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what's new!!

tips, trends and news on careers and geography

plus!

what's new on the site

Tips, Trends and News on Careers and Geography

job search trends

(more being developed for this section)

What's New on the Site

Site Additions/Changes in April, 2000
More pages, more links -

trends in job search
skills developed in the geography major that happen to be "marketable"
careers...and the useful art of thinking backwards

Site Additions/Changes in March, 2000
New Site Design!!! - Much More Career Material!!

New Site Design for You - This has taken far longer than I thought possible, but the Career Resources REVISION is nearly complete. The new url is temporary, and when most of the site is functional, I'll switch it into the familiar url. Please let me know what else you'd find useful on the revised Career Resources site! -Kt
( http://staff.washington.edu/duttro/Newgeog/index.html )

Also see:

More Workshops this term

Enlarged sections on Internships

New Jobs in Geography mailing list

Site Additions/Changes in October, 1999
New Links for You:

Internship Resources Online
A full deck of online internship resources (but don't forget to check campus resources first).
http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/intreson.html

Site Additions/Changes in May, 1999
Resumes and the eJob Search
More than you probably want to know about resumes and job search in the age of the Internet
http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/resumes.html

Myth-busting Jobs and Career Paths for Geographers
A surprisingly diversified listing of job titles held by UW graduates.
http://staff.washington.edu/rroth/myth.htm

Why Study Geography at the UW?
A new list of reasons to study geography here - describes the five major concentrations, too.
http://staff.washington.edu/rroth/Why.htm

Professional Portfolios (on our own site!)
Basics, Starting your portfolio collection and Examples
http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/pfolios.html
 

Additions/Changes in April, 1999
Portfolios (When you arrive at http://www.aag.org/, click on Careers in Geography, and then choose Professional Portfolios).  

Additions/Changes in March, 1999
General Geography Resources on the Web
Covering both basic resources and academic sources
http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/geninfo.html

New listings.

Here's a listing of current GIS-based jobs with some advice from Rick Roth on how to use these job announcements, even if you're not in the market for jobs right now.  See March Marketplace
(http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/gis3399.html)

Two internship programs at BLM
See BLM Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)
(http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/blmscep.html)

See BLM Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP)
(http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/blmstep.html)

Interesting "Crop Assessment Analyst" position.
(http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/agjob.html)

Green Corps Leadership Training Program
for Environmental and Social Change Organizers
(http://depts.washington.edu/geogjobs/grncrpjb.html)
 

For local, current job listings, don't forget to check the Seattle Times online employment listings, at: http://www.seatimes.com/classified/jobs/
 

It is never too early to be thinking about summer internships and jobs.

Jobs Websites for Geographers

Jobs Websites in Society and Environment
Right now this list leans toward the environment side, but look for more listings relevant to society issues, Cultural and Political Ecology, Health and Environment, Resource Geography, GIS and Resource Analysis. (In fact, if you have any to suggest, let me know.)

Selected Representative GIS Jobs Websites
Put together by our own Rick Roth and Alexander Perepechko, this list has general GIS Job Information Sites, Vendor-based Postings and General Job Sources- Searchable.  (http://weber.u.washington.edu/~rroth/gisweb.htm)  Try it!

Geography Employment Resources (at the Univ. of S. Carolina), lists a ton of other Websites that give you specific resources for your job search.  The resource topic listings include Geography-Related, Private Company, Federal, Academic, International, General Employment, Career Guidance and Salary Surveys (but be aware that a few of the salary sites are fee-based.)
 

Geographers:

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