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Club Support: Career Exploration

January 21, 2021

Step by step career planning

Whether you know exactly what you want to do or have not yet decided, 4-H encourages you to explore a variety of careers, create a resume, and learn about resources in a field of interest. These resources can be organizations or associations related to your interests. For example, if you're interested in a career as a Veterinarian, you might want to check out the AVMA (American … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Profile, Club Programming Idea, Featured Resource Tagged With: Animal Science Careers, Career Exploration, careers, Club Resource, Interview, Resume Building, SMART Goals

So You Want to Work in a Zoo?

November 6, 2020

This past July, 4-H Program Associates Amelia Valente and Brittany Rigg held a S.T.E.P (Short Term Exploratory Program) called Career Detectives. The mission of this program was to expose youth to zoo careers they might be interested in pursuing. Participants virtually connected with several professionals in the field, including Zoo Keepers, Behavioral Specialists, Water … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alpaca/Llama, Career Profile, Dairy Cattle, Dog, Goat, Herpetology, Horse and Pony, Poultry, Rabbit/Cavy/Small Animal, Sheep, Swine Tagged With: careers, Habitat Specialist, Herpetologist, Ichthyologist, Nutritionist, Zoo, Zoo Curator, Zoo Keeping

Ask The Expert – Joanne Powell, Research Farm Supervisor (part 1)

January 14, 2019

(Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series) For Joanne Powell, no two days are the same.  Joanne is the Research Farm Supervisor for the large animal unit at Rutgers University.  Having grown up on a farm herself, she appreciates not only the rewards of a hard day’s work, but also being able to spend time outdoors with animals.  We recently reached out to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ask the Expert, Career Profile, Featured Resource, Swine Tagged With: 4-H Animal Science, Career Profile, careers, featured resource, livestock, STEM, Swine

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