Geospatial Occupations Outlook
Occupation Outlook
US Bureau of Labor Statistics:
“These occupations should experience faster than average employment growth. Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists who have a bachelor's degree and strong technical skills should have favorable job prospects.”more: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos040.htm
“Employment of surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and surveying and mapping technicians is expected to grow 19 percent from 2008 to 2018, which is faster than the average for all occupations. Increasing demand for fast, accurate, and complete geographic information will be the main source of job growth.”
US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration:
Geospatial Technology is included in the High Growth Job Training Initiative. more: http://www.doleta.gov/brg/Indprof/geospatial_profile.cfmGeospatial Intelligence Careers:
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is the only organization dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and building a stronger community of interest across industry, academia, government, professional organizations and individual stakeholders.more: http://usgif.org/
GIS.com (sponsored by Esri)
information on GIS careers and future outlookmore: http://www.gis.com/content/careers-gis
http://www.gis.com/content/gis-career-pathways
Salary Information
URISA 2011 Salary Surveyhttp://www.urisa.org/2011SalarySurvey
Impact of Certification for Geographic Information Systems Professionals
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Certification=Certified_Geographic_Information_Systems_%28GIS%29_Professional_%28GISP%29/Salary#
Geospatial Competency Model:
"The New Geospatial Technology Competency Model: Bringing Workforce Needs into Focus,"
“The Geospatial Technology Competency Model (GTCM) is depicted as a pyramid with nine tiers. This depiction illustrates how occupational and industry competencies build on a foundation of personal effectiveness, academic, and workplace competencies.”more: http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/pyramid.aspx?GEO=Y
Classic Articles, Still Relevant Today
Nature Magazine, 22 January 2004, (pdf file) Mapping Opportunities “Careers and Recruitment” article by Doug Richardson, Executive Director, Association of American Geographers. A classic article, still relevant today. http://communicate.aag.org/eseries/scriptcontent/Custom/giwis/cguide/tools/nature.cfm
Science 2005 (pdf file) Careers in Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2005_08_19/noDOI.7699370197034146712
In the News
"Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence" 2013
"Grow or Die - 3 Key GIS Career Needs," GoGeomatics Canada Magazine
"Geospatial Career Panel 2012," Hangouts with James Fee
"GeoSearch Tracks U.S. Geospatial Employmentin Q3 2012"
"stand and be counted" by David DiBiase on Prezi. Keynote presentation for Spatial Plexus 2012 conference, Atlanta, 5-22-12
"Strengthening the GIS Profession" by David DiBiase, ArcNews Summer 2012
"Spatial Career Guide - Geographic Information Scientist," Geographical Perspectives, April 10, 2012
"Spatial Career Guide - Cartography and Visualization Specialist," Geographical Perspectives, April 2, 2012
"Spatial Career Guide - How to Become a Geospatial Analyst," Geographical Perspectives, March 31, 2012
"Spatial Career Guide - 5 Key Skills for Future GIS Software Developers," Geographical Perspectives, March 29, 2012
"The Top Five Skills Needed to Have a Successful GIS Career," Directions Magazine, September 13, 2011
"GIS Employment Outlook: Relatively Rosy for State and Local Government Professionals," Directions Magazine, July 20, 2011
“GIS Analysts are in the Top 10 Low stress Jobs and Top 100 Best Jobs in America, according to Money Magazine and Payscale.com,” as seen at CNN.com
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2010/qualitylife/index.html
http://www.gisci.org/PDFs/GIS%20Analysts%20are%20in%20the%20Top%2010%20Low%20Stress%20Jobs%20and%20Top%20100%20Best%20Jobs%20in%20America.pdf
“Developing the Geospatial Workforce”
http://geodatapolicy.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/developing-the-geospatial-workforce/
“Choosing GIS as a Career”
http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/gisedcom/archive/2011/01/14/got-questions-choosing-gis-as-a-career.aspx
“Geospatial Occupations Q&A - Part One”
October 20th 2010 http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/geospatial-occupations-q-a-part-1/137246
“Geospatial Occupations Q&A - Part Two”
October 26th 2010 http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/geospatial-occupations-qa-part-two/139775