Thinking about a career in remote sensing and/or GIS? If so, check out this webinar that will be held on Thursday, Nov. 8th at 1pm EST. Students and young professionals are invited to attend the first Careers in Remote Sensing and GIS Webinar, presented by the Geological Remote Sensing Group for North America. The format will be short presentations and Q&A from … [Read more...]
GIS Job Opportunities
Congratulations to rising senior and GIS Student Assistant Darin Rockwell, Geography/Geology '13, for landing a very competitive GIS internship for summer 2012 with Lockheed Martin. Currently ranked #58 on the Fortune 500 list, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 123,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, … [Read more...]
GIS Job Opportunities – Yale University
Last fall I wrote a post about the work that Stace Maples is doing as Yale University's GIS Specialist. The Yale Map Department recently posted a job listing for a GIS Specialist who would work with Stace and others in the map department on developing and maintaining GIS metadata. Full job description is pasted in below. Click here to submit an application on the Yale … [Read more...]
GIS Job Opportunities – Azavea
In previous posts, I've mentioned some of the cool projects that Azavea (a GIS consulting firm in Philly) is involved in. Things like... creating a mobile GIS app for cell phone users to find and map the locations of heart defibrillators across Philadelphia... launching a web map application for students, researchers and concerned citizens to map their watershed and … [Read more...]
GIS could help you get into grad school (and get funding!)
In recent posts I've given examples of how GIS can help you find an internship during your undergraduate years (click here to read more) and/or help you land a job once you have graduated from Bucknell (click here, here and here to read more). Having experience with GIS as an undergraduate can also help you get into grad school (and get funding!). Nick Gonsalves, Geography … [Read more...]