The next Career Fair will be Friday October 19th, 2018 from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm in LeFrak, room 1158
Tips for Students
- Dress to impress! Wear business casual or business attire.
- Bring a few copies of your updated resume! Meet with the Career Center before the fair to perfect your resume.
- Do your research! Gain background insight on the agencies, corporations and organizations to which you will apply. Click here to see a list of organizations attending.
- Be prepared with an elevator pitch! An elevator pitch is a short (~30 seconds) introduction of yourself, your skills, and why you are interested in a particular agency/company. Be prepared with a question to ask the employer.
Employers and organizations that have attended the Geographical Sciences Career Fair in the past include (there is no guarantee that these same employers will attend this year)
- National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
- NOAA-Office of Coastal Survey
- New Light Technologies
- Geographic Services, Inc.
- UMD Facilities Management
- UMD's Masters of Professional Studies in GIS Program
- Association of American Geographers
- United States Census Bureau
- Clean Water Action
- NASA DEVELOP
- US Army - Topographic Engineering Center
- ESRI
