{"id":1123,"date":"2023-01-06T20:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/?page_id=1123"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:41:06","slug":"career-fair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/career-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><strong>Green Opportunities, Diversity Workshop and Career Fair<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thank you for your interest.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Registration is now closed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/about-us\/ecologyplus-covid-19-policy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Please be informed about our COVID policy.<\/span><\/a> All attendees must wear face masks except while eating or drinking.<\/p>\n<h4 aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Friday, February 17, 2023<br \/>\n9:00 am &#8211; 2:30 pm* (updated)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UDCCAUSES-300x74.png\" alt=\"Official logo of the University of the District of Columbia.\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UDCCAUSES-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UDCCAUSES-1024x254.png 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UDCCAUSES-768x191.png 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UDCCAUSES.png 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/career-fair\/exhibitors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1151\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EcologyPlus-button-300x65.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EcologyPlus-button-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EcologyPlus-button-1024x223.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EcologyPlus-button-768x167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EcologyPlus-button-1536x334.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EcologyPlus-button-1568x341.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/EcologyPlus-button.jpg 1741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EcologyPlus is excited to offer the Green Opportunities, Diversity Workshop &amp; Career Fair. This is a two-part event designed to engage professionals in the environmental, conservation and sustainability fields as well as diverse students and early career professionals interested in green careers pathways.<\/p>\n<p>Door prizes will include a $500 EcologyPlus scholarship to a registered student to attend a professional conference related to green careers by September 2023. The drawings will take place after 3:30 pm. Must be present to win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO SHOULD ATTEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Individuals who identify themselves as being part of an underrepresented group in the ecological sciences who are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Undergraduate students<\/li>\n<li>Graduate students<\/li>\n<li>Early career professionals (degree earned within the last 3 years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHAT TO EXPECT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a participant, you will have the opportunity to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet with professionals from a wide variety of sectors all sharing the same interest in conservation, sustainability and the environment.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in mini-workshops to build on relevant skills you will need in your career.<\/li>\n<li>Network and make connections, potentially leading to some form of employment.<\/li>\n<li>Lunch will be provided to those who register on time.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW257317824 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257317824 BCX0\">Eligibility for EcologyPlus <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257317824 BCX0\">career <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257317824 BCX0\">mentoring<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257317824 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Win Door prizes from exhibitors &amp; a grand door prize of $500 from EcologyPlus towards career development!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHERE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University of the District of Columbia<br \/>\nStudent Center Ballroom<br \/>\n4200 Connecticut Avenue NW<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20008<\/p>\n<p><strong>Closest Metro Station<br \/>\n<\/strong>Red Line Van Ness \u2013 UDC Metro Station (0 miles from venue)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 17, 2023<br \/>\n9:00 am \u2013 2:30 pm (updated)<\/p>\n<p><strong>AGENDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/career-fair\/agenda\/\">Click here to see the agenda<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 aria-level=\"3\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Opportunities, Diversity Workshop and Career Fair Thank you for your interest. Registration is now closed. Please be informed about our COVID policy. All attendees must wear face masks except while eating or drinking. Friday, February 17, 2023 9:00 am &#8211; 2:30 pm* (updated) \u00a0 EcologyPlus is excited to offer the Green Opportunities, Diversity Workshop &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/career-fair\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Career Fair&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":990,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1123","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1269,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1123\/revisions\/1269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/ecologyplus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}