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Student Employment Opportunites

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Full-time careers

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The variety of industries interested in SBIO students are very broad. It includes a variety of business sectors including design, business, marketing, engineering, and material-based manufacturing industries.

The SBIO department participates in multiple careers fairs annually. These career fairs offer SBIO students the opportunity to network with companies who are looking for interns and employees. 

Most SBIO students receive job offers prior to graduation. The percentage increases when students participate in career fairs.

Internships and Co-ops

summer interns

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For SBIO degrees, industrial internships or co-ops are not required. But, we strongly encourage our students to apply for and participate in internships or co-ops before graduation. For the last few years, most of our current students have participated in summer internships, or a semester-long co-op, during their junior or senior years.

Find career opportunities

There are multiple annual career fairs to assist students to find more job opportunities. We help our students to find their jobs through the close collaboration with the College of Natural Resources and Environment and other colleges, such as Pamplin College of Business and the College of Engineering, which are recognized as one of best career fairs in the country by evaluations from recruiters who attend.

  1. Annual Fall CNRE Career Fair middle of September
  2. Engineering Expo middle of September
  3. Business Horizon Career Fair middle of February
  4. Handshake and LinkedIn
  5. Other job searching engine: Ineed.com or Monster.com

Build up your professional identity

  1. The Society of Renewable Resources (SBIO student club) is a recognized student organization at Virginia Tech. The club is designed for student’s career development; industry speakers & info sessions are regularly scheduled. To develop student’s industrial network, students also attend all applicable career fairs.
  2. Student career service: The SBIO degree offers a resume work program in some general courses, for example: “Start-Up Your Future”: SBIO 3214. In this class, students will prepare their resume, cover letter and e-portfolio under the guidance of faculty in person.