Category Archives: job

10 Ways Browsing PR Releases Can Land You a Job

How can a press release land you a sweet job or consulting gig? When you see a PR / press release you may simply be thinking to yourself, “oh, another news announcement”… whatever! But have you ever considered that a … Continue reading

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With Landsat 8 DOI / NASA Partnership to Strengthen STEM Careers

This news on the heel of the launch of the next generation of the LDCM and the continuation of the Landsat program – the satellite is expected to transmit images and data about the Earth within 100 days. Salazar today  … Continue reading

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Recent Graduates… TomTom Wants You!

Indeed, graduation is n exciting time, however, its also a scary time when thousands of grads are pounding the streets and knocking on doors. TomTom has recently announced details of their recent graduate program (Global) and has some exciting opportunities. … Continue reading

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GIS Analyst – Laid Back Career #4 With An Average Salary of $79+K

Ok, let me just start by saying NO, I don’t normally read anything on Yahoo!, however, a link to this article made me click for more info! In a piece titled Laid Back Careers on a Yahoo! EDU web resource … Continue reading

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Salary Survey of GIS / Geo Tech Professionals

I think we can all agree that we live in challenging economic times to say the least! As GIS professionals we are subject to the same budget cutbacks, restrictions, and decreased revenue sources as everyone else. Read on for a … Continue reading

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Looking For Work, Try Searching For A Hidden Job – Top 10 States With Hidden Jobs

An interesting web service accompanied by a mobile app lets users search for hidden jobs… these are positions that you likely won’t turn up any place else as they have yet to be posted. An interesting concept – here’s the … Continue reading

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GIS Career Opportunities – 2 options

Another Humpday here… so why not share a couple of great Geo career opportunities? Here’s 2 options, with a pay range swing of about $100K… The Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Government of the District of Columbia is on … Continue reading

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10 Great GIS / Geo Career Opportunities

I wanted to share with you a number of interesting, new career opportunities that we’ve recently caught wind of at GISuser. Be sure to browse the Career Center for some great opportunities. Notable, these 10 awesome opportunities (and more) have … Continue reading

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GIS / Geo Tech Career Tips

Scoring the perfect career is a challenge indeed, and the current economic climate doesn’t make things any easier… however, the GIS/Geo tech sector is hot so don’t get discouraged (see our career board as an example). Along with this theme, … Continue reading

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How to Write Job Postings that Don’t Suck

There’s no simple answer to this, however, today with all the cool social tools, new media, and B2B resources out there, one can be very creative and innovative in writing a fantastic job posting – ideally in doing so you … Continue reading

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Student Tip – ESRI Summer Internship Program

Heads-up… ESRI has just released details of this summer’s internship program – Students interested in careers in the software industry and geographic information system (GIS) technologies are invited to apply to the 2009 ESRI Summer Internship Program. Internships are available … Continue reading

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List yourself or your company’s Micro-blog, Twitter, blog in the Directory of GIS/Geo Professionals – Resume posting too!

We’ve just expanded our GISuser Industry directory to include a section devoted to social networks, micro blogging, Geo Twitters etc… list your GIS/Geo social micro blog, twitter, facebook group etc… fast, simple and free listing. Enter the directory here Also, … Continue reading

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