Any good websites for Graduate Environmental/Ecology jobs?

[Jay07]

Sorry I'm new to this,

I am wondering if someone can give me a few webistes that has graduate environmental or ecological jobs? I finnished my Masters in Ecology for a year now and still had no luck finding a environemental or ecological job. Not much work experience in those fields in terms of work related experience.

Thanks

[gardnerbr]

hey,

Well its the right time of year to be looking for work in this field.

Best websites i have used in the past are:

environmentjobs.co.uk
environmentjob.co.uk
countryside-jobs.com

With a degree and masters you shouldn't find it that hard to get work if your using agencies, a few examples below are:

Alan and york
Penguin recruitment
First Technical recruitment

all are very active in these fields and should find you work in no time, just remember having degrees and masters is no replacement for on the job experience so be prepared to earn very little other than knowledge in the first survey season and be willing to move around the country where work demands.

[svenrufus]

I too have used Countryside Jobs Service - can't speak highly enough of them. In fact every job I got in this field, until I became self employed, I saw first in the CJS.
Well worth whatever their subscription is these days.
Otherwise tackle the experience issue with voluntary work until you get your first proper job. It gets you meeting people which can pay dividend later, as well as showing some prior form when it comes to job applications.
As gardnerbr says be prepared for low wages - I lost money over the course of my first job due to expenses I had to face up to to do the work and the low wages, but I still think of that as the best job I ever had because of the experience I got from it, and the fact that it was my 'first job'!!

[Jay07]

Thanks will have a look at them.

The reason for my lack of work is I keep being turned down to due to the lack of experience.

I am a very enthuisatic ecologist but unfortunately experience is more valuable.

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Jay07

Thanks will have a look at them.

The reason for my lack of work is I keep being turned down to due to the lack of experience.

I am a very enthuisatic ecologist but unfortunately experience is more valuable.

Ecological Recruitment

these guys are brilliant.

if you don't have the qualifications you'd probably be rejected too, don't worry it will happen it is a good time of year lots of survey work to be done. I can also recommend joining local badger groups, bat groups hawk and owl trust, mammal society etc to get experiance on their workshops and field trips and sometimes you'll meet someone with a job. Its how I got mine!

[m1keanderson]

Try:

IEMA - Welcome to IEMA Jobs
Environmental jobs - Environmental Data Services
The Green Directory

Best of luck,

Mike

[eeyore]

apologies for the cut and paste post but i recently put this on another thread which is equally relevant here

Originally Posted by eeyore

from the point of view of finding an actually good job site - in my previous job I pulled together every enviro job link known to man on my then volunteers pages these can be found here Parks Trust - Links for volunteers looking for work- Get Active


Note : I no longer have control over this website so please dont shoot me if the link breaks - one day when I have the time I will re do all this content into wab

[peppermint]

if you go to Countryside jobs link - your guide to a countryside job in the UK and beyond

there is a whole loads of links to environmental job sites including the websites mentioned by others above in their posts along with organisations such as the national trust, british waterways, wildlife trusts, national parks, woodland trust and more.

hope this helps you.

[Jay07]

SHould mention I can only work in the North West area due to other committments. So anything in the north west area would be great.

Thanks for the other help.

[hlperry]

Hey

I had loads of trouble getting a job but i have finally got one working for the Wildlife Trust as an education officer. I had to do 6 months volunteering before I got a related job but rubbish money beofre I got the job im in now. We have a few v placement volunteers at the Wildlife Trust and they are fantastic, all graduates in the field. Its a 6 month placement, expenses paid for, get a qualification and the experience will land you a job! We had an ecology graduate start on Monday and he said its all experience and hes glad he decided to take part. All the people I know have managed to get a job at the end. Its probably not what youre wanting to do in the long run but its great experience. Most Wildlife Trust have such placements and I definately recommend them!

Good luck

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by Jay07

Thanks will have a look at them.

The reason for my lack of work is I keep being turned down to due to the lack of experience.

I am a very enthuisatic ecologist but unfortunately experience is more valuable.

This is intended to be helpful, so don't take it the wrong way, if you are going to work as an ecologist one of the things you produce lots of is reports. Both your posts to the list have spelling mistakes in them. I am sure I don't have a clean record on this, but even for this forum, which is a recreation to me, I will check spellings of words that seem a little tricky. Any application you fire off will be in a big pile, when I have had to sift through 30+ to find five, bad spelling gets a black mark. Every black mark puts you back.

[flookitz]

Hi

I got a job as a Junior Environmental Consultant and I found the job on Endsjobsearch.co.uk

Good luck

[Hedgeland]

Dont forget that for graduate type jobs, some organisations dont always advertise as they get many CVs (especially at the moment). Therefore save money on advertising.

Worth sending some speculative CVs in but even better to try and give them a call first for a more personal touch.


You dont lose anything but the cost of a stamp.

H

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Hedgeland

Dont forget that for graduate type jobs, some organisations dont always advertise as they get many CVs (especially at the moment). Therefore save money on advertising.

Worth sending some speculative CVs in but even better to try and give them a call first for a more personal touch.


You dont lose anything but the cost of a stamp.

H

thats good advice for the private sector but not for councils (or charities) - In my experience they mostly work with their own application forms and will not even read a CV - let alone a speculative one - certainly those sent to us wind up going straight in the bin.

and as to what this aproach loses you you lose the cost of postage - plus the stationary, envelope etc , plus your time which might be better spent improving your knowledge or skills

[Hedgeland]

Aye, sorry, should have specified private sector for that. I come from consultancy background and from experience, we get enough CVs to sift through without the need to advertise for graduate positions.

Check the HR pages of the larger companies you can find in ENDS directory. No experience of local authority so cant comment there.
H

[Johnny Redgate]

Would love to post a helpful comment but as I've just been made redundant after 11 years with an environmental consultancy I'm scratching my head too.

[Hedgeland]

Really sorry to here about your job loss. The recession has hit us all but this gives companies more choice as more people are chasing even fewer jobs.

I wish you good luck finding a new job
H

[Johnny Redgate]

Thanks H
my old job allowed me to work 3 days/week from home - perfect for living in the sticks. The sticks are not too good for finding a new job tho.
Johnny

[Nebson]

Hi there i am very new to this site. I am looking for good websites for Graduate Ecology jobs in Africa and or Middle East, please? I am qualified up masters level with 6 years experience.