CAREERS IN GIS

There are many FREE GIS related newsletters and/or e-magazines out there that can you can feed to your email account on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.  Many of these newsletters contain not only GIS industry information but also GIS job information.

Now it can get a bit annoying having all these feeds crowding your inbox along with information flowing in from GIS blogs.  However, here are the facts:  if you are not reading these, someone else is.  And guess what?  They are your competition!  If you really want to land that great job opportunity, you will need to spend 30-60 minutes per day doing research. The early bird does not get the worm anymore.  The bird who gets the worm is the one who never went to sleep in the first place.

Anyhow, below are the major email GIS newsletters/e-magazines that you can subscribe to for free.  They are in no particular order.

ESRI Publications

GISuser.com Newsletters

Directions Magazine

Geocommunity Spatial Newswire

GPS World and Geospatial Solutions (GPS World and Geospatial Solutions are separate but have been combined temporarily while site reconstruction occurs for Geospatial Solutions)

Geoplace.com’s GeoReport

GISCafe Daily Newsletter

GITA (Geospatial Information and Technology Association)Be Ready Bulletin

Point of Beginning eNewsletter

It should be noted that there are other more local GIS publications that you can subscribe to also.  Below are a few examples of what you may find.  There are hundreds of others.  Do a Google search on GIS groups/affiliations/associations in your region and you may find something similar.

City of Atlanta GIS Newsletter

Westchester County New York GIS Newsletter

Forth Valley UK GIS Newsletters

Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium Newsletter