Let’s take a quick look at things from the employer’s perspective.Įvery year, Save the Rhino International offers a 1-year PAID Michael Hearn internship, one of the most popular and competitive internships for early career conservationists. So is it all roses from the employer’s perspective, with hundreds of qualified applicants waiting for an interview request?Īt Conservation Careers, we’ve posted conservation jobs from over 5,000 employers since 2014 and we’re willing to bet that most of them aren’t finding it easy, either.įeeling daunted when you apply for a conservation job? Conservation employers are having a hard time finding employees too. What do conservation employers have to say? So even when we’ve already graduated, we have to go back to learning how to ride a bike. While a rare few institutions provide great coaching and tools, the majority of colleges and universities are not good training grounds for applying for jobs. And, unfortunately, we rarely graduate with them, either. Just like personal banking or riding a bike, we aren’t born with the skills or knowledge to apply for jobs. Well fellow conservation biologists, it’s time for a gentle lesson in biology:Īpplying for a conservation job is not an innate human ability. We assume it’s natural, straightforward, easy. Maybe because it’s so universal, it’s so common, we don’t invest the time and energy into learning the art of how to apply for jobs. (But please don’t! Check out the rest of Mongabay’s article about the conservation job market and then follow our steps below.) “Intense competition, a flood of unpaid internships, a prevalence of short-term work, high student-loan debt: young conservationists are reporting a tough, rough time in the job market,” explains a Mongabay article that draws insights from Conservation Careers. Rather than apply for a conservation job, many job seekers are already ready to throw in the towel, faced with realities like these: Can’t land a conservation job? Don’t give up yet! Credit: Christian Erfurt on Unsplash.
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