consortium - Annapolis, MD
- COMPASS - Washington, DC
- Conservation and Land Management Internship - for recent graduates (co-sponsored by BLM, NPS, and USFS)
- Conservation International
- Conservation Job Board
- Cyber-Sierra - Natural Resources Job Search
- Disney Theme Parks and Resorts, Professional Internships Program
- Ecological
Society of America - Washington, DC
- Estuarine
Research Federation - jobs & assistantships
- Forest
Resources - Penn State Jobs Board
- Forestry
USA.com
- HorticulturalJobs.com
- HortJobs.com
- IMSG - IM Systems Group - includes marine and coastal management
- Maryland Dept of the Environment (MDE)
- Maryland Dept
of Natural Resources (DNR)
- Maryland
Geological Survey, Baltimore, MD
- Maryland Water Monitoring Council
- National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
- National Audubon Society - national listings
- National Council for Science and the Environment - Campus to Careers (C2C) Internships
- North
American Benthological Society - jobs & assistantships
- OceanCareers.com
- Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC
- Ocean Conservancy, Washington, DC
- Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel/Bowie, MD
- Pherka.com - wildlife job search, organized by animal-type
- Sassafras River Association, Georgetown, MD
- SCA - National Parks nationwide
- Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center - Edgewater, MD
- Society
for Conservation Biology
- Society
of American Foresters - Bethesda, MD
- Society
for Ecological Restoration International - Job Noticeboard
- Society
of Wetland Scientists - Jobs Board
- Soils.org - Soil
Science Society of America
- Texas
A&M - Wildlife and Fisheries Science - nationwide <-- excellent
- U of Georgia- Forest Resources, Fisheries, Wildlife, Water & Soils
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Army civilian service in Environmental CoP
- VA Dept of Environmental Quality
- Wildlife
Society - Bethesda, MD
Green
Business, Energy, and Sustainability
Environmental
and Outdoor Education
All-purpose
Databases
Out-of-state
& Relocation: Also, look
for the local (to you) offices of agencies and databases listed
above.
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