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• Agricultural and Biological Engineering Job Postings
• Agricultural and Biological Engineering Job Postings for Graduate Students
• Agroecology List of Employment Opportunities
• Architectural Engineering Job Listings
• Biology Department Job Postings
• Chemical Engineering Job Opportunites
• Civil and Environmental Engineering List of Employment Opportunites
• Energy and Mineral Engineering List of Employment Opportunities
• Environmental Resource Management Employment Opportunities
  Lists both full and part time opportunities.
• Environmental Soil Science Job Opportunities
• Geography List of Job Opportunities
• Geosciences Current Job Openings
• Materials Science and Engineering Job Opportunities
• Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Job Postings
  Access restricted to department students.
• Meteorology Employment and Job Listings
  List of U.S. job listings and job openings outside the continental U.S. Lists of internships and graduate assistantships are available for Penn Staters.
• Nittany Lion Recruiting (will need to register)
• Population Research Institute Job Announcements
• Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
  Can view postings online or signup for emails notices.
• School of Forest Resources Job Announcements
  The School of Forest Resources provides this list as a service to our students and alumni.

Or you may browse from the following categories:

• Career Guides
• Non-Profit and Volunteer Opportunities
• Government Job Opportunities
• Internships
• National Societies/Organizations Employment Resources
• Environmental Journals: Employment Postings
• Job Bulletin Boards
• Postdoctoral Employment Opportunities

Career Guides

• Adventures in Education
  Premier source of college and career planning information.
• Ecology as a Career - The Ecological Society of America
  Guide for careers in ecology published by the Ecological Society of America.
• Careers in Science and Engineering- The National Academies Press
  Guidance to students on planning careers--particularly careers in nonacademic settings--and acquiring the education necessary to attain career goals. Designed for graduate science and engineering students currently in or soon to graduate from a university, as well as undergraduates in their third or fourth year of study who are deciding whether or not to pursue graduate education.
• Guide to Geoscience Careers and Employers
  The goal of this Guide is to address issues in choosing, maintaining, and advancing a career specifically in the geosciences; and provide useful geoscience-employer information that students need in order to find geoscience employment.
• Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century
  Online book with the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on environmental careers. Information includes current state of the field, statistical picture of jobs and employers, outline of major trends driving the rapidly changing environmental job world, and advice and   resources about educational choices, on-the-job experience, and achieving success in your environmental job search.
• Occupational Handbook
  A site provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to provide information about the U.S. job market, particular career areas, employment statistics, and employment projections for up to 10 years.
• Ubiquity Environmental Careers Page - Job Descriptions
  This page helps to provide information and descriptions about different environmental positions, requirements, and job titles. Hopefully, by reading the information on this page you will be better able to prepare and apply for jobs in environmental occupations.

Non-Profit and Volunteer Opportunities

• Aquatic Network Volunteer Listing
  Lists volunteer opportunities in the following categories: Aquaculture/Fisheries; Aquariums; Conservation/Environment; Marine Labs; Maritime; Submeribles; and General.
• Idealist.org - Volunteer Opportunities
  A project of Action Without Borders where you can find people, organizations, groups, jobs, volunteer opportunities, and events.
• Jobs Board: Volunteer Openings
  List of volunteer opportunities maintained by Texas A&M University's Wildlife and Fisheries Science Department.

Government Job Opportunities

• Agricultural Research Service: Research, Education, and Economics Employment Opportunities
  Links to employment opportunities with the Agricultural Research Service, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service, and National Agricultural Statistics Service.
• Congressional Research Service Employment Opportunities
  The Congressional Research Service is where Members of Congress turn for the nonpartisan research, analysis, and information they need to make informed decisions on behalf of the American people. CRS employs a highly educated professional staff who are hired, retained, and promoted on the basis of merit and accomplishment. We welcome and encourage minorities, women, and persons with disabilities to apply.
• Department of Energy Employment
• Environmental Protection Agency - EPA Careers
• Federal Job Search
  Search for federal jobs by state and occupation or sign up for free job search alerts, matching job titles, job location, a brief description, close date for the posting, federal grade and salary information for each position.
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• Forest Service: Working for the Great Outdoors
  Opportunities with the federal agency that manages public lands in national forests and grasslands and is the largest forestry research organization in the world.
• National Park Service Employment Information
  Provides basic information on career opportunities with the park service and links to information on volunteer and internship opportunities.
• Natural Resources and Conservation Service Employment Opportunities
  Opportunities with the agency that assists private landowners with conserving their soil, water, and other natural resources.
• PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR)
  Information on current recruiting needs, permanent and seasonal listings, internships, and volunteer opportunities.
• PA Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP)
  Information on how to apply for positions and internships with DEP.
• StudentJobs.gov
  Student gateway to the U.S. government: information on internships, fellowships, student job programs, careers, and job searches.
• USA Jobs
  The Office of Personal Management provides access to all federal job opportunities within the United States Government.
• USEPA EZhire
  Ezhire is EPA's web-based recruitment and application system. Applicants can browse, register, receive electronic notification of vacancies, and apply to EPA jobs.

Internships

• Ecological Society of America - Job Board: Internships
• Jobs Board: Internships
  List of internships maintained by Texas A&M University's Wildlife and Fisheries Science Department.
• National Council for Science and the Environment Internships
  NCSE offers internships for students during the summer and the academic year.
• Student Conservation Association
  Offers high school and college students, as well as other adults, extraordinary opportunities to serve our nation's most prized public treasures: its natural and cultural resources. Thousands of volunteer and intern positions available throughout the U.S. in a wide variety of conservation disciplines.

National Societies/Organizations Employment Resources

• American Agricultural Economics Association Online Career Central
• American Chemical Society
• American Fisheries Society Jobs
• American Meteorological Society Employment Announcements
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Positioned Offered Board
  A variety of marine and freshwater positions, primarily in academia.
• American Water Resources Association Positions Available
• ASA-CSSA-SSSA Job Listings
• Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Job Listings
• Biogeosciences.org
• Ecological Society of America: ESA Job Board
• Ecological Society of America Physiological Ecology Section Job Listings
  Contains listings for faculty, postdocs and professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, and staff and technicians.
• Entomological Society of America: Job Opportunities
• Environmental Health Professionals Online: Career Opportunities
• Estuarine Research Federation: Jobs, Assistantships, and Fellowships
• Geochemical Society Job Links
• Geological Society of America Classified Ads
• International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials Career Center
  Mostly engineering positions.
• Land Trust Alliance - Jobs Openings with Land Trusts
• National Academies Careers
• National Environmental Health Association Job Center
• National Wildlife Federation: Conservation Career Gateway
• Nature Conservancy: Great Careers
  Jobs that preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
• North American Benthological Society Classified Ads
  Positions relating to limnology, hydrology and general aquatic science.
• North American Lake Management Society Employment Opportunities
• Ornithological Societies of North America - ornithological jobs
• Sea Grant Mid-Atlantic: Funding, Internships, and Job Opportunities
• Society for Ecological Restoration Professional Employment Opportunities
  Opportunities in the field of ecological restoration.
• Society for Conservation Biology Job Database
  Job announcements and/or graduate school opportunities.
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology - jobs and fellowships
• Society of Wetland Scientists: Wetland Jobs Board
  Wetland related job announcements and/or graduate school opportunities.
• River Network: Job and Volunteer Opportunities
• Water Environment Federation Water and Wastewater Job Bank
  Listings for water and wastewater management, operations, consulting engineering, and other career paths in water quality.
• Weed Science Society of America Job LIstings
• Wildlife Society
  Searchable listing of wildlife employment opportunities.

Environmental Journals/Publications: Employment Postings

• ethanol-jobs.com
  ethanol-jobs.com was founded as a service to the ethanol industry to connect qualified job seekers with potential employers.
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Chronicle Careers
  Number one source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
• Geotimes Classifieds
• naturejobs
  Job-searching service from the journal Nature. Each week naturejobs serves the most vital Careers & Recruitment editorials, complete job listings & tools for scientists.
• Science Magazine: Advancing Science Advancing Careers
  Employment service of Science Magazine.

Job Bulletin Boards

• Academic Careers Online
  Global academic job site to search jobs in education and academia. Find full and part-time teaching and administrative jobs at colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world.
• Academic Keys for Agriculture
  Agricultural jobs in academia.
• Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory-Employment
  "Earth's Biggest Environmental Search Engine"
• America's Job Bank
  A computerized network that links state employment service sites; provides employers with national job exposure and job seekers with a pool of active job opportunities.
• AmeriCorps
• Aquatic Network: Opportunities
• Biology Jobs
  Targeted resource for job seekers and employers who are specifically interested in the Life Sciences..
• Career Builder
  A service allowing employees to search for employment openings, post their resumes, research employer profiles, and more; allows employers to post openings and search the site's database for potential employees.
• Career.edu
  Job board for the academic and research community.
• careerjet.com
• Clean Air - Cool Planet
  "Climate-friendly" jobs in climate change, energy conservation, and other environmental fields
• Community Career Center
  An on-line gathering place where not-for-profit employers and management personnel can meet one another.
• Cyber-Sierra's Natural Resource Job Search
• Earthworks
  Latest jobs in energy, oil, mining, geoscience, environmental, agriculture, forestry, ecology, meteorology, oceanography, hydrology, soil, GIS and related subjects (US-based and international job listings).
• EcoEmploy
• EE-Link: EE Jobs Database
  Job postings can be sorted by deadline, date posted, title, organization, salary, and geographic region.
• EnviroNetwork
• Environmental Career.com
• Environmental Careers Organization
• Environmental Career Opportunities
• Environmental Expert.com - Job Openings
  Ready for a next career step? This is where environmental companies and organizations announce their latest job openings. Consult this section to keep up with market trends and to find your next job. This resource is updated daily and includes 400+ positions.
• Foresty Careers and Employment
  Lists job openings in every branch of North America's forest sector - woodlands, manufactruing, sales, research, and education.
• Get Hydrology Jobs
  Focus on jobs in the hydrology field. Free newsletter available to receive job listings every week!
• GIScareers.com
• GISjobs.com
  GIS jobs listings and resume postings.
• GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
  The most visited GIS/RS jobs site on the Internet - with hundreds of positions and resumes in our databases, the GJC has resources for both employers and those seeking jobs.
• GreenBiz.com
  The resource center on Business, the Environment, and the Bottom line.
• greencareers by Monster Trak
• Green Dream Jobs by Sustainable Business.com
• Green Energy Jobs
  Jobs in renewable energy
• Idealist.org - Job Opportunities
  A project of Action Without Borders where you can find people, organizations, groups, jobs, volunteer opportunities, and events.
• indeed
  "one search. all jobs."
• JobBank USA
  Specializes in providing career information including job and resume database services to job candidates, employers and recruitment firms in the U.S. and worldwide.
• Job Gusher
  JobGusher.com is dedicated to connecting high school and college students, as well as recent college graduates and graduate students, with employers offering internships, seasonal and   temporary work, and other career opportunities. Our mission is to match high-quality employers of all sizes with qualified candidates.
• Jobseeker
• Job Reservoir
  Source for water and wastewater employment opportunities
• jobweb.com
• monster.com
• Monster Trak
  Designed for students: Search full-time, part-time, temporary, internship, & co-op positions; enter  your user profile and resume; find alumni career contacts; get an in-depth profile of companies online; and research resume writing, interview and salary tips.
• National Registry of Environmental Professionals: Job Bank
• Natural Resources Council of America - Employment Opportunities
• NCSE Council of Environmental Deans and Directors - Jobs, Fellowships and Award Opportunities
• NewScientistJobs
• Orion Grassroots Network
  Internships, jobs, apprenticeships, and Americorps opportunities.
• Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals
  List of open job postings.
• Philanthropy Careers
  The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the newspaper of the nonprofit world, serving charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. Search jobs, browse by position or field.
• Professional Energy Jobs
  Browse hundreds of jobs in the major energy sector.
• thesciencejobs.com
  Search over a thousand positions by sector, discipline, and geographic region. Register for the free email alerting system that updates you of the latest jobs in your field.

Postdoctoral Employment Opportunities

• Agricultural Research Service Employment Opportunities for Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions
• EPA Office of Research and Development Post Doctoral Positions
• Higher Ed Jobs
  The job search site for people seeking employment in higher education (faculty, administrative, executive, and part-time). Search listings by job category, state, or institution.
• National Institutes of Health Research and Training Opportunities
• NASA Postdoctoral Program
• Naval Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
  The program is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry to scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Navy.
• PostdocJobs.com
• USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
  The number of postdoctoral fellows hired depends on funding available each year. The expected range is 12 to 20 each year.

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