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If you’re prepared to branch out, there are some options that have a lot of potential for GIS Analysts. Petroleum companies hire a lot of GIS people. They pay very well and the work can be very interesting. Most companies are based in Houston or Denver, and there are pretty much no jobs on the east coast. They typically want someone with oil & gas experience, but they often hire entry level people with no experience if their GIS skills are good enough. It’s fairly competitive to get a job, but there are a lot of opportunities too. I worked in oil & gas for 10 years and it’s great, but I want to live in Massachusetts so I don’t work in oil & gas any more. Washington DC has a lot of GIS jobs in Government and Intelligence. It’s a niche field and may require a little extra education to get in to, but it sounds interesting so maybe it’s worth looking in to. Everywhere has the odd GIS person here and there working at the local and state government level. Some Towns may have one part-time GIS person or may have a few. Often State Governments have larger numbers of GIS people. Often local and state government are more eager to take on interns because they’re budget constrained. A lot of places have engineering and environmental consulting companies that have GIS people. Often it’s a fast paced environment with a lot of varied work. Conditions can vary a lot – some companies are great and some have high employee turnover. Often they look for people with experience in a specific field in addition to GIS, but requirements vary. Someone once said, in some conference somewhere, that you should start out at a big company and work your way towards being in a small company. Big companies have a lot of structure and a lot of people to learn from, not very exciting but good for career development. Smaller companies work at a faster pace and require more thinking outside the box, but there are fewer people to learn from and more chance of failure. So do some research on Linkedin and find every company you can with GIS people, then send them all a nice email requesting an internship with your resume attached, and follow up with a phone call a day or two later to see if they’re interested. Good Luck! Thomas T. Lee, GISP GIS Engineer Halliwell Engineering Associates, Inc. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [We don’t have any intern positions, sorry.] From: Northeast Arc Users Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jay Michael Thrasher Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 1:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Still need a few Student Lunch table hosts at NEARC Hi all, I am a recent MS graduate looking to engage in a career with GIS related work. Unfortunately I will be unable to attend the NEARC Conference. I would like to speak on behalf of all the recent grads, young professionals and engineers with similar GIS-related ambitions who are on this List Serve. For those of you with GIS career experience, could you please share any advice or information you may have for those of us starting off or for those of us looking to incorporate GIS into our career paths? Assuming that we have basic course training in GIS and would like to apply these skills in the workforce, apart from NEARC Conference are there any other networking events or online job bulletins specific to GIS? Thank you for your help! Jay M. Thrasher Jr. Research Associate Earth Engineering Center Columbia University New York, NY 10027 +1(508) 954 0677 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Leslie Pelch <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hello Everyone, Thank you to the generous folks who have volunteered to chat with students at lunch on Monday at the NEARC conference next week! We still need people to host the Mobile technology and the Natural Resources tables. If you are planning to be there, remember how important it is to mentor the next generation! No formal presentation required, just a willingness to talk about your professional life a bit. thanks Leslie Leslie Pelch, GISP Outreach Coordinator VT Center for Geographic Information 58 S. Main St, Suite 2 Waterbury, VT 05676 802-882-3002<tel:802-882-3002> http://vcgi.vermont.gov https://www.facebook.com/vermont.center.for.geographic.information @VCGI http://vcgiblog.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (NEARC-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all NEARC Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove yourself by going to http://listserv.uconn.edu/nearc-l.html. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list (NEARC-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all NEARC Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove yourself by going to http://listserv.uconn.edu/nearc-l.html.