Career Development

Exploration & Planning

Career planning involves understanding your interests, skills, and goals. There are a multitude of resources available to you to help with that! In addition to the following links, be sure to check out the LAS Life & Career Design Lab and The Career Center.

• Explore Health Careers - information on wide variety of health careers
• Candid Career Healthcare Channel - videos from current health professionals
• Graduate College Career Services - 204 Coble Hall 217-333-0035
• UI Alumni Virtual Career Center - 200 S. Wacker Dr., Chicago
• Handshake @ Illinois recruiting platform - Campus Online Job Search
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• My Plan - Career Exploration Tool
• Job Boards
  • Simply Hired - comprehensive job search engine
  • Glass Door - comprehensive job search engine
  • Indeed - comprehensive job search engine
  • Idealist.org - jobs in the non-profit sector
  • Illinois Job Network - jobs in Illinois communities
  • Conservation Careers
  • Society for Conservation Biology Board
  • Marine Biology Job Board
  • US Government Jobs
  • Jobs in Higher Education
  • Jobs in Agriculture
  • Ecojobs
  • Environmental Careers
  • Association of Zoos and Aquariums Job Board