As I'm applying for internships, I have realized that I possess a marketable skill that is valuable to employers: I am willing to work for no pay...
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:03 PM, malcolm McCallum < malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org> wrote: > Clara, I agree. > > To be marketable in the workplace you must have skills that are in > demand in the workplace. Its that simple. Too many students graduate > without marketable skills. > Marketability for grad school does not equal marketability for a job > out of the BS. > You want to get a job in ecological field? > Here are the skills I recommend: > 1. GIS > 2. statistics > 3. public administration > 4. env/wildlife/fisheries policy & law > 5. Any and all instrumentation involving chemistry, molecular biology and > micro. > > Why? > Everything uses GIS today. > Statistics are just plain required. > If you are working in the public sector, PA will prepare you for what > you actually do most of the time...paperwork. > policy and law is mostly what you will be doing paperwork on (permits > and permitting issues!) > instrumentation may pick you up a research tech post. > > Also, if you go into the private sector, every one of those areas is > highly marketable. > If you have none of them, you are going to have a rougher time. > Again, this is coming out of a BS. > > Ideally, you better have Wildlife + Wildlife Techniques if going into > a wildlife field or Fisheries + fisheries techniques if going into a > fish field. You might check the respective certification programs. > Anything ecotox will help too. > > Malcolm > > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Clara B. Jones <foucaul...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 1. ...assuming that your summary is an accurate reflection of the > *CB*article... > > 2. ...i am shocked that there is no mention of actual skills...most of > the > > traits you mention might be categorized as "intangible"...you need these > > skills to be a car salesman...not to impugn car sales-persons... > > 3. ...IMO, an applicant has a better edge if s/he brings something > > transferrable [marketable!] to the table that no-one else brings to the > > table... > > 4. ...often this "something" is one or more quantitative skill... > > 5. ...or, skill in a fundamental or "hot" area of research w long-term > > potential... > > 6. ...or, a grant... > > 7. ...i am somewhat exercised by your post because, IMO, too many young, > > especially, female, applicants don't bring much to the table that others > > don't already know or that cannot be readily duplicated or that is mostly > > generalist-oriented... > > 8. ...early-career applicants need to bring something "with legs"...as my > > Grandmother Jackson used to say...in other words, bring something to the > > table that can go somewhere [that the department and the > college/university > > and the field want to go]... > > 9. ...clara b. jones > > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Helen Bothwell <helen.bothw...@nau.edu > >wrote: > > > >> In a recent publication in Conservation Biology, Blickley et al. (2012) > >> analayzed what skills are necessary for graduate students to be > >> competitive in > >> the job market. We discuss these in the Early Career Ecologists blog > and > >> hope > >> that many of you will find this useful: > >> > >> > http://earlycareerecologists.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/a-graduate-students- > >> guide-to-necessary-skills-for-landing-a-job/< > http://earlycareerecologists.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/a-graduate-students-guide-to-necessary-skills-for-landing-a-job/ > > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Clara B. Jones > > Director > > Mammals and Phenogroups (MaPs) > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/cbjones1943 > > Cell: -828-279-4429 > > Blog Profile: http://www.blogger.com/profile/09089578792549394529 > > Brief CV: > > > http://vertebratesocialbehavior.blogspot.com/2012/10/clara-b-jones-brief-cv.html > > > > > > > > "Where no estimate of error of any kind can be made, generalizations > about > > populations from sample data are worthless." Ferguson, 1959 > > > > -- > Malcolm L. McCallum > Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry > School of Biological Sciences > University of Missouri at Kansas City > > Managing Editor, > Herpetological Conservation and Biology > > "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - > Allan Nation > > 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert > 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, > and pollution. > 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction > MAY help restore populations. > 2022: Soylent Green is People! > > The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) > Wealth w/o work > Pleasure w/o conscience > Knowledge w/o character > Commerce w/o morality > Science w/o humanity > Worship w/o sacrifice > Politics w/o principle > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message. > -- Jaime Salazar (UID: 111042128) Environmental Science and Technology 2013 University of Maryland, College Park
