Career Exploration

• Current job opportunities!
• Environmental & sustainability job boards
• List of jobs held by ENVS alumni
• List of grad programs attended by ENVS alumni (go to tab #2)

Tips for career exploration

• Get experience: The best way to explore possible career pathways is to start getting experience in different areas of environmental work. Internships, field courses, and volunteer work are a few of the ways to get experience.
  
  
• Conduct informational interviews: Conduct informational interviews with people who work in career industries of interest to you in order to gain insights into a career field or company and build your network. You can find folks to reach out to on the Career Advice Network or LinkedIn.
  
  
• Talk to ENVS faculty: Visit office hours with ENVS faculty or lecturers, and ask them if they have advice for you. Tell them about your interests, your passions, your experience (and if you don't have experience yet, that's ok). You can ask them about grad school, too!
  
  
• Discover where ENVS alumni have worked: Look at what kinds of jobs ENVS alumni have done. This might give you ideas of possible careers or positions you could consider.
  
  
• Reflect: Take some time each quarter to think about what classes, internships, or other experiences you enjoy -- and what you don't enjoy. Sometimes we speed through life and don't stop to think about whether our activities are a good fit for our strengths and interests. Keeping track of these reflections will help guide you toward a career that works for you!
  
  
• Meet with a career coach: The UCSC Career Success office has career coaches on staff who are available to meet one-on-one with students.  
  
  

Types of careers our graduates have pursued

(We also have a list of specific jobs held by ENVS alumni!)