Career Services

The School of Environment and Natural Resources offers career services for its students.  What does this mean for you?  It means you can come in and meet with a career counselor, talk about your interests and employment opportunities, have your resume reviewed, and search internship postings.  Being successful after graduation requires planning and work before you graduate.  Using Career Services can help you develop a plan for your success.  

What does it take to be successful?
Don’t rely on your friends in other majors to give you tips for success in your natural resources career.  Career Services can guide you on how to increase your job market success.  As a student you need to know that your future success will require a combination of several factors; including education, training, and experience.  There are several ways to accomplish these, consulting with Career Services throughout your undergraduate experience will point you in the right direction.  Students who have a full portfolio of experiences at the time of graduation enjoy greater job search success.        

What does Career Services offer

• One on one career appointments
• Resume review and critique
• Cover letter development
• Networking tips
• Interviewing skills
• Job search strategies
• College credit for internships

Hireabuckeye
Hireabuckeye is an on-line database of jobs and internships.  This system is for students in the School of Environment & Natural Resources.  That means the job and internship postings are going to be of interest to you.  It also means you can search  opportunities from anywhere, anytime.  You are not limited to regular office hour times for your job search.  We’ve made the system easy to use with all the information you need to pursue an internship or job opportunity that interests you.

Career Expos
Career expos featuring companies/agencies looking for our students are held two times a year right here in Kottman Hall.  We bring in employers that want to talk to our students about employment opportunities.  Expos offer students the opportunity to mingle with a variety of companies/agencies and to gather valuable career information.

Internships
Internships are important.  An internship is work experience in your field.  It’s getting out there and applying what you’ve been studying in the classroom.  We encourage our students to graduate with at least two internship experiences.  You’ll hear that more than once during your time with us as a student.  There are many internships available all over the country, most being paid positions.  There is no better way to try out your chosen job field than an internship.

Places our students intern:
Ohio Department of Natural Resources including the Division of Wildlife and the Division of Watercraft
Ohio EPA
Catalina Island Sea Camp
The Wilds
Ohio Wildlife Center
Philadelphia Zoo
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Columbus Metro Parks
Highlands Nature Sanctuary
American Municipal Power
US Forest Service
Stratford Ecological Center
TruGreen LandCare
Terracon Consultants
Student Conservation Association
National Park Service
Pheasants Forever
Green Energy Ohio
Discovery Creek Children’s Museum
Ohio Department of Transportation