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Sept 30th – Niagara Career Seminar GIS & RS

Location: Brock University Campus.
Welch Hall. Room is WH #202
Date: September 30th, 2012
Starting Time: This half day seminar begins at 9am
500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines, Ontario
Cost: $50

Special Announcement: GoGeomatics is having a pub social the night before the seminar to celebrate the new site. September 29, 2012 at 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM The Red Onion, St Catharines. Address 260 Lake Street, Catharines. This is a regular monthly meeting in Niagara. Come out and meet us to network and mingle with geomatics businesses, entrepreneurs, students and professionals. Networking is a key job seeker strategy in our industry. Click here to tell us your attending using Linkedin.

Description: A half day Geomatics Career Seminar for those in a career transition, career changers, jobseekers, those unemployed, and university/college students. This is of particular interest to those seeking work in GIS, Cartography, Programming, Remote Sensing and all fields related to geospatial technology.

While a wide variety of topics will be explored, we will focus on strategies that get you results in today’s competitive Geomatics job market.

Proposed Topics:

  • What is a Geomatics Resume?
  • The inside track on GIS and remote sensing jobs
  • Cover letters for Geomatics
  • Portfolios
  • Social Media
  • Career strategies for Geomatics
  • The interview
  • Industry trends for careers in geomatics
  • The importance of social networking

All this and much more. If you have any questions please contact Jonathan Murphy at jmurphy@GoGeomatics.net

Please sign up using our secure PayPal registration by logging in as a job seeker on the main page. www.gogeomatics.ca. Then go to the products page and choose the Toronto seminar.

To celebrate the new GoGeomatics Canada website we are offering the popular half day career seminar at a discounted rate, normally $85 dollars per person to $50. Pay for your course in the products page of the job seeker tools once registered and logged into the jobs site.

 

Jon Murphy

Jonathan Murphy is the CEO, President, and Founder of GoGeomatics Canada. He is also the founder and chair of GeoIgnite, Canada's national geospatial leadership conference, and Canada's National Geomatics expo.

Jon has created Canada’s largest professional geospatial network, aiming to strengthen and empower our geospatial ecosystem.

A community builder and connector, he holds a bachelor's degree in Archaeology from the University of Calgary and advanced diplomas in GIS and applied geomatics research from COGS.

Jon is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2020, he joined the ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics Technical Committee responsible for the ISO geographic information series of standards. In 2023, Jon joined the board of directors of buildingSMART Canada.

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