General Job Information
As part of the How to series, several living documents were created to provide students and early career professionals with information on how to advance throughout their fisheries career. Topics include how to become an early career professional, how to get a how, how to get get a post doctoral position, and how to write a resume/cv. Documents can be found in the drop down menu.
Job boards
- American Fisheries Society Career Center
- Texas A&M Department of Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Management Job Board
- California-Nevada AFS Chapter Jobs Listing
Additional information
- Improving your job search by AFS Career Resources
- “How to land a technician job in fisheries and wildlife” by The Fisheries Blog
- Interviewing tips by Montana State University AFS
- “So you want to be a fish biologist or you’re just curious about us?” article by USFWS Alaska
- Check out the “Employment Opportunities in Canada and the U.S.” Colloquium materials below
Student Colloquium, AFS Annual Meeting, Ottawa (19 August 2008)
- Jack Imhoff – Trout Unlimited Canada
(Video) - Leanne Roulson -Garcia and Associates, MT
(Video – Part 1 Video – Part 2) - Dr. Karen Smokorowski – Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(Video – Part 1 Video – Part 2 Presentation FSWEP application guidelines) - Robert Curry – North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
(Video – Part 1 Video – Part 2 Presentation) - Dr. Steve Cooke – Carleton University
(Video – Part 1 Video – Part 2 Video – Part 3 Presentation) - Dr. Donna Parrish – Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
(Video – Part 1 Video – Part 2)
Professional Societies
- American Fisheries Society – Society Home
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- Aquatic Resources Education Association
- Ecological Society of America
- Institute of Fisheries Management
- Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
- Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
- Society for Freshwater Science (formerly North American Benthological Society)
- The Xerces Society
- The Wildlife Society