University of Colorado DenverCollege of Liberal Arts and SciencesUniversity of Colorado Denver

Jobs and Internships in Geography and Environmental Sciences

general information

As you are planning for an internship or a job, please consider the following steps:

  1. Plan Early-- start thinking about an internship or job at least one semester before you would like to start. Visit with a departmental advisor to brainstorm areas appropriate for your interests.
  2. Go to the Career Center in person or on-line, sign up for an orientation, search their database, and create/submit a resume. Career Center (http://careers.cudenver.edu)
  3. Questions specifically about internships in geography and environmental science should be addressed to: Denise Leberer, Internship and Career Advisor.
  4. Lastly, it is important to provide feedback about your experiences to both the Career Center and your departmental advisor. This helps them to advise future students.

We suggest you start early in the process so that your GES advisor can help you narrow your interests to find an internship or job which is most effective in meeting your goals and interests. Sometimes the best internship and full-time job experiences are found via “pounding the pavement”: talking to colleagues, informational interviews, and researching organizations in your area of interest. Potential employers are most impressed with people who have advance knowledge, experience, or a demonstrated interest in a position.

Jobs

If you are getting ready to graduate, the Career Center at UC Denver is also a place to find full-time employment opportunities, assistance with a job search, resume help, and interviewing tips.

There are also many job and career sites serving the geography and environmental science community. We have provided a list of some potential agencies and organizations to help you investigate some possibilities. Keep in mind that this list is not exhaustive and is ever-changing. Here are a few sites:

Here is a website that contains some TIPS for those entering the geotechnology job market and some additional resources:

 

Blue Globe
January 23, 2008