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GIS Job Opportunities – Smith College

In recent weeks I’ve talked to a number of second semester seniors about GIS job options.  I’m hoping at some point to write a blog post with links to GIS job search sites and other resources, but for now I’m just going to pass along job listings as I see them.

I just got an e-mail from Jon Caris, the GIS Specialist at Smith College in Northampton, MA saying that Smith is looking to hire a new or recent college graduate (within 3 years) for the brand new Post-Baccalaureate Spatial Analysis Fellow position.  Start date is July 2012 – direct link to the posting can be found here.  This position is ideal for a student hoping to gain additional GIS experience before looking for a permanent job, or as a bridge before graduate school. Duties are similar to what the team of GIS Student Assistants do at Bucknell and include:

  • Data Documentation, Maintenance, and Acquisition
  • Equipment and Software Maintenance
  • Class & Individual Support
  • Administrative Support

If this sounds interesting to you please talk to me. Jon is doing a whole bunch of really innovative things with GIS at Smith and would be an incredible mentor to work with!

By Janine Glathar

Janine Glathar joined the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship team in 2009 to fill the newly-created role of GIS Specialist at Bucknell. She has worked in the field of geospatial technologies for more than 15 years as research specialist, technical analyst and software trainer. Prior to joining L&IT at Bucknell, Janine spent seven years doing applied GIS research in Philadelphia’s non-profit social services sector as the GIS Senior Analyst for Philadelphia Safe & Sound and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. Before transitioning to the social services research world, Janine worked for the GIS software company ESRI as a trainer and education/non-profit coordinator. She earned a B.A. in European History and Russian Language/Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. If you ask Janine where she’s from, she’ll tell you she’s a Navy brat and will probably offer to show you a map of all of the various places she’s lived over the years.

Areas of expertise:
ArcGIS, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Scholarship, GIS, Google Earth, Spatial Thinking