How do I find someone with a degree in Plant Science, agronomy, Plant Breeding etc. with exp. in the IT field?

Question

I work for a technical staffing company and we are trying to recruit someone that has expereince working in an IT role with a recent degree in plant science, agronomy, Plant Breeding, Genetics and also has work expereince in that field. How do we find you? This is for a major St. Louis based company with excellent opportunities.

Answer 1

Call South Dakota State University, it has a large ag program

an probably people with the degrees you seek,

Answer 2

why dont  u make use of media, if u r providing excellent opportunity.

advertise all over to recruit the best

Answer 3

Contact the Crop Science Society of America. They publish the Crop Science journal every two months.  They run positions available in each journal and will run your employment details.  They also run a section for people seeking a position and their qualifications that you can look over as well.  They are a section of the Agronomy Science Society of America which has a similar journal in a little broader field, that you might check as well.

https://www.careerplacement.org/employer...

Answer 4

Hi,

Is this a request for advice or really an ad? LOL

You said RECENT graduate?

Oh well that excludes me!  SOL

I assume the company you are refering to is Monsanto.

I have several friends work there.

My colleagues and I used Science Magazine Online to search and place ads.

Since you are a Staffing Co. "head hunter",

Some applicants might shy away for various reasons,

would rather respond directly with the employer.

Internet advertisement should work very well for you.

This particular Yahoo site might not be your best option.

Only a handful of professional and quasi-professorial people viewing here.  

Many school kids and regular folk.

Can sometimes be like the bus station restroom wall.

for entertainment purposes etc.

I recommend Monster.Com

covers most of the US.

California Biotech people like to use this site.

I just now checked the St. Louis area.

There are several ads there,

both from companies and staffing agencies.

In addition to what you stated above,

I assume you are looking for someone with:

BS or MS plus 2-5 years of experience.

Most companies don't want to hire alot of Ph.D.,

to save money and not throw off the Indian to chief ratio.

Please clearly state citizenship or working visa requirements.

Otherwise everyone from India, China and Taiwan will be applying.

The term "IT", if it's "Bioinformatics" use that term too.

possibly "genome mapping".

Since the employer is in St. Louis,

and you are targeting BS level,

Scout that area of the country.

Some companies in Midwest prefer home-grown employees

and shy away from West and East coast.

Because they adjust better etc.

Best Wishes

Answer 5

Try some professional societies.  Most of them publish job postings in their monthly newsletters.  I know the American Society for Horticulture Science (ASHS.org) and AABGA (PublicGardens.org) do.

Answer 6

Here I am, tell me more.