GIS Training Recommendations
Candidates
Go above and beyond what's expected
Stress ability to learn to prospective employer
Network
Take every opportunity to learn something new
Trade magazines
Conferences
Classes
Training
Podcasts
ESRI Virtual Campus
Web resources
Education Institutions
Soft skills
Problem solving
Communication
Project management
Software
ASP.NET/JSP
.NET/J2EE
ArcGIS
Utilize current tools
Applied use
Less lecturemore lab
Maximize internships
Teach in context of real-world problems
Academic/Workforce collaboration
Beyond environmental
Degree specialties
Developer
Web
Internet GIS development
AJAX
JavaScript
HTML
OO programming
Desktop GIS development
Design
Theory
Database
Spatial databases
SQL programming
Management
Relational Design
Subset of non-developer classes
Non-developer
Remote Sensing
More focus on basemap imagery
Less focus on image processing
GIS Analysis
GIS Databases
GIS Theory
Cartography
