GIS JOBS & GIS Careers
Western U.S. GIS job links and general gis job related sites
This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive listing of career sites and links for people seeking gis jobs. The page is targeted towards people seeking gis jobs in the Western United States. The major categories and range of links for gis jobs includes environmental links, planning links, transportation gis links, municipality gis employment links, software developer gis links, and other private sector gis companies seeking gis employees. Related gis jobs links included below are: spatial data professions, CAD, remote sensing and surveying. Also the links can post different classes of gis jobs including full time, part-time, contract, and intern work.
UPDATED 08/14/2010
STIMULUS INFRASTRUCTURE GIS JOB LINKS
Stimulus Bill - Download and check new job growth in the Stimulus Bill
Infrastructurist.com - Check for new Infrastructure Jobs
Stimulus Plan Article - GIS in the economic stimulus plan
EPA Jobs - EPA Recovery Jobs
National Science Foundation - Geosciences (GEO) - Career Opportunities
Census - Good job for people starting in GIS
State Transportation Web Sites - Some will be hiring soon with shovel ready projects
Links in GIS related Healthcare -If Obama's health care passes, doctors and medical establishments will need to convert over to digital records. Many of these doctors and medical businesses will want to incorporate some forms of gis into their records databases for better tracking of patients and trends. These areas of gis include geocoding, overlays, export to compatible gis/dbase formats; etc. A lot of custom made and installed gis applications and databases will be needed for the medical industry to compile with any new digital standards. Also, vast amounts of analog paper data will need to be OCR converted to digital formats and geocoded. A lot of specialized gis data work/training will be needed in this area. Keep a eye open on the health industry for expanding gis services that professionals will need. May be a good time to get in on the ground floor and start a small gis healthcare related business if healthcare reform passes.
MOST POPULAR GIS JOB LINKS
Oil Industry - Do a search for current oil industry GIS Jobs
JOB FOOL - Fresh listings
MONSTER GIS JOBS SEARCH - DAILY GIS JOB LISTING UPDATES
DOD JOB SEARCH - Searches DOD and DOL and private listings - Great gis searches
INDEED - GREAT search engine that searches all the other listing sites like Dogpile.
GISLounge - Current daily listings.
SoCal GIS JOBS - Los Angeles and Orange County municipalities listing GIS jobs.
GIS JOBS CLEARINGHOUSE - GIS Jobs Clearinghouse is The most visited GIS jobs site.
WESTERNCITY - City wide California and other western states job listings
CENTRAL COAST JOINT DATA COMMITTEE - Listing of central coast gis jobs
STATE GOVERNMENT JOB SITES - The Internet Job Source, a privately run job site.
MYSPACE - Nice comprehensive search engine that checks many listing services.
CAREERSITE - Best Newspaper Lookup!
SCGIS - Society for Conservation GIS jobs listings.
JOBSTER - One of the largest Job Search Sites
NATIONJOB.COM
CALOPPS - Public Employment in California
MISCO - Mining, Petroleum/Oil/Gas, Construction, and Environmental jobs, lists some gis jobs.
JOB SEARCH ENGINE.COM - Now owned by JUJU ? Job Search engine still works well.
GeoSearch, Inc. - GIS Jobs Headhunters
REAL ESTATE COMPANIES/LAND DEVELOPERS
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANIES
MORE JOB SEARCHING SITES - www.employmentspot.com
CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYERS
GEOCOMM - GeoCommunity Career Center
WANTED JOBS - WANTED Technologies
ALL JOBS.COM - A comprehensive job search engine.
CALIFORNIA COUNTY AND CITY SITES
CAREER MAGAZINE
SITE.COM - Industry specific career search
AEP - ASSOC OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
GEEBO - Listings similar to Craig's List
GIScareers.com Job and resume posting site
Earthworks-Jobs.com Jobs in the Geo Sciences including jobs in oil, energy, mining, geoscience, seismology, geodesy, earth science, earth system science
Ejobs.org Some good company links and Green Jobs, but the site is LOADED with ad banners!
Jobs in California Business
Career Builder - CareerBuilder Site
California Online Job Network - Jobs in California
JESD - Jobs and Employment Services Dept. in San Bernardino
JobSummit -- Southern California Jobs
Major GIS and Map Companies
Google - They now own Keyhole and are a MAJOR$$$ player with the new gis friendly kml files. Buy ESRI next?
Yahoo Maps - Working hard on their online API maps and beta map search
ESRI - The dominant gis software company that has pricy software. I like Quantum GIS for free!
National Geographic - The leading gis publisher of retail products
Mapinfo - GIS software company
Intergraph - GIS software company
Leica - GPS/GEO hardware company
Navteq - Digital gis data company
Autodeck - Major Software company
Cartifact - Makes some of the finest published gis maps for the private sector.(Small, but always looking for new talent)
All the other gis software companies
All the other map companies
General Employment Resources
America's Job Bank
Best Jobs U.S.A.
Career.com
CareerMosaic
Techjobscafe
MonsterTrak
JobWeb
JobHunt
The Monster Board
Recruiters Online Network
Official City Site
Riley Career Site
JobHunt
Oldies but Goodies
Clay Net - Subcategories of Government Jobs
Aqua net Job Listings - Jobs in Fisheries and Marine and Aquatic Fields.
Railroads
Maritime Companies - shipping companies, drilling companies, shipyards- some gis related jobs
Oil & Gas Companies
Geoweb Interactive
Geoplace
Urisa Jobs
Sierra Jobs - Some Green Related Jobs
Bay Area Jobs
National Park/BLM GIS JOBS
Bay Area Automated Mapping Association
Geo Job Source
Lupin
Gita
Newspapers
ALL California Companies
GIS Job.Com
American Assoc. Of Geographers mostly teaching jobs
Police and Law Enforcement - Many use gis and gps for trends and tracking
Urisa Chapters - Good spot to check for regional GIS job listings
Urisa National Page
Socal Urisa
Planning Jobs - Most planning departments use gis and post for GIS planner jobs
U.C. Berkeley Site
City Planning Jobs
Planners Web - Links to Planning Departments and Planners Links.
Arizona Planners Org - Links to Planning Jobs in Arizona.
Urban Planning Jobs Links
Urban Planning Jobs - Other Links to search for gis jobs
Los Angeles Chapter of American Planners Association Great Site For Socal GIS Jobs!
California Chapter of American Planners Association
Governing Magazine
Scag jobs
Mailing/Magazines - Some good leads to GIS Jobs
Federal/County/City Planning Jobs
Directions - Leading Geocomunity Magazine
SoftwareJobs Mailer
FederalJobsSearch
EcoEmploy.com
Forest Service Jobs Mailing List
AAG-GIS Newsletters
ArcNews Online
Geospatial Solutions
Earth Observations Magazine
Blog Search
Western City - Has some listing for GIS Jobs
GIS Forums
Utilities/Power/Water/Transit Companies and Departments - Most use GIS software now
Southern California Edison
San Diego Gas & Electric
Snohomish Power Utility District
Public Service Company Of New Mexico
LA Water & Power
Orange County Water District
Sacramento
Orange County Transit
LA Metro Transit Authority
East Bay Municipal Utility District (MUD)
Others
Railroad Company Job Links - Some gis jobs
Oil and Gas Jobs Online
Energy Central Jobs.com
Earthworks-Jobs.com - World Job listings
Jobreservoir.com - water jobs
National Ground Water Association
Agriculture GIS Related Software Companies
PCI Geomatics
AGRIS
AG View
SST's Integrated Systems
Land View Softwares
Croplands - The System
Seaports of the World - Ports, shipping, and container company gis jobs are growing fast due to outsourcing
Worldwide Listing Of Seaport Web Pages
Federal Job Links
Federal Jobs Portal
Census
U.S. Customs
Dept. of Justice
Dept. of Labor
State Dept.
Coast Guard GIS Careers
Homeland Security USA JOBS Portal
Companies suppling GIS software packages to law enforcement
State/County/City Job Links
S.C.A.G. Southern Calif. Areas Government - some gis job postings
Bay Area ABAG site - ABAG members job pages
* Alaska
Alaska Dept. Of Transportation State Jobs
* Arizona
Additional Arizona gis Related Sites
Southern Arizona gis Consortium
Arizona City and County Pages
Arizona State Job Listings - New GIS Job listing
* California
California Counties and Cities Home Pages
Orange County Jobs
San Francisco Bay Area
Los Angeles County - Official County of Los Angeles Jobs Page
City of Los Angeles City of Los Angeles Jobs Page
Riverside Jobs - Official Riverside County Jobs Page
Orange Co Schools
OC Companies
San Joaquin County Jobs- Official San Joaquin CountyJobs Page
San Luis Obispo Jobs - Official San Luis Obispo Jobs page
City of Ventura Jobs - Official City of Ventura Jobs Page
Fresno County Jobs- Official Fresno County Jobs Page
Placer County Jobs- Official Placer County Jobs Page
County of Yolo Jobs - Official Yolo County Jobs Page
City and County of San Francisco Jobs - Official San Francisco City Jobs Page
Marin County Jobs - Official Marin County Jobs Page
County of Sonoma Jobs - Official Sonoma County Jobs Page
County of Solano Jobs - Official Solano County Jobs Page
Santa Cruz County Jobs - Official Santa Cruz County Jobs Page
* Colorado
Colorado Blm Jobs - They do list some GIS Jobs
All Of Colorado's State Jobs
Denver Jobs
State of Colorado Dept. of Transportation Jobs
Fresh Baked Denver Job Resources
City and towns locations and links
* Idaho
All Of Idaho's City Home Pages
* Nevada
Clark County Nevada always hiring gis people!
The Rest Of The Counties and Cities
Las Vegas Valley Water District Jobs
* New Mexico
New Mexico Counties and Cities and Counties
New Mexico Links
New Mexico Geographic Information Council, Inc. (NMGIC) - Some GIS job announcements
New Mexico GIS Advisory Council - Mostly links, no gis job listings
* Washington
King County Washington - Official King County Jobs Page
Pierce County Washington - Official Pierce County Jobs Page
Spokane County Washington - Official Spokane County Jobs Page
Snohomish County Washington - Official Snohomish County Jobs Page
* Oregon
Oregon.GOV Cities, counties and state departments.
County of Washington - job listings (Beaverton,Aloha, Hillsboro, and others)
County of Clackamas - job listings (Lake Oswego, Oregon City, West Linn, Milwaukee; etc.)
State of Oregon - job listings
City of Lake Oswego
City of Salem - Salem Jobs Page opportunities
City Of Portland Job Opportunities
City Of Hillsboro Job Opportunities
City Of Gresham Job Opportunities
City Of Tigard Job Opportunities
City Of West Linn job opportunities
METRO Job Opportunities - (METRO is the regional governing body, they use gis)
City of Vancouver, WA - Just across the Columbia River from Portland, Or.
Portland Fire Bureau
Clark Public Utilities - Vancouver, WA
Oregon State Gis Center - No gis job listings, just information
Oregon Cities and Counties
Cascade Job Link - Direct City HR links
* Utah
Utah Dept. Of Transportation
* Hawaii
City Of Honolulu Job Listings
Environmental GIS Jobs and Employment Links
E-Jobs Huge site with many gis job site possibilities
Ecojobs
E.P.A. Jobs
The Nature Conservancy - Occasionally posts a gis job
California State Land Commission Jobs
Army Corp of Engineers (ACE)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
U.S. D.O.I. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB)
Society for Conservation Biology
NatureServe
Wildlife Society
Resume and Headhunters
School Jobs
California State College System
University of California System
Career Guidance
What Color Is Your Parachute: Job Hunting Online
Consumer Information Center - Employment
Employment and Job search help
Salary Surveys
CompGeo Personal Edition - Geographic Compensation Salary Career Database Software
DataMasters - Salary Survey
Searching the Web
Here are some pointers on finding hidden gis jobs -
1. When web searching, use the same search phrase in all three search engines(Google, Yahoo, MSN). All three sort differently, so the listing will be totally different. Also, MSN is running a new search engine now that tends to put newer pages way higher up. Newer pages are good for job searchers.
2. Use special search patterns to find hidden jobs. An example would be if you are searching “city” sites, you would use a string that hit a lot of city domains at once. An example: "ca.us gis job August 08" would look for all California city/county sites for gis jobs posted in August 2008. Mix it up or try different patterns.
3. Use blog sites to hunt for jobs. You will usually be the one they reply to.
4. Use bulletin board sites like Craig's List. However, these posters are usually looking for cut rate employees that they don't want to pay a lot for.
5. Email headhunters and give them your name and number. Sometimes they might have something hot that has not been filled yet.
6. Go to local Planning and GIS, Arc User Groups and Urisa meetings. This is the first place to look for good city/county/state jobs, since most of the people attending work for municipalities. Good jobs and “help needed” are usually announced at meetings before they get posted on the city website.
7. It's not what you know it is who you know... That old saying is 100% true when it comes to GIS work! The bottom line - 98% of the effort in finding a good paying GIS job is now networking(knowing the right person at the right time). All of my friends and co-workers have found their stable, better paying, gis/cad/mapping jobs thru friends, family, and insider connections. A lot of gis jobs posted online may already have some insider picked and they are only doing interviews to “be legal”. Call and ask questions about the job distribution and requirements. They might have something in the fine print that could weed you out on the interview. Ask about the software they use. Some only use the latest 9.3 ESRI software or other programs. Others may require you to know special math or programming.
8. If you are in school, do tons of intern work and meet people. Go to as many GIS conferences and network. Show your work, talk, and see who will be hiring, growing, and what types of jobs will be needed. Make business cards with a mini resume on them and pass them out! Basically keep in touch.
If you do the old school way of - apply & interview(cattle call), you most likely will be reviewed against 20-200+ applications!
9. Look at Geography Alumni listings and see if they list where they are. This is a good way to find a broad listing of companies that hire gis related people. A good example is the Penn State Geography Alumni listings. It's a huge listing of places to send resumes. PSU Geography Alumni Page.
10. Make a web page with pictures of your work and links to your projects that you have worked on. The employer might not have work for you, but they might pass the website on to somebody who does. Anything that makes the person look more at your resume.
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