Senior Projects Home Page

Mike, Laura, Michelle, Riley, Janey, Megan, Darren (top, L to R)

Eric, Caryl, Asuka (bottom, L to R) all looking pretty happy, April 2004. Their comps are done!

Getting Started:

• Everything you need to know: Guidelines, Deadlines, Forms, etc.
• Examples of Web-based senior projects. You'll need to scroll half way down the page.
• Picking a graduate school or job

Deadlines:

• October 1, First Draft of Resume. A good place to begin are the links listed below .
• October 17, Second Draft of Resume
• October 22, Evaluate 8 jobs, decide what kinds of things interest you AND evaluate 4 Graduate Schools. In addition to Career Services, be sure to check the ES Web site for graduate schools and jobs. Click on the eighth button down on the menu: "Graduate Schools/Employment."
• November 21, Select 5 jobs you are interested in applying for AND 5 graduate schools, or 10 total, adjusting the ratio in proportion to how certain you are which direction you are headed. Then APPLY.
• December 10, Proof of contact with at least three prospective employers or professors at graduate schools. Proof can include phone bills or preferably e-mails.

Websites for Jobs:

www.nwf.org, The National Wildlife Federation.
* www.oriononline.org, Orion Grassroots Network
www.sca.org, The Student Conservation Association
* www.enviroeducation.com, The Environmental Education Directory
* www.ecojobs.com, Environmental Career Opportunities

And the motherload of all enviro job directories on the web:
http://www.webdirectory.com/Employment/
Earth News Wire Job Board: http://www.earthnewswire.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=89&c=2
Cyber Sierra: http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/natres.html
Green Dream Jobs: http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/jobs/
Environmental Career.com: http://www.environmentalcareer.com/
Sustainable Development Jobs:
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/jobs/index.cfm
http://www.devnetjobs.org/

Environmental Jobs and Careers

Environmental Careers Organization

University of Washington – Program on the Environment/Job Search Links

Environmental Leadership Programs

The Job Seeker – specializing in Natural Resource and Environmental Jobs

International Environmental and Development Web Portal – Internship and Jobs page with many links
http://www.iedonline.net/jobs_interns.htm
and
http://www.iedonline.net/jobs_start.htm
EcoEmploy.com  http://www.ecoemploy.com/
UNEP Job Page
http://www.unep.org/Documents.multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=110&ArticleID=

Environmental Career.com  http://environmental-jobs.com/
www.audubon.org/nas/hr/ National Audubon Society

nature.org/careers/index.html The Nature Conservancy, dozens of jobs and internships

ecoemploy.com/ Eco Emplo, assorted jobs in the field

lta.org/resources/ltjobs.htm, Land Trust Association

www.wildlife.org/jobs/index.cfm?tname=jobsboard, The Wildlife Society

Citations:

Citations: Why Bother? This is an excellent place to begin so you don't mistakenly plagiarize. There are also excellent links to style manuals for citations in different academic disciplines.

Citing Electronic Sources (journals, books, newspapers, world wide web pages, and reports, that are found on the ) following the guidelines of the American Psychological Association.

MLA Citing Electronic Sources the same list as above according to the Modern Language Association, but also including how to cite e-mail and discussion list messages.

Evaluating Sources. Not everything you read is accurate. This site includes a good list of questions to ask yourself about any source you are using: book, newspaper, website, etc.

Resumes:

Sample of Allegheny senior's resume.

Allegheny's ACCEL office has an excellent place to begin studying resume building.

The University of Washington, Tacoma has a decent overview. Not all of the advice is applicable for a college senior, but a lot of it is.

The University of Minnesota has an on-line resume tutor that's kind of fun.

Missouri University has a quick summary (and a terrible layout) of what should be included in a resume. My opinion is that you should DEFINITELY leave out the section called "Objectives." You wouldn't be applying for the job if getting the job wasn't one of your objectives.

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