Finding an Ag Job

Finding an Ag Job

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Listen to this story. Last spring Christopher Messer was looking for an internship to jump-start his career, and came across hundreds of opportunities online at AgCareers.com. He found AgCareers.com to be very user-friendly, easy to navigate and said the best part was the ability to personalize search results. It turns out that Messer found a posting for the Western Corn Belt Sales Intern with Valent USA Corporation. He applied and heard from Valent within two weeks joining the company for their summer internship program. I called AgCareers.com and talked with Bonnie Johnson: "We are not a recruiter so we do not do any direct placement of individuals. What happens is a lot of companies post their jobs on our site. We are kind of like a monster.com or a career builder but specific to agriculture. Agricultural companies post their jobs on our site and then job seekers can go in and they can search by keyword, by location or a lot of different things. They can apply directly to the site and their application goes directly to the company that is doing the hiring. Then the company contacts the job seeker.
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