3. Identify somebody’s LinkedIn profile you want
to use as a model
Add links
Your “paper” resume
Presentations
Create a portfolio
Get recommendations
Join LinkedIn groups
4. Network
Attend events and introduce yourself
Get a mentor
Ask someone in your field to review your resume,
your portfolio, provide job search tips
Face-to-face is more effective
Practice interviews
5. UWM GIS Council GIS Careers site
UWM Career Planning and Resource Center
UWM Alumni Association, Career Services
UWM Alumni Association LinkedIn Group
6. Tips from Jim Lacy, Wisconsin State Cartographers Office
LinkedIn
About.com
Association of American Geographers
CareerBuilder
CartoTalk's List of Online Job Resources
Dice "the career hub to tech insiders"
Earthworks-jobs
The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO)
7. ESRI careers
Job Openings at ESRI
Internship
GeoCommunity Career Center
Geojobs
Geosearch
Geospatial Industry Workforce Information System (GIWIS),
industry-wide resources for educators, current and future
geospatial/GIS&T workers, workforce development
professionals, and employers
8. GIS Cafe Job Board
GIS Gig
GISJobs.com
gis-jobs list https://www4.uwm.edu/gis/resources/email.cfm
GISL (a UK company)
GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
GIS User Careers
GISL (a UK company)
Google
9. Nature Magazine, 22 January 2004, (pdf file)
Mapping Opportunities
Student Conservation Association
WI State Cartographer's Office Job listings
Wisconsin Land Information Association
10. American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Association of American Geographers
Cartography and Geographic Information Society
Geospatial Information & Technology Association
+ Wisconsin Chapter
GIS Certification Institute
University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
11. ASPRS
American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing
www.asprs.org/Certification-Program.html
Exam based
Specific Expertise
Fee
GISCI
GIS Certification Institute gisci.org/
Recently changed to exam based
Code of Ethics
Fee
USGIF (new)
UW Geospatial Intelligence
Foundation
http://usgif.org/education/Prof_
Cert
Exam based
Fee?
Esri
www.esri.com/training/main/cert
ificationExam based
Exam based
Specific Esri Expertise
Fee
12. The exam becomes a component
of the GISCI GISP certification
process November, 2015.
“The exam is based on the
Geospatial Technology
Competency Model (GTCM) Tier
4, Geospatial Core Technical
Competencies. Because the
GTCM is exemplary, in order to
develop the detail needed as a
foundation for an exam, GISCI is
basing its exam development on
job analysis, a standard practice
of certifying organizations.”
15. Yes, this is important!
Applies to the whole process, not just
the interview
WWGD? [What Would Grandma Do?]
17. How the filtering process works
Ways to get through the filtering process
Use the buzz words
Be 100% responsive to advertisement
Meet someone in the organization and NAME DROP away
Hiring bonuses – take advantage of WIIFM
Duplicate submittals (HR and hiring manager/team/peers)
Follow up with hiring manager/team/peers
18. Practice – in the car, with your friends, ask adult mentors
Ask about the dress code; wear a suit when in doubt
Example – Powers Engineering
Look professional – bring a portfolio and pen
Bring samples of your work (hard copy and digital fine)
Know the company – call it the right name; understand the
basics of the industry; know key definitions and projects
Come prepared with questions
Be assertive, honest, responsive but succinct, positive, and
energetic
Don’t shoot yourself in the foot
19. Summarize why you are a good fit
Highlight how you will make a difference
Managers like independent workers who strive
for greatness
Ask about time frame
Make sure you know who to follow up with
Decisions are typically made right after an
interview
20. Donna G. Genzmer, GISP
Director, Cartography & GIS Center
Bolton 420
dgs@uwm.edu
414-229-4865
http://www4.uwm.edu/cgis/
bit.ly/20MxdhE