Know What Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Employers are Looking For part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation
× Written by Carol Ormand, based on ideas compiled from the 2007 workshop on the Role of Departments in Preparing Future Geoscience Professionals. To prepare your students for their professional careers, ...

Internship Opportunities part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation
In addition to local and regional employers, you may also want to consider connecting to, or telling your students about, internship opportunities on the national level. Here are many possibilities, listed in ...

Understand Geoscience Employment Trends part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation
Written by Carol Ormand and added to by Molly Kent, based on ideas compiled from the 2007 workshop on the Role of Departments in Preparing Future Geoscience Professionalsand the 2013 Geoscience in the 21st Century ...

Help Students Pursue Non-Traditional Careers part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation
This page is based on discussions at the 2013 Geoscience in the 21st Century Workforce workshop and stems from work by Deborah Bathke (University of Nebraska at Lincoln), Dave Mogk (Montana State ...

Internships part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation
× Internships offer opportunities for students to get a taste of what it's like to work as a geoscientist. They also offer opportunities for departments and employers to forge mutually beneficial ...

Joe McCarthy part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation:Employer and Employee Interviews
Intern, Washington State Governor's Office of Executive Policy Carol Ormand interviewed Joe McCarthy on March 12, 2007. Joe is an intern in the Governor's Office for the state of Washington, and provides ...

Geoscience Workforce Trends part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation
High quality science education is essential to our nation's future. Jobs are available in the geosciences, and geoscientists report a high level of job satisfaction. We can attract top students to the ...

Employer and Employee Perspectives part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation
We have begun developing a collection of interviews of employers in a variety of geoscience professions and employees with degrees in geoscience (in a variety of careers). While no single perspective can be ...

Professional Preparation part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation
These webpages were written by Carol Ormand, based on ideas compiled from the 2007 workshop on the Role of Departments in Preparing Future Geoscience Professionals. To prepare your students for their future ...

Karla Hunt part of Strong Geoscience Departments:Professional Preparation:Employer and Employee Interviews
Field Geologist, Resource International. Ltd. Carol Ormand interviewed Karla Hunt for the 2007 workshop on the Role of Departments in Preparing Future Geoscience Professionals. Karla is a recently-hired geoscience ...