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Career opportunities in fields related to Agricultural and Applied Economics are addressed here. Job search engines and agribusiness firms are listed. Your feedback on the usefullness of these sites would be appreciated. Also, send us other sites that could be helpful to agricultural and applied economists.
Employment Opportunities: 2000-2005
College Graduates with marketing and science skills will be the most sought after by employers in the year 2005, according to a new report just published by the Office of Higher Education Programs (HEP) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). This report is the fifth in a series of 5-year employment opportunities, projections. "We're expecting slightly more job opportunities than there will be students to fill those jobs,"said Allan Goecker, associate director of academic programs in the Purdue University School of Agriculture and principal author of Employment Opportunities for College Graduates in the Food and Agriculture Sciences, 2000-2005.
Annual job openings for U.S. food and agricultural sciences graduates are
projected to be around 58,000 while the number of graduates for those jobs
will be about 57,000. Jobs in marketing, merchandising, and sales will
comprise about 28 percent of the employment postings or 16,240 jobs. More
information about the report results and the study methodology can be found at
the following higher education information website: Employment Opportunities for
College Graduates.
Ag Jobs USA: http://www.agjobsusa.com/
Ag Related
Jobs: http://www.atinet.org/jobs.asp
BlueSkySearch.com: http://www.blueskysearch.com/
CareerBuilder, Inc.: http://www.careerbuilder.com/index.cfm
Farms.com: http://farms.com/careers/index.cfm
Headhunter.net: http://www.headhunter.net/
Hot
Jobs: http://www.hotjobs.com/
Monster.com: http://www.monster.com/
Riley
Guide: http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/jobs.html
Agri-Business Assistant http://www.trace-sc.com/agri/menu.htm
Agribiz.net http://www.agribiz.net/
Agropec
Trading, Inc. http://www.agropec.com/
Agscape http://www.agscape.net/
American
Cyanamid http://www.cyanamid.com/
Archer
Daniels & Midland (ADM) http://www.admworld.com/
ASI
Global http://www.asiglobal.com/
BASF
Corporation http://www.basf.com/
Cargill
http://www.cargill.com/
Case
Corporation http://www.casecorp.com/
Caterpillar http://www.cat.com/
ConAgra, Inc. http://www.conagra.com/
Deere &
Co http://www.deere.com/
Doane Agricultural Services Co. http://www.doane.com/
Dow
Chemical http://www.dow.com/
DowElanco http://www.dowelanco.com/
DuPont http://www.dupont.com/
Eli Lilly and
Company http://www.lilly.com/
Farm and Ranch Business Center http://www.traderivers.com/farmranch/index.html
Farmers National Company http://www.farmers-national.com/
Georgia Farm Bureau http://www.gfb.org/
Gold Kist
http://www.goldkist.com/
Land O'
Lakes http://www.landolakesinc.com/
Miles Enterprises http://www.milesnmore.com/
Monsanto http://www.monsanto.com/
Novartis http://www.novartis.com/
Ralston-Purina http://www.ralston.com/
Southern
States http://www.southernstates.com/sscinfo/index.shtml
A new alumni directory sorted by degrees and years for the Agricultural and Applied Economics Department is available for your review. It will be further developed shortly. The current job titles and firms of our alumni may be helpful information to you in pursuing a career. As an alumna/alumnus of the Department, you should expect to receive mailings pertaining to the directory in the near future. In the meantime, we are ready and willing to assist you in locating old classmates or friends from your days in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. In order for people to be able to make an immediate connection to you, please provide the following information: your name, address, phone number, e-mail, major, and year of graduation. A WordPerfect file of the survey is conveniently available for your use. We are especially interested in developing a nationwide database of alumni and other agricultural and applied economists who are willing to share information on their careers with students and alumni of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. For this purpose, we also need your firm name and job title and description. This information would also be helpful in student recruitment. We'll help get you back in touch! Just call us at 706-542-2481 or e-mail us. aaecon@agecon.uga.edu
Feedback on Links
Please provide feedback on the usefulness of these sites, as well as new sites to Jo Anne Norris, Degree Program Assistant at jnorris@agecon.uga.edu.
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7509
Phone: 706-542-2481
