ESS Career Resources

Career Resources

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CSU is home to plenty of career resources to help students find their dream internship, part-time job, and/or career. Whether you’re causally browsing job boards, or in need of resume coaching, there’s something here to help you thrive.

If you have specififc questions about internal academic advising please see our internal advising resource page.

ESS Advising and Student Resources

WCNR Career Center

WCNR Career Services provides natural resources-specific career information to WCNR students and alumni. Some highlights include:

CSU Career Center

The CSU Career Center provides comprehensive resources to students and alumni. Some highlights include:

Check out the many other resources under the What We Do and Explore Careers tabs on the CSU Career Center website.

Want to connect in a direct appointment?

  • Current students and alumni who graduated less than a year ago, can access the CSU Career Center Connect 1:1 for options for in-person and remote appointments.
  • Alumni who graduated more than a year ago, can check out options for in-person and remote appointments on the Alumni Career Tools and Services site.

Listservs and Career/Internship Information Boards

WCNR Career Services provides lists of Job Sites, Resources, and More accessible on their homepage. Some top *FREE* listservs and career/internship information boards are also included below:

General Focus (environmental, climate, and natural resources) Sites:

Inclusive Focused Sites

  • Careers in Natural Resources Initiative: A website supporting pathways to enable ALL youth and young adults to enter a natural resource career providing support through career development and training.
  • Earth Science Women’s Network: Job database for tenure- and non-tenure track faculty positions, post-doctoral positions, graduate student opportunities, and permanent position; plus the ES_Jobs_Net email list.
  • Environment for the Americas: Internships and programs specifically connecting diverse people to natural resources.
  • Latino Heritage Internship Program: The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP), created by the National Park Service (NPS) and administered in partnership with Environment for the Americas(EFTA), is designed to provide internship opportunities to young adults in diverse professional fields in the National Park Service.
  • Native American Research Assistantship Program: The Wildlife Society offers annual summer research assistantships for Native undergraduate or graduate students mentored by federal research and development scientists and promotes student advancement and training for careers in natural resource and conservation-related fields.
  • Pathways to Science: Education and career training opportunities in STEM
  • REUFinder.com: A resource for ALL STEM students to access research opportunities and to support individuals, organizations and mentors committed to promoting equity in STEM fields.

Water Related Sites

Alumni Resources

The Career Center offers different services based on graduation date and Alumni Association Membership.

Whether you graduated less than a year ago or 20 years ago, the CSU Career Center has career coaching sessions to fit your needs. These sessions can be done in person, on the phone, through Zoom, or through email. The consultations are tailored to your individual situation, so they might include a resume and cover letter review, job search strategy discussion, career assessments, mock interviews, mock salary negotiation, and more.

For those who graduated within the last year:

  • Free career advising is available for New alumni AND Grad Pack members within one year of graduation through the CSU Career Center. Please call 970-491-5707 or email [email protected]

For those who are more than a year out from graduation AND Alumni Association Members:

  • Alumni Association members are also entitled to three free 1-on-1 coaching sessions per year. After the three free sessions, each additional session is $25 for alumni who have graduated within the last five years and $40 for alumni six or more years from graduation.

For alumni who are more than a year out from graduation and are not part of the Alumni Association:

  • You are eligible for one FREE session with an alumni career coach!  Each session after the initial free consult is $60 per session. Please contact career coach Angela Hayes if the cost of these additional sessions would be prohibitive, given your current circumstances. Sign Up for a Free Consultation Here.

**If you graduated from the College of Business, you have access to a robust set of alumni career services through the Career Management Center.** 

Alumni Career Resources