I love geographic information systems! The creativity in map design, the science of spatial analysis, and the cross-industry power are amazing. I also love Geoscience. Geoscience makes the world go. We find minerals for your phone, computers and batteries.  We find cheap energy to power the world. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN GIS FASTER I am going to give you little insight into something you may not have considered. Technology changes fast, and people change slowly. We are essentially still cavemen with computers. But this is ok! Your education may be great… but there is something called M ..read more

I love geographic information systems! The artistic nature of mapping and symbology, the science and statistics of geospatial analysis, and the cross industry value is amazing. Here is something you need to consider. You are going to go obsolete in GIS VERY QUICKLY… if you aren’t careful. Technology changes fast… faster than humans can possibly change. Humans are slow… it took us 10’s of thousands of years to figure out the wheel, and now we have new technology updates monthly. Now say this with me… THIS IS OK! I CAN HANDLE THIS. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN GIS FASTER You can handle this becaus ..read more

I love geographic information systems! The creativity in map design, the science of spatial analysis, and the cross-industry power are amazing. But sometimes things don’t quite go the way we planned. Sometimes we find ourselves unemployed…. And this SUCKS! You feel lost, you feel out of place, you feel like you are missing out. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN GIS FASTER Not having a job is no fun, but you can change this with the right attitude. The truth of the matter is, that your skills are slowly fading away. According to research people will have forgotten 50% of what they learned within 24 ho ..read more

I love geographic information systems! The artistic creativity in map making, the science of spatial analysis, and the cross-industry value is amazing. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN GIS FASTER But there is a HUGE problem… GIS is easy. It is easy like Word Processing and spread sheets are easy (If you are not careful that is) Anyone can do Word or Excel… but they usually do it poorly. The same goes with GIS. A lot of people can do it… poorly. But… how will anyone know? Same destination, you did it better, they were all over the place…. but… (See next illustration below) Here is an example from my ..read more

I love geographic information systems! The creativity of map making, the science of spatial analysis, and the cross-industry value are amazing! But… being fired sucks. Being fired from a job you love sucks even more. Being fired from a job you love AND you are good at really sucks. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN GIS FASTER I was fired from a job I loved and was GREAT at… and it sucked Turn the suck up to 11 when you get fired from a job you love and are good at. I was mad, sad, frustrated, angry, furious, and scared. All those emotions over a very short period of time. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN G ..read more

I love geographic information systems. The visual creativity feeds my artistic side. The spatial analysis and complexity feeds my science side. And all of this has massive cross industry value. But here is something you probably don’t want to hear. No one cares how much you care about GIS, or how willing you are to learn… they care how much you can help them RIGHT NOW. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN GIS FASTER This is a case of “Knowing is the half the battle” Because if you don’t know this, you will be stuck spinning your wheels. Knowing what the real problem is put you half way to solving it. Do ..read more

I love geographic information systems (GIS)! The creativity and artistic nature of mapping, the science of spatial analytics, and the cross industry value is amazing. I hope you feel the same way, but here are a few things you might not have considered. You go to school, or learn on the job. You have mad GIS skills. You actually have a lot of GIS skills that you will never use. You also have a subset of GIS skills that you use all the time and are probably awesome at. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN GIS FASTER What you know, and what you actually do are not the same. You will be building your educa ..read more

I love Geographic information systems. It is so versatile and applicable across many industries. So why do so many people find it so hard to find a GIS Job? I see people every day on LinkedIn or Twitter, who are frustrated with the job prospects in GIS. Many times the jobs are either basic, or seem out of reach. Today I am going to teach you about a system I am developing I like to call “Engineering your Success”. This system will increase your hire-ability in GIS by a factor of 10. CLICK HERE TO GET HIRED IN GIS FASTER Engineer your success. I am developing a method that will make you 10 to 1 ..read more

I love geographic information systems! The creativity in map design, the science of spatial analysis, and the cross-industry power are amazing. However, GIS wasn’t my first career. I was actually in oil and gas research and the seismic world for almost 20 years. I had fun, travelled around the world, and got to do some interesting things. That all changed when I lost my job during a downturn. Fired from my non-GIS job. It really sucked I had a very high education in a discipline that no one was hiring in. I was seriously depressed. It took me a few months of research, but I found “GIS” and cou ..read more