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Environmental Baddies 2w
chat i’m so cooked i can’t even find UNPAID internships at this point. why won’t they take meeeeeeeeeeee
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Anonymous 2w

Don’t just look for job opportunities in “internship” format. You can do independent research, studies, and volunteer to gain very valuable experience that rivals an internship.

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Anonymous 2w

Get with your local river conservatory if you have one! Lots of volunteer opportunities!!!

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Anonymous 2w

Spam email local state parks and gardens! I just started my internship at a botanical garden

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Anonymous 2d

DONT DESPAIR!! it’ll happen eventually, these are the hard times (an entry lvl bat technician job I applied for was intended for recent grads/college students and the person who got it did their masters on neotropical bats. How tf am I supposed to keep with that), and this field is already competitive on top of it. Even if u don’t get it this season, start or keep volunteering! It’ll get your name out there, AND good on resumes

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

same with seasonal jobs

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

oh i’ve been around the block trust

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 2d

I say this as someone who was rejected from every job/internship I applied to 2 summers ago, and barely found one at the last minute this past field season. I thought I’d never get an internship/job, and felt totally worthless when my friends and classmates talked abt their summer jobs in conservation/wildlife, but it happens. My seasonal position last year was only part time, so I had to work as a server in my time off, but I learned SO much.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 2d

My boss from that job was the reference that got me the SEASONAL WILDLIFE MONITORING TECHNICIAN!!! position I’ll be starting in May!! Keep trying and keep going, and you’ll get there. Things will happen the way they’re meant to, even if it’s not the way we want them to <3

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 2d

but also same. literally got rejected from a ton of positions this year before getting hired. WHY CANT I JUST GET EVERY JOB EVER BRO

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