How to get a job in Wildlife & Nature Conservation – Volunteering, Tips, Advice, Q&A
How to get a job in Wildlife & Nature Conservation – Volunteering, Tips, Advice, Q&A
After an ‘Ask me anything’ on social media, people said they would be interested in a video about getting a career in conservation so here we go!
If you have questions about careers with nature and wildlife, please do let me know and I’ll answer them in the comments. If you find this video helpful or useful in anyway, please let me know and consider subscribing to the channel 🙏 Thank you! ☺️
00:00 – Intro 👋
00:38 – My journey into conservation so far 🚶🏻♂️
05:35 – Things to Consider 📋 – Competitive/Pay/Temporary contracts etc
07:51 – Do some research – what would be your dream job? 🤔
09:09 – Volunteering – Why you should do it 🌱
11:10 – The problem with volunteering
11:42 – Education – Do you need to go to Uni? 🎓
13:26 – Applying for jobs 📝
15:48 – Interviews 💬
19:00 – Answering your questions 🙋🏻
19:08 – “What’s the best non-wildlife related skill?”
19:30 – “How do I find volunteer opportunities?”
20:14 – “Can I go from a non-biology degree into conservation?”
20:52 – “Where do I go after Uni? / What do I do after graduation?”
21:43 – “Am I too old for a career change?”
22:58 – “What are the best events for networking?”
23:34 – “How to improve my CV for conservation?”
25:07 – Wrap up 🎬
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Excellent advice for a career in wildlife conservation! Very helpful tips.
Interesting video
Coz of life circumsrances i didnt plan to go to uni i had to move out really young so i just focused on working. Ive veen workinf
G as a support worker for over 2 years in 2 different homes and brieflt worked in nurseries before this and a nightclub between the 2 homes i worked in. I realised i didnt like working in care its not a bad job but its jot what i wanted to do and ive always been interested in animal care i just never thought id be clever enough. Im now settled with a full time job and my own place i wanna srart looking at ways i cant work towards animal care as a career in someway shape or form. Im 20, 21 this year and im worried ita too late for me to start. Id be happy to go to uni as well
You had me at wmsp. Fellow kiddy lad here
Wow!!! That’s excellent advice for my own dream career, I’m surely going for it from now on…thank you so very much for your advice 🤝🤝 it’s so helpful.😊
Wow, that was amazing! So interesting to listen to. This will surely be useful to a lot of people. (Not me, I’m retired, thank goodness!)
Great advice, thank you!!
Very very interesting George into your way into wild life conservation, never been to Sandwell valley, I don’t live that far, I am from Sutton Coldfield in Brum, small world, great watch as per usual George 🎥🎥👍
This video is great for the reality of conservation, it’s not the easiest career. Working in ‘zoological’ aspects of biological sciences is tricky, competitive and takes a lot of work. Grades mean very little to experience I’ve found, enthusiasm matters an awful lot as well. Volunteering at the end shows dedication, the best is in the UK even if you want to work eventually with other climates. I think where people have paid for experiences abroad it might not really look good on a CV.
I’m a PhD student in ichthyology/fish biology but have worked in animal husbandry and pathology so I’ve seen a few aspects of biological sciences.
I am officially a forestry student now. I was thinking about maybe studying wildlife biology for phd which is one of the so many possibilities of the future, but do you think it’s doable ? Forestry to wildlife ?
I dream of getting into this line of work!! I saw they started The Game Warden Channel. Would love to be a conservation officer one day. Thanks for the advice.
thank you so much, i’m 22 and i fear it may be too late for me to get my dream job in wildlife conservation, but i’ll start volunteering asap
I’m currently in nano engineering 2nd year, I love staying out in the forest and waiting for animals to appear. I want to be involved in a job like this! But I’m really bad at biology…can I still do this kind of jobs in the future? And should I transfer programs?
Great video George, really interesting as usual !!!
I live next door to one in felixstowe…I’d love to work on there
Thank you so much for this informative video, George!! I have been feeling lost since graduating last month, and you just showed me clearly where I could go next. Hopefully, I will achieve what I want in the future. Thank you again!
thanks for all the information 🙂 i just graduated highschool and i never seriously thought about what i wanted to do, my school didnt have many attentive advisors and i honestly havent been interested in many things. i want to go into wildlife conservation and volunteer, but my family wants me to go to college above everything so i might be stuck with that haha. i just wanna do something thats good for the earth and that i enjoy
Thank you for this video! I’m only 16 but i have wanted to work with wildlife since elementary school. I regularly volunteer with a local reptile rescue and i have been fostering crested geckos and ball pythons for them too. I’m currently their only foster who fosters more than one animal (i foster 4.) Probably because i know them personally, but you know, i feel trusted lol. I also have some personal reptiles. I really want to focus on reptiles in my future.
I am amazed.. I just joined university for a biology degree in germany in October last year. I am exactly like you with where my mind races like it did for you. To be honest im reaaaally struggling with the broad basic stuff in maths, statistics, Chemistry, but Its fun. Thank you for the insight, giving guidance to someome that was in your shoes when you started out.
Im still scared of failing at university though. How was university for you? Was it a breeze? Did you have times where you questioned if this was manageable and something you wanted to do? Did you fail sometimes?
I want to work with animals not humans.
i’ve been working as a database admin/dev for years and finally started seriously thinking about switching into nature conservation. totally burned out from screens tbh.