CAREERS & ECOLOGY & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent EEB Majors*

• Project 55 Publlic Interest Fellow - The Food Project, Boston, MA
• Environmental Field Organizer - Green Corps, Boston, MA
• Associate Director - Georgetown Learning Centers, McLean, VA
• Princeton-In-Africa Fellow - Africa Wildlife Foundation, Arusha, Tanzania
• Consultant - Rosetta Marketing Strategies, Princeton, NJ
• Corporate Legal Assistant - Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, NY
• Teacher - Montessori School, Kumasi, Ghana
• Product Specialist - Ortho Biotech, Somerville, NJ
• Facilitator - Adirondack Center, Johnsville, NY
• Research Assistant - American Museum of History, New York, NY
• Research Associate - Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC
• Paralegal - U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
• Technician - Veterinary Clinic, Houston,TX
• Emergency Medical Technician - Orange County Emergency Medical Services, CA
• Laboratory Assistant - Amgen, Seattle, WA
• Apprentice - Premium Wine Group, Mattituck, NY
• Research Study Assistant - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• Int'l Union for the Conservation of Nature (Princeton in Asia), Vientiane, Laos
• Director's Assistant - NYC Parks & Recreation Dept., New York, NY

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Careers in the Environment
• Careers in Science
• Biotechnology Industry Guide
• Complete Guide to Environmental Careers
• Opportunities in Biological Sciences Careers
• Job Opportunities for Health & Science Majors
• Sunshine Jobs - Career Opportunities Working Outdoors
• To Boldly Go: A Practical Guide for Scientists
• 100 Jobs in Social Change
• 100 Jobs in the Environment

Resources and Information Online

• Princeton Review - Ecologist
  http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=55
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Biological Scientists
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos047.htm
  
  
• Ecological Society of America - Careers in Ecology
  http://www.esa.org/education/career_funding/careers_undergraduate.php
  
  
• Career Exploration Links - Careers in Biological Sciences
  http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/Students/CareerLibrary/links/header.cfm?FIELD=4&OCCUP=true
  
  
• Princeton Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department
  http://www.eeb.princeton.edu/index.html

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• Ecological Society of America
  http://www.esa.org/
  
  
• American Institute of Biological Sciences
  http://www.aibs.org
  
  
• Marine Conservation Biology Institute
  http://www.mcbi.org/
  
  
• Society for Developmental Biology
  http://www.sdbonline.org
  
  
• American Society for Cell Biology
  http://www.ascb.org/ascb
  
  
• Human Biology Association
  http://www.humbio.org/

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for Ecology & Evolutionary Biology alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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