Registration is Now Open for the SRM 2013 Annual Meeting, Technical Training, and Tradeshow

 

 

 

Be sure to register and get hotel reservations soon to take advantage of cheaper rates. This year's meeting will be held, February 2-8, 2013, in the heart of Oklahoma City.   

 

The 2013 OKC SRM Planning Committee has organized a great event and we hope you will experience the excitement of Oklahoma by adding time to take one of the social or technical tours we have planned.  

 

Since the meeting is in February, you may not hear nature's  

thunder, but you could get in on an OKC Thunder basketball game. There are 2 scheduled during our meeting; another reason to get your hotel reservations soon! Come to OKC, where we will celebrate and learn more about Native America, Native Rangelands.

 

For more information, visit our website at http://rangelands.org/oklahoma_city2013 

For more hotel and transportation information, click here.  

Click Here for the Registration Information

Excellence in Rangeland Management Entries Due Dec. 15th

2013 Rangeland Cup Oklahoma City

Strategic Grazing  Management for Complex Adaptive Systems Symposium  

We Want Your Input On This Month's Photo Quiz

The Redd Fund for Rancher Sponsorship - Deadline Dec. 1

Managing Drought Workshop Series

Employment Announcement: Assistant Professor

 

The Department of Forest Management seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Management who will contribute to the teaching, research, and service missions of the College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana. This is a nine month, tenure-track position. Employment will begin in autumn 2013.
    

Click here  for a complete job description.

 

 

Employment Announcement: Restoration Ecologist 

 

This academic position has 100% Cooperative Extension responsibilities and will be located in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. The research and extension focus of the candidate will address restoration and conservation of multiple goals in working landscapes, including a focus on both natural (e.g., grasslands, wetlands, woodlands) and managed (e.g., rangeland, agricultural, urban, parks) ecosystems, and their interactions. 

Click here  for a complete job description.

 

2013 SRM Job Fair
 Sunday, Feb. 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 INTERVIEW COACHING

This seminar is for the early birds students and limited to 12 people who are preparing to be interviewed at the job fair. This coaching session will be an opportunity to strengthen your interview skills and abilities and learn trends in interviewing. The seminar will be offered on Sunday, February 3 and Monday, February 4, 2013 from 0600 am to 0700 am with locations to be announced. There is no cost to the attendees. Please contact Marc A. Pointel, 2013 SRM Job Fair Coordinator at 775-482-7800 or mpointel@blm.gov (with subject line - interview coaching) coaching). "Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR 2013 SRM JOB FAIR

The 2013 SRM Job Fair is requesting assistance of two volunteer university students for customer service and administration of the job fair. The volunteer must be a dynamic, enthusiastic and outgoing person with a great sense service to the students and staff at the job fair. The purpose of the volunteers is to increase the involvement of students in the activities of the job fair and gain organizational and administrative skills as well. Please submit a letter of recommendation, resume and a cover letter on "Why I want to be a volunteer at the 2013 SRM

Job Fair." Please contact Marc A. Pointel, 2013 SRM Job Fair Coordinator at 775-482-7800 or mpointel@blm.gov (with subject line - Job Fair Volunteer).

Career Development Workshops

In addition to the successful Student Employment Workshop (now called the Rangeland Employment Workshop), where you can ask questions on how to really succeed in the job market, SRM is planning to host additional career development workshops. All workshops will be one to two hours in length and will be offered concurrently with the 2013 Rangeland Job Fair on Sunday afternoon, February 3, 2013 from 1 pm to 6 pm. Top professionals from both the private and public sectors of rangeland management have volunteered to guide these workshops to benefit SRM members.

Rangeland Employment Workshop - 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Facilitators:

Ingrid Drieling, USFS, North Zone Salmon-Challis N.F., Leadore, ID

 

Employers are looking for ethical, motivated, hard working persons who can think, solve problems, communicate effectively (all modes), work effectively on a team, and have good leadership skills. Yes, they want certain specific technical knowledge and skills, but they generally assume that a person has ample technical ability so that they can train them in the specific technical components of their job.

 

At this workshop each participant will be asked to bring a specific job application along with a cover letter and their resume that they developed for that specific job. The workshop will help students analyze their materials with discussions on how they may improve it. Further discussions will concentrate on the process of evaluating job announcements, gathering information, preparing check lists, and then writing the resume and cover letter, submitting the application, follow-up, and preparing for the interview.

Also at this workshop you can ask the questions on how to really succeed in the job market. This is a confidential and discreet workshop. You can ask the hard questions without potential employers present. Expect to get honest, straight-forward answers on what employers really look for.

Did you know that the average time spent on a resume by a future employer is 20 seconds? At this workshop a team of experienced range professionals will offer critical real life resume assessments with usable suggestions to help you learn how to become one of the people that gets 20 minutes of a future employer's time rather than 20 seconds.

Potential employees that attend this workshop will also learn about appropriate interview attire, the importance of networking, and having a business card. Attendees will also find out why people that serve on committees as students typically get job offers when they graduate.

2013 SRM Endowment Fund Silent Auction  

The Endowment Fund Development Committee requests your participation in the 2013 Silent Auction!  At the 2012 Silent Auction in Spokane, over $10,000 was raised for the Endowment Fund by auctioning 120 items.  All proceeds from the Silent Auction each year are added to the Endowment Fund. 
 
 The Silent Auction will operate during the Trade Show hours in the Trade Show Area/Hall.  Auction close out and item pick up will occur Tuesday evening.
 

For more information on the 2013 SRM Silent Auction or if you have an item for the Auction but are not able to transport it to the meeting, contact Meribeth Lomkin at mlomkin64@gmail.com or call 208-358-1533.

YPC Events/Updates

2012 - 2013 NAIPSC Webinar Series
 

5NCGL Registration Now Open

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