Careers in Industry - Panel session
Primary Session Organizer: Claire Burch, University of Oklahoma
This session will consist of a panel of six individuals currently working in various industry positions. The purpose of this session is to provide students an opportunity to ask questions related to jobs in industry, including sectors such as natural resource management, real estate, and emergency and risk management planning. Panelists will also include individuals from city and federal government organizations.
Primary Session Organizer: Claire Burch, University of Oklahoma
This session will consist of a panel of six individuals currently working in various industry positions. The purpose of this session is to provide students an opportunity to ask questions related to jobs in industry, including sectors such as natural resource management, real estate, and emergency and risk management planning. Panelists will also include individuals from city and federal government organizations.
Challenges in an Evolving Academic Job Market for Geographers - Panel Session
Primary Session Organizer: Denise Blanchard, Texas State University
The job market for academic geographers has changed markedly over the past decade given daunting challenges faced by universities' long-established business models, uncharted waters in dealing with Covid-19, and myriad other economic, demographic, and social shifts. This panel will address key issues affecting career opportunities for academic geographers and strategies for improving preparation for employment as educators and scholars, with an emphasis on these changing times. The panelists in this session are early-, mid-, and late career geographers as well as aspiring academics with a wide range of experiences and perspectives.
Topics for discussion will include:
1) How will universities' responses to Covid-19 affect their current business models and, therefore, hiring practices for geography faculty, replacement and retention of geography faculty, instructors, researchers, and scholars, and retirements?
2) What are some of the important trends and challenges that recent graduates and early-career geographers will face in seeking and/or holding on to an academic appointment?
3) How might aspiring academics equip themselves with knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed toward developing a successful career in academia, especially in these difficult times?
4) Which geographic subdisciplines and/or skills are in highest demand within the academic sector? Once Covid-19 is under control, and universities begin "recovering," what hiring trends can we expect to see over the next 10 years? How have trends changed?
5) How will career opportunities and working environments for geographers differ among and within academic institutions, settings, and types of appointments?
6) How might geographers seeking employment in the academic sector enhance their competitiveness in an evolving and changing job market?
Primary Session Organizer: Denise Blanchard, Texas State University
The job market for academic geographers has changed markedly over the past decade given daunting challenges faced by universities' long-established business models, uncharted waters in dealing with Covid-19, and myriad other economic, demographic, and social shifts. This panel will address key issues affecting career opportunities for academic geographers and strategies for improving preparation for employment as educators and scholars, with an emphasis on these changing times. The panelists in this session are early-, mid-, and late career geographers as well as aspiring academics with a wide range of experiences and perspectives.
Topics for discussion will include:
1) How will universities' responses to Covid-19 affect their current business models and, therefore, hiring practices for geography faculty, replacement and retention of geography faculty, instructors, researchers, and scholars, and retirements?
2) What are some of the important trends and challenges that recent graduates and early-career geographers will face in seeking and/or holding on to an academic appointment?
3) How might aspiring academics equip themselves with knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed toward developing a successful career in academia, especially in these difficult times?
4) Which geographic subdisciplines and/or skills are in highest demand within the academic sector? Once Covid-19 is under control, and universities begin "recovering," what hiring trends can we expect to see over the next 10 years? How have trends changed?
5) How will career opportunities and working environments for geographers differ among and within academic institutions, settings, and types of appointments?
6) How might geographers seeking employment in the academic sector enhance their competitiveness in an evolving and changing job market?
The Successful Virtual Interview - Workshop
Primary Session Organizer: Denise Blanchard, Texas State University
Covid-19 has ushered in an era of "new normals." For geographers entering the job market, or making a career change, interviewing is likely to be conducted virtually at some level. This workshop will offer insight, advice, tips, and a checklist to help you prepare for the day before, the day of, and during your virtual interview to ensure a successful online encounter.
Primary Session Organizer: Denise Blanchard, Texas State University
Covid-19 has ushered in an era of "new normals." For geographers entering the job market, or making a career change, interviewing is likely to be conducted virtually at some level. This workshop will offer insight, advice, tips, and a checklist to help you prepare for the day before, the day of, and during your virtual interview to ensure a successful online encounter.