Introduction
Why Use the Internet for Job Searching?
- Access 24 Hours a Day
- Find Job Listings
- Research Employers
- Networking
- Geographic Coverage
- Post Resumes
Before Starting the Internet Job Search You Must Decide...
- What do I want to do and what am I qualified for?
- What job titles are associated with my field?
- Who do I want to work for and where?
- What job search methods do I want to use?
- Career Opportunities for Animal Science Majors
- Career Opportunities for Majors in Animal Science (Rutgers)
- Career
Destination Stats (CALS Graduates, UW-Madison)
- Salary Results Dec 2006-May 2007 Animal & Dairy Sciences
- Job Search Methods Used by UCSD Graduates
- Job Search Methods (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
Job Search Resources
- The Riley Guide: Employment Opportunities
and Job Resources on the Internet
- CALS Career Services
Source for individual help, resume critiques, campus job fairs, etc.
- UW-Madison
College Library Career Collection
Integrates WWW, print and locally licensed resources.
Resumes and Letters
- College
Library Career Collection/Write a Resume
- NetLibrary books can be checked out to read whole book online
- NetLibrary books can be checked out to read whole book online
- UW-Madison College
of Ag and Life Sciences Career Services
- Preparing for a Job/Internship Search gets to resume basics, sign up for resume critiques, cover letter tips, thank you letters, etc.
- BuckyNet for posting your resume, campus interviews, jobs targeted to CALS students.
- The Riley Guide: Resumes
and Cover Letters
- Quintessential Careers Tips for a Dynamic Email Cover Letter
Job Listings: WWW Databases
- Try searching for different job title terms or browse by broad category
- Check database to see if they offer email alerts
- AgCareers
- Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) Job Resource Center
- Riley Guide:Job Listings
- General Resources/Job Banks and Recruiting flag which are best for New Grad/Entry-Level
- Search by Location for job databases by state or region
- Animal Science job databases in Engineering/Science/and Manufacturing
- Government, Defense, & Military Service in the United States for federal (USDA, FDA, etc) and state & local governement job databases
Job Listings: Electronic Newspapers and Magazines
-
Newspaper Listings
- AgriView Classifieds (Click Search then Employment)
- Wisconsin State Farmer Classifieds
- AdQuest Classifieds (searchable by zipcode)
- CareerBuilder.com (Has Job Alerts, Chicago Tribune uses)
- JSonline.com (includes Milwaukee Journal Sentinal and SE WI newspapers)
- Madison (WI) Newspapers Classifieds
- NewsVoyager.com (for U.S. newspapers)
- Internet Public Library: Newspapers (US and international online newspapers)
- OnlineNewspapers.com (for international newspapers)
Magazines/Journals with Job Ads
Internships and Summer Jobs
- Create Your Own Internship
- Start Early!!!
- Contact your Career Services dept. for help in setting up for credit
- 2-3 Internships recommended during your college career
- Search Google for subject internship e.g. horse internship
- CALS Career Services/Internship Information
- Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) Student Internship Database Contact Kathy Monson, UW-Madison FASS liaison, to get a password for this database.
- Pork Information Gateway Internships
- Professional Dairy Producers of WI
- UW Student Job Center
- Go Global: International Careers Website, UW-Madison
- Job Center of Wisconsin
- College Library Career Center/Internships
- College Library Career Center/Find Summer Jobs
- Riley Guide: Internships, Apprenticeships, & Volunteer Opportunities
- Riley Guide: Teen, Seasonal & Kinda Cool Opportunities
Job Listings: Organizations
- Usually Reduced Student Rates
- May List Job Openings/Internships in a Field
- May Have Special Services for Members
- Placement Service/Resume Referrals
- Job Interviews at Conferences
- Frequently Under Member or Career Services
- Federation of Animal Science Societies (ADSA, ASAS, PSA, and IETS)
- The Country Today links to organizations (scroll down)
- Associations Unlimited
- Can Use Search Engines to Identify Organization's URL
Networking & Interviews
- Networking
- Networking Resources
- Alumni Directories
- Organization Membership Directories
- Wisconsin Alumni Association
- Professors: "Do you know someone working in this area?" NOT "Do you know of any jobs?"
- Steenbock Library Research Guides list Jobs & Funding Sources and People, Places & Organizations links.
- Interviewing
- BLACKCAREERZONE List of interview questions, including the three most likely asked questions for the interviewee
- Quintessential Careers Informational Interviewing Tutorial
- What's Your Earning Potential? (For CALS graduates)
Non-Advertised Jobs
Researching Employers
Why Research Potential Employers?
- eg. Kraft Foods http://www.kraftfoods.com/careers/
- Employer Home Pages
- Their Picture of Themselves
- Useful for Cover Letter and Interview Preparation
- Email and Snailmail Contacts
- Job Openings with details
- Resume Requirements
How to Research Potential Employers
- Quintessential Careers Step-by-Step Guide to Researching Companies
- Company Research, UW-Madison Business Library
- Identify via Search Engines
- Identify via Subject Directories
-
College Library Career Center/Research a Company
- Recommended Licensed Databases at UW-Madison
via E-Resource Gateway
- Business and Industry (trade journal articles)
- Lexis/Nexis
- One Source Global Business Browser
- Proquest Newspapers
- Regional Business News
- Ask Your Librarian for Help
In Conclusion
- Many Job Search Resources Available on the Internet
- Persistence and Follow-up is Important
- Your Career and Advising Service Can Provide More Help
- Good Luck!
- This Handout is On Web as Starting Point http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/instruct/anscijobs.html
- LibGuides version: http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/AnimalScienceJobHunting
- Most Steenbock Library Research Guides list Jobs& Funding Sources and People, Places & Organizations links.
Acknowledgement
Thanks to the following for their help on what should be included in this workshop: Margaret F. Riley Dikel, The Riley Guide; Dr. John Harkin, emeritus UW-Madison Soil Science Dept.; Carole Blemker, UW Madison SLIS; Pam Baker, UW-Madison College Library; Susan Barribeau, UW-Madison Memorial Library; Scott Johnson, UW-Madison CALS Academic Student Affairs, Christine Lupton, formerly at UW-Madison CALS Office of Career Services, and Beth Boeing-Hoffman, formerly at UW-Madison Dept. of Life Science Communications.