GIS Careers
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The majority of GIS careers involve working in local government, various private companies, and educational institutions. The key to securing a job in the rapidly expanding field of geospatial technologies is three-fold. First, preliminary courses at the university represent your introduction to the theories and methods of GIS. Second, learning data collection techniques appropriate to your discipline is important to better understand the nature of data, including its limitations regarding potential analyses. Finally, an internship and final project completed prior to graduation prepares you for entry into a geospatial job.
A series of Web-based articles examining the various strategies for maximizing your time as student for a career in GIS is available at Careers in GIS.
The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) maintains a more extensive list of GIS-related job sites.
