Opportunities Through the Career Fair

The career fair is known to many as a very important day, for not only jobs for seniors but also the younger students as it offers a chance to network and find internships during the summer. Because of the career fair, I found my first internship that completely transformed my agronomic knowledge in just a few months.

I had the opportunity to work for Advanced Agrilytics as a crop scout this past summer. In the beginning I was very nervous going into my summer. I learned I was going to be working not only with an agronomist in the company but also with growers whose fields I was scouting. That seemed very intimidating to me because I had very little experience in the field and did not want to disappoint anyone. But as the summer began, I realized that I had nothing to worry about. Even though I spent the days mostly by myself, I still felt surrounded by a supportive team that I could go to for help with whatever situation arose in the field, from deficiencies to different insects. The growers worked with me as well and understood I was still learning. They still trusted me to help make important decisions with their fields.

Looking back on my experience, the amount of information I learned from the beginning of my summer to the end was extraordinary. Internships are one of the best ways to take things you learned in class and applying them in the real world. I am so thankful that the career fair opened this door for me and the other opportunities I have at my fingertips.