The University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) is hosting a Virtual Environmental Career Fair the week of March 9-15, 2009. The deadline for employers to register for our Virtual Environmental Career Fair is March 8th.

What is a Virtual Career Fair?

An opportunity to recruit top graduate students and alums in the natural resources and environmental fields for internships and jobs without employers having to travel!

• Employers who participate in this event will post job and internship openings on SNRE's eRecruiter system.
• Staff at SNRE will advertise participating employers and specific job and internship postings to our 750+ students and alumni on our eRecruiter system during our virtual career fair (March 9-15, 2009).
• Students and alums will be encouraged to apply for position openings during our virtual career fair from March 9-15th.

What Employers Say About Hiring SNRE Graduates:

"Hiring SNRE graduates is one of the greatest investments an employer can make.  Two of our top staffers--our VP for Policy Joel Brammeier and Sustainable Business Director Jonah Smith--are SNRE grads working every day on cutting edge resource management, protection and restoration for the Great Lakes." 

--Cameron Davis, President & CEO, Alliance for the Great Lakes

How Can Students and Alumni Participate?

SNRE students and alumni can RSVP to attend the virtual career fair at any time. Log on to eRecruiter and click on the "Events" tab to register. Please have your resume uploaded on eRecruiter before submitting your RSVP for the event.

• SNRE students and alumni can log-on to eRecruiter any time (24 hours/ day) during the week of March 9-15 to view the employers participating in the Virtual Career Fair and view the positions in which these employers are recruiting. Students and alumni are encouraged to apply for internships and jobs during this time.
• If you are an SNRE student or alumni and need help accessing eRecruiter or using the career fair feature, please contact SNRE Career Staff at snre.erecruiter@umich.edu for assistance or stop by the Office of Academic Programs (Room 1520 Dana) to see Lisa or Kim.

How Can Employers Participate?

• If you are an employer who does NOT have an eRecruiter account and are interested in participating in this Virtual Career Fair, you will need to set up an account on eRecruiter (click on "Register" and follow instructions to set up your account).  You will receive a username and password once you are approved.  Then follow steps below.  Please contact us at snre.erecruiter@umich.edu if you need assistance.
• If you are an employer with an eRecruiter account, you can register yourself by logging into your eRecruiter account, clicking on Career Fair under the quick links to register for this event. Please contact us at snre.erecruiter@umich.edu with any questions.
• There is a $40 fee for participating and employers can post an unlimited number of positions. Please note that this fee goes to the company that manages our website in order to set up the career fair portion of our website. Please specify job/ internship view times from March 9-15 on your postings.
• The deadline to sign up for this event is Sunday, March 8th.

Virtual Career Fair Participants Will Be First to View Updated SNRE Resume Books! We will be sending out an updated SNRE Resume Book one week prior to the Virtual Environmental Career Fair to all participating employers.

Top 10 Reasons for Employers to Participate in SNRE’s Virtual Career Fair:

1. Fill job and internship openings with exceptional students and alumni from one of the nation’s top environmental and natural resources graduate program.

2. Save money on travel expenses.

3. Reach over 750 graduate students and alumni in the following environmental and natural resources fields:

• Aquatic Sciences: Research and Management
• Behavior, Education and Communication
• Conservation Biology
• Environmental Informatics: GIS and Modeling
  
• Environmental Justice
• Environmental Policy and Planning
• Sustainable Systems
• Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Landscape Architecture

4. Be among the first employers to receive links to SNRE’s Resume Books (which will be updated in March). Participating Virtual Career Fair employers will be the first to receive our resume books (PhD, MS and MLA).

5. It’s a great deal. Only $40 to post as many positions as you like!

6. Students and alums can view and apply for your postings 24 hours a day during the Virtual Career Fair week.

7. Receive applications any way you like: via email, fax, mail, or via your recruiting website.

8. Hire staff who excel in multidisciplinary teams. SNRE students and alumni have received an exceptional multidisciplinary education allowing them to excel in team situations that call for the integration of skills from multiple disciplines.

9. Many of our students have several years or more of professional experience already under their belts.

10. The virtual career fair will provide maximum exposure for participating employers who are interested in reaching out to future leaders in the environmental and natural resources fields.