Section One:
Packaging Yourself and the Major

Marketable Skills of Geography Majors

  • Jobs For Geography Majors To Consider

    • Planners: Urban, Transportatio, Resource, Economic Development, Housing, and Healthcare
    • Cartographer
    • Geographic Information System Analyst
    • Map curator
    • Writing and editing maps, texts, atlases, etc.
    • Location Analysts
    • Real Estate Appraisers, Researchers
    • State Department, Defense Mapping Agency, CIA, U.S. Military
    • Environmental Analyst
    • Land Use Specialist
    • Census Analyst
    • Travel Agent, consultant
    • Transportation Analyst: airlines, shipping companies
    • International Trade (importing/exporting)
    • International Development Technician/Analyst

     

  • Skills To Develop and Put On Resume

    • As a social science major, think about developing & marketing the following general skills
    • understanding of social pattern, problems, forces
    • writing
    • statistical (quantitative) analysis
    • information management
    • organization and attention to details
    • spreadsheets, wordprocessing, graphics software
    • graphics communications
    • research skills: bibliographic skills; data identification, analysis, presentation
    • ability to meet a variety of overlapping deadlines

     

  • As a geography major, you might emphasize the following general skills

    • Writing ability: organization, report preparation, gathering and presentation of data, making a case
    • Ability to synthesize (i.e., population, housing, environmental concerns)
    • Ability to understand and produce maps: identifying and gathering data, turning it into map form, present it
    • Ability to understand and produce charts, graphs, tables

     

  • Career Resources
    The following selected titles should be available in most University reference collections

    • The 100 Best Companies to Sell For (1989)
    • The Academic Job Search Handbook
    • American Jobs Abroad
    • American Salaries & Wages Survey (1988/90)
    • Career Choices Encyclopedia: Guide to Entry-Level Jobs
    • Careers for Students of History
    • The Career Guide: Dun's Employment
    • Opportunities Directory
    • Chronicle Career Index (Last in Reference) The Complete Guide for Occupational Exploration
    • Directory of Occupational Titles
    • The Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
    • Finding a Job in Your Field: A Handbook for Ph. D.'s & M.A.'s
    • Guide to Local Internships
    • Help! My Job Interview is Tomorrow!: How to Use the Library to Research an Employer
    • Job Choices in Business (latest in Reference)
    • Job Choices in Healthcare (latest in Reference)
    • Job Choices in Science & Engineering (latest in Reference)
    • Job Hunter's Sourcebook
    • Looking for Employment in Foreign Countries
    • National Directory of Internships
    • Nonprofit Community Resource Directory for Washington
    • Occupational Outlook Handbook (latest in Reference)
    • Peterson's Job Opportunities
    • Plannign Job Choices
    • Professional Careers Sourcebook
    • Professional Resume and Job Search Guide
    • Put Your Degree to Work
    • Resume Sample Notebook
    • Resume Writing: a Comprehensive How-To-Do-It Guide
    • Summer Jobs USA
    • Teacher's Guide to Overseas Teaching
    • Teaching English Abroad


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