IT 162 — Career Exploration in GIS
Career Exploration is the process of learning about yourself and the world of work, identifying and exploring potentially satisfying occupations, and learning how to build a network of people to help explore careers and search for jobs. The highly technical field of geographical information systems includes a rich source of careers and geographic information system employment throughout the world. Highly trained GIS professionals are in high demand to assist governments and private corporations process complex geographical information for use in a wide range of areas such as defense, resource exploration, and environmental monitoring, to name a few. Nearly every federal, state, local and private agency depends on geospatial intelligence to meet its mission.