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jobs for geographers
where to find job listings
related to economic
geography
Remember that work within
the UW Economic Geography Option can include and build on:
- business and marketing
geography
- regional development and
location studies
- global trade and transportation
- economics of resource use
and land use
- political economy of the
developing world
- urban economic studies
Consider what skills and abilities
are being asked for in these jobs and consider what you'll need to do
(ideally, while you are still in school) to prepare yourself for other
jobs like these. Then, build your resume to demonstrate your relevant
and related skills and experience.
Skills and abilities developed in this option include:
- data gathering, processing, analyzing
- library research techniques
- input-output analysis
- location modeling
- regional econometric modeling and economic impact analysis
- social accounts modeling
- ability to apply theory and analytical tools to current situations,
such as traffic and network patterns, agrarian transformation, trade,
location and land use throry, regional development analysis, industrialization
and technological and organizational change
- writing skills
- graphical analysis and display skills (graphs, charts, tables)
- ability to work with census and various government and private sector
economic data sources
- familiarity with spreadsheets, relational databases, email, Internet
resources and large data sets
The background and skills developed in this focus are in demand by public
social agencies and provate organizations (consulting firms and real estate
and land development firms, for example). Many employment opportunities
begin with initial internships and traineeships for future permanent employees.
Students working in this area have pursued careers as:
- urban and land use planners
- real estate development
and location analysts
- corporate location analysts
- economists
- shipping agents and expediters
- airline route planners
- import-export managers
- international trade specialists
- banking analysts
- advertising account reps
and marketing analysts
Note: Many of the following links do not contain job listings, however,
as most are "resource" sites, they usually contain links to
associations and organizations that do list jobs. Remember that a primary
goal in job search is to find the people (and organizations) doing the
kind of work you want to do. Then you can approach them proactively to
seek work with them.
Business
American Real
Estate Society
Current jobs listing and many field-related resources.
http://www.aresnet.org/ARES/jobs/CurrJobs.html
American Real Estate and Urban Economics
Association
Resource for links to field-based organizations, many of which contain
job listings.
http://www.areuea.org/
ARES -
AREUEA Geography Resource Page
Includes links to job sites and various business- and real estate-related
resources.
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/thrall/ares/geography/
Grant
Thrall's page on Real Estate Information Technology
Resources on the field include links to organizations who hire economic
and "business" geographers.
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/thrall/lectures/REITech/index.htm
Real Estate
Resources - U of Cincinnati
A wonderful resource for information on skills needed and career paths
possible within the occupational field of real estate. Includes links
to information on Appraisal and Consulting, Brokerage and Leasing, Corporate
Real Estate, Mortgage and Construction Lending, Property Management, Institutional
Real Estate Investment, and Development
http://www.cba.uc.edu/getreal/academics/skills.html
Real-Jobs
Fee-based posting for resumes and jobs for the commercial real estate
industry, however, full-time students may post resumes free, if they list
the date of their expected graduation.
http://www.real-jobs.com/
Resources
on Consulting and Economic Geography
A great source for information on who is doing what in any kind of geography-related
consulting
http://faculty.washington.edu/~krumme/resources/consult.html
Trade Associations
related to Real Estate
A listing of links to related trade associations, many of which list job
openings, and other related links that may lead you to them.
http://www.cba.uc.edu/getreal/Trades/tradeassc.html
Society-Community-International
Development
InterAction
American Council for Voluntary International Action. Site contains job
listings, resources and list of 160+ members, many of which also list
jobs. Also offers a fee-based newsletter of job opportunities among member
organizations, which include relief, development and refugee agencies.
http://www.interaction.org/
Online Resources in
Economic Development, Technological Change and Growth
Includes links to government and private organizations, publications and
collections of information.
http://netec.wustl.edu/WebEc/webeco.html
Rural
Development Internet Resources
Many of these links are to government agencies, but other organizations
also are included.
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/other_sites.html
Resources and Economic Organizations
Council
for Urban Economic Development
While the Council does not have job listings per se, the "hot links"
section does link to associations and organizations in the field, many
of which do have job listings.
http://www.cued.org/hotlinks/
Development
Economics and Economic Development
Another resource site that links to related associations and organizations
in the field, many of which do have job listings.
http://www.oxy.edu/~gsecondi/dev.html
Also consider searching among
the links under:
More links to come!
(And, if you know of sites that should be listed here, please let me
know!
Email me.)
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