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canonical: "https://www.jsolly.com/blog/gis-job-search-resources/"
title: "Find Your Dream Job: A Guide to Job Searching and Interviewing"
description: "Find your dream job with this guide on job searching, researching companies, interviewing, and resumes/cover letters."
author: "John Solly"
published: "2022-03-14T14:22:15.000Z"
updated: "2022-03-14T14:22:15.000Z"
---

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# Find Your Dream Job: A Guide to Job Searching and Interviewing

![Two people shaking hands](https://d1d7p8ufhgz4ld.cloudfront.net/media/post_metaimgs/shakingHandsInterview.webp)

Stable Diffusion 2.1 Prompt: A typical job interview. Shaking hands. Professional. No faces.

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## Finding a Position

[LinkedIn!](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/) \- Connect with recruiters and reach out to real people who work at the companies you are interested in. If you see a 2nd-degree connection, ask one of your 1sts for an introduction! Turn on job alerts!

[Indeed](https://www.indeed.com/) - The 'God' of job postings. Most other job sites are simply copy/paste postings from Indeed. Turn on job alerts!

[GJC.org](https://app.prowritingaid.com/GJC.org) 

> One of the most visited GIS/RS jobs site on the Internet. Started in 1992, the GJC has helped thousands of GIS/RS professionals find positions. With hundreds of positions in our database, the GJC has resources for both employers and those seeking jobs.

[governmentjobs.com](https://app.prowritingaid.com/governmentjobs.com) - Great for finding local and national government positions.

[USAjobs](https://www.usajobs.gov/) - Official government job focused on federal government jobs.

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## Non-verbals/Appearance

[https://www.photofeeler.com/](https://www.photofeeler.com/) - See how your profile photo rates in terms of ‘smart’, ‘trustworthy’, and ‘influential’

What the Body is saying - Navaro \[Book\] - Great book on non-verbals from an ex-FBI agent whose responsibility was to find liars.

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## Researching a Company

[Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm) - The ‘Yelp’ of companies. I always check GD for employee reviews before applying to a company.

[Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/) - Discover lots of info, including financials, acquisitions, news articles, and more!

[Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/)

> BBB’s mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. We do this by
> 
> Setting standards for marketplace trust
> 
> Encouraging and supporting best practices by engaging with and educating consumers and businesses
> 
> Celebrating marketplace role models
> 
> Calling out and addressing substandard marketplace behavior
> 
> Creating a community of trustworthy businesses and charities

[SEC documents (Uber example)](https://sec.report/CIK/0001543151/1#documents) - For public companies, check out their S-1/A SEC filing containing a volume of information. The SEC requires IPOs to provide documents publically to educate potential investors on how a company intends to grow and make money. Visit the last page of ‘documents’, for the [S-1/A](https://sec.report/Document/0001193125-19-120759/) containing a bundle of company info.

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## Job Fairs / Conferences

<table class="table table-bordered table-hover table-condensed"><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Date</th><th>Price</th><th>Notes</th><th>URL</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>FOSS4G</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Esri UC</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Esri User Conference</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>AGU</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>American Geophysical Union conference</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>GeoWeek (Colorado)</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Geospatial Conference in Colorado</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Esri Developer Summit</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Esri Developer Summit</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>GeoDev Meetups (Esri)</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Geodev Meetups hosted by Esri</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Mississippi GIS conference</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Mississippi Geospatial Information Systems conference</td><td>https://mastgis.org/home/</td></tr><tr><td>NACIS</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>North American Cartographic Information Society annual meeting</td><td>https://nacis.org/annual-meeting/current-meeting/</td></tr><tr><td>GISPro</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>URISA's GIS Professional conference</td><td>https://www.urisa.org/gis-pro</td></tr><tr><td>OSM State of the map</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>OpenStreetMap State of the Map conference</td><td>https://stateofthemap.org/</td></tr><tr><td>Geospatial World Forum</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Geospatial World Forum conference</td><td>https://geospatialworldforum.org/</td></tr><tr><td>GeobizSummit</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Geobusiness Summit conference</td><td>https://geobuiz.com/summit-2023/</td></tr><tr><td>EGU General assembly</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>European Geosciences Union General Assembly</td><td>https://www.egu23.eu/</td></tr><tr><td>CalGIS</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>California Geographic Information Association conference</td><td>https://www.urisa.org/calgis</td></tr><tr><td>USGIF GEOINT</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation GEOINT Symposium</td><td>https://usgif.org/geoint-2023/</td></tr><tr><td>Integro</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Intergeo conference</td><td>https://www.intergeo.de/en/conference</td></tr><tr><td>State of the Map</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>OpenStreetMap State of the Map conference</td><td>https://stateofthemap.org/</td></tr><tr><td>GeoPython</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>GeoPython conference</td><td>https://2023.geopython.net/</td></tr><tr><td>OpenData Science Conference</td><td>Web3</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Open Data Science Conference in California</td><td>https://odsc.com/california/</td></tr><tr><td>GeoBusiness</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>GeoBusiness Show conference</td><td>https://www.geobusinessshow.com/</td></tr><tr><td>expoverse</td><td>Web3</td><td>Feb 27th - March 5th</td><td>TBA</td><td>Blockchain and cryptocurrency conference</td><td>https://goexpoverse.com/</td></tr><tr><td>Consensus 2023</td><td>Web3</td><td>TBA</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>ETH Denver</td><td>Web3</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Ethereum hackathon and conference</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>ETH Portland</td><td>Web3</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>Ethereum hackathon and conference</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>AAG</td><td>Geospatial</td><td>TBA</td><td>TBA</td><td>AAG Geospatial Conference.</td><td>https://www.aag.org/all-events/</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Cover Letters and Resumes

[Reddit Cover Letters](https://www.reddit.com/r/CoverLetters/) - Post your cover letter for general style and formatting critique.

[Reddit Resumes](https://www.reddit.com/r/Resume/) - Post your resume for general style and formatting critique.

[Reddit GIS](https://www.reddit.com/r/gis/) - Post a resume for industry-specific advice.

[My favorite guide on writing cover letters](https://www.hiration.com/blog/how-to-write-a-cover-letter-with-examples/)

[Cover Tuner](https://www.covertuner.com/) - Awesome tool for automatic cover letter analysis. Created by a Redditor!

[Final Draft Resumes](https://www.finaldraftresumes.com/) - I bought their resume package when I started; It was worth every penny. We went through several revisions until settling on a final draft.

[HRnasty](https://hrnasty.com/) - Weird name, but great job-hunting tips

MS Word Tip - If you’re using Microsoft Word to create your resume, try hitting the keys Cntrl+Shift+8 to see all the formatting marks and hidden characters. You'll likely find inconsistencies!

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## Interviewing

[InterviewThis](https://github.com/Twipped/InterviewThis) (GitHub Repo) - Great list of questions to ask in an interview (as an applicant)

[TheBalanceCareers Interview Qs](https://www.thebalancemoney.com/job-interview-questions-and-answers-2061204) A very comprehensive guide for interviewing from the applicant's perspective.

[How to practice for an interview with Chat GPT](https://www.jsolly.com/blog/how-to-use-ChatGPT-for-GeoDev-Interview-practice/)

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## LinkedIn 

[Resume Worded](https://resumeworded.com/linkedin-review/) - They have a free LinkedIn reviewer tool that gives valuable advice. Might pay for the entire service in the future.

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## What did I miss?

Let me know in the comments!

March 14, 2022 in [Resources](https://www.jsolly.com/blog/category/resources/)

Updated March 14, 2022