Graduate Career Resources
Our goal as a department is to ensure your graduate studies prepare you for a fulfilling career. Students work closely with the Major Advisor to explore options, make connections, and meet their career goals.
UConn Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills
UConn provides targeted support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for careers in academia, research, industry, and the non-profit sector. Resources include:
- Career preparation
- Resume, cover letter, and CV support
- Interviewing and negotiating resources
- Career events
External Career Resources
Many professional organizations offer career resources and job boards for plant science and landscape architecture graduate students:
- AgCareers.Com
- American Phytopathological Society
- American Society for the Advancement of Science
- American Society for Horticultural Science
- American Society for Microbiology
- Entomological Society of America
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Mycological Society of America
- The National Academy of Science
- Society of Nematologists
- The Tri-Societies (ASA, CSSA & SSSA)
- The Science Jobs
- United State Department of Agriculture
- USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service