Career Paths
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant knows that finding a job in the natural resources field can be challenging. We’ve compiled resources to help you find available jobs. Professional societies offer opportunities to connect with others who have or are working towards careers that you might be exploring. These societies are also a great way to discover more about the career and its requirements as well as learn about job opportunities. Many societies also have local or student chapters and graduate scholarships. Check out the following societies to learn more.
Job Boards
- A compilation from our friends at Wisconsin Sea Grant
- American Geophysical Union
- American Planning Association
- American Planning Association – Illinois Chapter
- American Planning Association – Indiana Chapter
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Association for Women in Science
- Chicago Environmental Network
- Chicago Wilderness Alliance
- Conservation Job Board
- Earth and Environmental Science Jobs List (not reliable?)
- EcoJobs
- EcoEvo Jobs
- Ecological Society of America
- Environmental Jobs
- Extension Jobs
- GLIN (Great Lakes Information Network)
- Josh’s Water Jobs
- Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences
- National Marine Educators Association
- North American Association for Environmental Education
- Planetizen
- Professional Diversity Network
- Purdue University
- Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Job Board
- National Sea Grant College Program
- Seven Seas Media
- Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
- The Wildlife Society
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- U.S. Federal Government
- Warnell Job Board
- Water Environment Federation
Networking Opportunities
- American Fisheries Society
- American Geophysical Union
- American Planning Association
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
- Association for Women in Science
- Association of Natural Resource Extension Professional
- Ecological Society of America
- GLIN
- Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences
- National Marine Educators Association
- North American Association for Environmental Education
- Planetizen
- Professional Diversity Network
- Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
- Society for Ecological Restoration
- Society for Freshwater Science
- The International Association for Great Lakes Research
- The Oceanography Society
- The Wildlife Society
- Water Environment Federation
- World Economic Forum: Centre for Nature and Climate
Contact Info
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