<p>I'm asking for a friend's daughter who is looking for a job in her field. Graduated with a Biology major from a small LAC, she's also quite the horsewoman. Thought about being a vet, but for now just wants to find a job using her major, preferably outdoors.</p>
<p>Any ideas besides mounted park ranger? :D</p>
<p>National Forest Service was hiring for outdoor ranger type jobs in our area this summer. (Fisheries, wildlife and natural resources management)</p>
<p>[USDA</a> Forest Service](<a href=“http://www.fs.fed.us/fsjobs/openings.shtml]USDA”>http://www.fs.fed.us/fsjobs/openings.shtml)</p>
<p>If she works in the West, horse experience is very useful as many of the rangers ride parts of their territories.</p>
<p>Also Federal or state Fish and Game Depts hire for science positions.</p>
<p>What about the Bureau of Land Management? </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/res/blm_jobs/our_careers/careers_in_demand.html[/url]”>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/res/blm_jobs/our_careers/careers_in_demand.html</a></p>
<p>Or the US Geological Service? (yes, the USGS hires lots of biologists)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/res/blm_jobs/our_careers/careers_in_demand.html[/url]”>http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/res/blm_jobs/our_careers/careers_in_demand.html</a></p>
<p>Would she consider working a wrangler or guide for wilderness/adventure travel operation?</p>
<p>^^Thanks for the suggestions, WayOutWest. Hmmmm, I think she would be very good at telling people what to do!</p>
<p>How about some sort of investigative/forensic field work?</p>
<p>Pharmaceutical Sales Rep, if she’s outgoing and likes to interact with people.</p>
<p>I was a bio major and worked the summer of my junior year in Yosemite. I wasn’t with the Park Service, but worked for the concessionaire at the time, Curry Company. My job was making beds in the tent cabins, but I visited the park headquarters and asked if I could volunteer there. They gave me a project mapping the cougar sightings in the park over the past 50 years (most sightings were near the bar at the Ahwahnee). They had a stable in the valley, and experienced horse people were in demand to care for the horses and lead trail rides. Working in a national park is great way to find out if wildlife biology or park service is your cup of tea. Not sure who is running the stables now, but the best time to apply is toward the end of summer when the seasonal college kids are heading back to school.</p>
<p>Oops! Wrong link for the USGS</p>
<p>[About</a> USGS: Careers](<a href=“http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/careers.asp]About”>http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/who_we_are/careers.asp)</p>
<p>All the concessionaires at all western National Parks (not just Yosemite) hire horse guides. D2 worked in Yellowstone and knows several people who do that kind of job. And not just National Parks. D1 has college friends who work in Taos and in Colorado doing horse packing.</p>
<p>What about horse-therapy? </p>
<p>[Equine-Assisted</a> Therapy Programs](<a href=“http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ccab/eatprograms.htm]Equine-Assisted”>http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ccab/eatprograms.htm)</p>
<p>Go to law school. Lawyers with science degrees can do pretty well.</p>
<p>Pharma Rep jobs are going the way of the Dodo bird. Good way to make good money, but as patents expire or brand name drugs are formulary-ied away by insurance companies, not much audience…</p>
<p>I can’t believe someone is recommending law school after all the stories published recently about the lousy law job market!</p>
<p>Many internships here for students and grads: [The</a> SCA - Student Conservation Association | Conservation Begins Here](<a href=“http://www.thesca.org/]The”>http://www.thesca.org/)</p>
<p>If you are willing, you can build a long ‘career’ patching together various NPS and other such agency jobs. My brother was a fish and wildlife bio major and probably spent 10 years doing that in WY,UT,CO,CA,NM,MT. I certainly would not recommend 10 years but a few years might be fun. It pays the bills but not much more. Could also help to clarify grad school desires.</p>
<p>"I can’t believe someone is recommending law school after all the stories published recently about the lousy law job market! "</p>
<p>Biotech is going to need some good patent lawyers and litigators 7 years from now when OP hits the street.</p>
<p>glido: just check the recent thread about how some law students have started a class action lawsuit against their law school because they cannot find a job. Also, the one about the law prof arguing law school is a farce. I think people should go to law school if they want to be a lawyer, but knowing that they might never find a job and get into a lot of debt.</p>
<p>Heading to med school is the only solution I can come up with.</p>
<p>How about working for the Park Service? During our vacation, we met a number of park rangers with bio backgrounds. They focus more on the naturalist/scientific aspects of the parks and were very knowledgeable. Some of them are seasonal so they need a job for the other part of the year. One is a science teacher in a school and does the park ranger gig during summer vacation.</p>
<p>Park ranger jobs with any agency (NPS, USFS, BLM, state parks) are very, very competitive. I second the suggestion to use Student Conservation Association internships as a “foot in the door” - that’s how I got into the Forest Service.</p>
<p>Building relationships with supervisors is key, because they’re the ones doing the hiring out of the pool of hundreds of applications, and if they don’t know you from Adam, it’s tough to make the cut. Proving yourself as an intern is a great way to stand out from that pack.</p>
<p>Medical Laboratory Science!</p>
<p>google ASCP. Someone with a bio degree would have to complete a 12 internship program for an MLS designation. In NJ at least we have a hard time filling our openings in our hospital laboratory. All 8 of our recent grads were offered jobs (not all FT though).
Many in our field are retiring and the need for new blood is great.</p>
<p>The job is challenging (and stressful), pay is good not great. I’ve done well with only a bachelor’s degree…many opportunities to mix MLS with teaching, IT, management.
PM if I can answer anything</p>
<p>There’s a large company in my area that develops and manufactures things like veterinary products, water testing kits, and so on. They hire tons of lab techs and other people with bio/chem background.</p>
<p>Does she have any special skills? Programming, math ability, familiarity with different software, drawing - she can try to translate her knowledge into other industries that are tangentially related to her current interest. For example, illustration, bioinformatics, business intelligence, publishing, etc.</p>