AGRONOMY FACULTY AND STAFF SUPPORT
Your Agronomy Academic Adviser and other Agronomy faculty are pleased to be of assistance to you as you plan for and pursue internship, part-time and professional employment. Drs. Schwietzer (lschweit@purdue.edu, ph 494-4789) and Bigelow (cbigelow@purdue.edu, ph 494-4692) are directly involved in supporting your placement efforts and will be glad to help you to be successful in the planning, search, interviewing and acceptance process. Both are located in 2-414 Lilly Hall. Please let us know how we may be of assistance.

BULLETIN BOARD - Key Events / Resources

• College of Agriculture Spring Internship Career Fair - Date for 2010 is being determined. Check back for updates.
  

CENTER FOR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (CCO)
Broad-ranging employment services are available at CCO through their website. The CCO staff also welcomes you to visit with them in Stewart 194 [Phone: (765) 494-3981] as you have questions or need assistance, on a walk-in basis or by appointment. The CCO staff will critique your resume, conduct mock interviews, help you to schedule interviews, assist you in posting your resume, assist in developing job search agents, and much more. Each year CCO publishes an excellent Career Planning Handbook. Resume, cover letter, thank-you notes, interviewing, optimizing the use of CCO resources, and much more are covered thoroughly in this useful resource. Please stop by to pick up a current copy if you do not yet have one.

CCO Express Website
Log in to CCO Express to check / update your resume(s), and to set up electronic job agents which initiate e-mail alerts when employers post positions which match the profiles you publish. At the CCO Express site you may also manage your interview appointment schedule, learn about workshops, and access the full array of placement services available to you through Purdue. If you have not logged into CCO Express in the past 6 months, please do so as soon as possible to reactivate your CCO account.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WEBSITE

• Broad Listing of Internships, Part-time and Career Opportunities
  


• Opportunities and Schedule for On-Campus Internship and Career Interviews

Selected Purdue Agronomy Internship, Part-time and Career Opportunities
For details on the following postings, visit the College of Agriculture website.

• Heritage Seeds
  Position: Agronomy Seasonal Help (May-August, 2010)
  Location: Reynolds, Indiana
  Posted: 11/19/09
  


• AgCareers.com
  Position: Campus Ambassador
  Posted: 11/19/09
  


• LSU AgCenter
  Position: Ruminant Nutrition Research Associate
  Location: Jeanerette, Louisiana
  Deadline: December 1, 2009
  Posted: 11/19/09
  


• Rich Connell Agri-Search, Inc.
  Position: Various Positions
  Revised: 11/5/09
  


• NRCS
  Position: Student Trainee
  Location: Indiana
  Deadline: November 30, 2009
  Posted: 11/4/09
  


• Monsanto
  Position: 2010 Summer Research
  Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
  Deadline: November 27, 2009
  Posted: 10/29/09
  


• Agua Acres CSA
  Position: Farm Market Manager Internships
  Location: Converse, Indiana
  Deadline: February 5, 2010
  Posted: 10/26/09
  


• McCain Foods
  Position: Research and Development Technician (Internship)
  Location: Othello, Washington
  Posted: 10/8/09
  


• McCain Foods
  Position: Agriculture, Field Representative Internship
  Location: Othello, Washington
  Posted: 10/8/09
  


• McCain Foods
  Position: Agriculture, Field Technician Internship
  Location: Easton, Maine
  Posted: 10/8/09
  


• McCain Foods
  Position: Agriculture Management Trainee
  Posted: 10/8/09
  


• McCain Foods
  Position: Research and Development Technician (Internship)
  Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
  Posted: 10/8/09
  


• Howell Farms
  Position: Field Scout Intern (Summer)
  Location: Middletown, Indiana
  Posted: 10/8/09
  


• USDA Plant Protection and Quarantine
  Position: Various Positions
  Posted: 10/5/09
  


• Land O'Lakes Ag Business Placement
  Position: Agronomy Sales
  Posted: 9/29/09
  


• Land O'Lakes Ag Business Placement
  Position: Professional Applicator
  Posted: 9/29/09
  


• Land O'Lakes Ag Business Placement
  Position: Agronomy Sales and Marketing Internship
  Posted: 9/29/09
  


• Land O'Lakes Ag Business Placement
  Position: Agronomy Crop Scouting Internship
  Posted: 9/29/09
  


• International Agricultural Internship Program
  Position: Internship (Fall 2010)
  Deadline: March 1, 2010
  Posted: 9/21/09
  


• Epcot Science at Walt Disney World
  Position: Internship (6 month)
  Posted: 9/21/09
  


• Wihebrink Landscape Management
  Position: Landscape Maintenance Foreman Trainee
  Location: Warsaw, Indiana
  Posted: 9/21/09