GeoSearch, Inc., Launches Redesigned Geospatial Careers Website

March 9th, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Press Release) – Mar 09, 2011 – The geospatial career leader opened for business in 1989 and has operated on the internet since October 12th 1995. When www.geosearch.com was registered on-line, it became the world’s first geospatial job board. To keep pace with rapid change online, the website has revamped several times. The sustaining mission for the design team is to strive for a site with solid technology, relevant content, and simplicity. The only objective is to match employers with job seekers.

The new site is aesthetic, quick, and useful. Employers now benefit from an easy method to register, manage, and administrate corporate accounts. This includes multiple logons per employer account if required with role based authority for ‘administrator’ or ‘associate’ level. Employers can maintain a complete history of postings, create new postings, edit existing postings, plus ‘template’ postings. To identify qualified candidates, employers can use unlimited employer defined screening questions per posting, applicant ‘scoring’ based on responses. Tools are built in to maintain a complete history of online applications, respond by email to applicants – individually, or to multiple applicants at one time, and forward applications by email.

For geospatial job seekers, pages load quickly and searches are fast.
Registration is free and registered job seekers have a custom home page where they can opt in/out of emails from the GeoSearch job board. The back office technology offers robust Profile/Resume management that supports one or multiple profiles/resumes per job seeker account. To meet the needs of this technologically savvy demographic, the architecture supports resumes as text (keyed or pasted) or uploaded attachments (.pdf, .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt). The Customizable job seeker profile form, add fields to capture information relevant to the geospatial niche. Job ‘Agents’ for registered candidates are unlimited and customizable with user defined search criteria including job category, location, keywords, zip code/radius miles, etc. To control the frequency of engagement, tools are built in with ‘auto-opt-out’ links at the bottom of every job agent email. GeoSearch also has service offerings for new college graduates looking to find their first job.

The redesign also includes social media plug-in’s that engage the geospatial community to stay connected with the latest industry news, events, career advice and job openings. The site is search engine optimized to increase traffic and connect more geospatial employers with geospatial job seekers.

“The clean look and simple navigation of the new site provides our customers with an easy method to reach their desired audience.” said GeoSearch President Richard Serby.

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GeoSearch, Inc is a personnel recruitment firm specializing in the geospatial sciences and technologies. GeoSearch began operations in October, 1989. October 12th 1995 www.geosearch.com was registered on-line making it the first geospatial job board.

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GeoSearch at ILMF 2011

February 10th, 2011

Over 50 leading geospatial companies were represented in New Orleans this week at The International LIDAR Mapping Forum 2011. LIDAR manufacturers, sensor manufacturers, survey service companies, data processing, GIS and management specialists and the latest mobile mapping technologies were showcasing new trends, the latest technology advances, and recent projects. On the exhibit floor, organizations involved in Airborne, Bathymetric LIDAR and/or Mobile Mapping Systems, including system and component manufacturers, operators and service companies discussed what they do and how they do it. At the social the show offered and featured some of the best jazz in New Orleans with a marching brass.

The LiDAR Workshop Series included discussions lead by Riegl LiDAR Applications, Tuck Mapping, MJ Harden (a GeoEye Company), Fugro Horizons Inc., Optech Inc., Merrick & Company, ESRI, Applanix Corp, LizardTech, Terrasolid, GeoCue Corp, Northrop Grumman, and Leica Geosystems.

GeoSearch noted an increased enthusiasm about the market performance at the end of 2010 and the expectations for 2011. Business is good and business is growing in this segment. Share your ILMF stories with us and contact us for professional recruiting services, contract staffing, or job advertisements.

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December 15th, 2010

Unprecedented environmental issues challenge today’s world. Every continent is dealing with climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation. Therefore, international stakeholders (the scientific community, policy‐makers, industry leaders, the donor community, etc.,) are involved in certain stages of a solution based process.  However, efforts to reverse negative trends, and support sustainable and equitable development require coordination and cooperation at the global to regional to local level providing policy‐makers  with uniformed information with which to make appropriate decisions.

Uniformed standards, observations, measurements, scales, mandates, and geographic domains for environmental data and information would provide policy-makers and decision bodies the required tools needed to organize the abstract and fragmented data accumulating at numerous locations in various geographies.  It is crucial to build partnerships to support the collection, acquisition, and organization of this mounting environmental data.

Key stakeholder agreement and joint participation could produce a global environmental information network that would encourage integration of existing systems and networks, and build new ones where appropriate, to keep the world environmental situation under continuous objective review.  The Eye On Earth Summit – Abu Dhabi 2011 will convene the primary policy and technical experts from around the world.  The objective is to build consensus regarding the way forward, and establish mutual commitments for that unanimity.

A growing community of regional and international entities are convening in Abu Dhabi, in early 2011 to address this and other similar challenges.

The Eye On Earth Summit Abu Dhabi, will consist of a multi-track conference and exhibition, will involve the participation of high-level policy-makers, decision-makers and technical specialists from the international community, as well as governmental and non-governmental sectors.

Look for this event and others like it to increase geospatial recruiting in the Arabian Gulf!

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GIS Day

November 17th, 2010
City of Denver

City of Denver

GIS Day is held each year in the third week of November. This year it falls on November 17th (today). It coincides with Geography Awareness Week. National Geographic established Geography Awareness Week as an annual opportunity for families and schools to engage in fun, educational experiences that draw attention to Geo-Literacy. Visit www.gisday.com to find an event near you!

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PPCC Interactive Workshop on Spatial Technologies

November 10th, 2010

Rampart Range Campus

In an effort to support and promote the inclusion of geospatial applications in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in Colorado, the Colorado Community College System (CCCS), Pikes Peak Community College, and UCCS offered a free one-day interactive Workshop on Spatial Technologies for Career and Technical Education at the PPCC Rampart Range Campus on November 5th 2010.

Spatial technology is found in numerous career fields and career paths. Geographic Information Science involves the use of various cutting-edge computer-aided technologies in areas that include social media technology, mobile media technology, manufacturing, medicine, communications, planning and agriculture not to mention national, state and local government operations.  It represents a commercially viable area in which employers require a steady supply of well-qualified, technically able, and skilled practitioners.

Demand for geospatial technicians in the United States and many other world regions is growing faster than the pool of qualified candidates.  As a result, two-year colleges are partnering with high schools in designing spatial technology career pathways that lead students through well-planned secondary course sequences and into articulated two-year postsecondary programs.  The creation of this secondary-to-postsecondary “pipeline” of students is critical to the success of producing enough qualified technicians to meet industry needs.

Discussion

GeoSearch, Inc. participated on a panel discussion titled “The Importance of Geospatial Technology for Your Future”.  Will Mast, a PPCC professor and geospatial consultant, launched the discussion demonstrating how his spatial background has aided his career working with remote sensing technology and GIS software analysis.  Jessica Smith, a student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Spring, described her interest in the GIS program and her internship at Sanborn mapping company.  She explained that what she does is in demand and that employers are eager to connect with her when she graduates.  Richard Serby, President of GeoSearch, Inc. detailed the importance of the Department of Labor’s 2010 decision to recognize geospatial technologies as an industry.  Christopher Markuson, a GIS Manager for Pueblo County, described all the challenging and interesting career opportunities that a geospatial background can provide.

For more information on these programs visit www.ppcc.edu

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International GIS Recruiting

August 9th, 2010
Health building

Abu Dhabi government building

Although the United Arab Emirates has a rich history dating back as far as 5,500 BCE, the union of the 7 Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain) we know today is a remarkably recent unification that materialized in the early 1970’s. The growth of the Emirates civilization has been rapid and massive. The construction programs in this region have developed sophisticated schools, vast, assorted housing; geographically disperse hospitals, commercial buildings, financial districts, and roads.

At the heart of this progress is the capitol Emirate. Abu Dhabi has grown to be a multicultural and multiethnic city. It’s the center of political, industrial, financial, commercial, and engineering activity in the UAE. Important federal government offices are housed in Abu Dhabi, and it is also the home for the Emirati Royal Family. Oil royalties and wealth have transformed this metropolis and now those riches provide the means and investment capital required to meet our planets major environmental challenges.

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has initiated a strategic mission to improve the quantity and the quality of water resources in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. EAD wants to improve the air quality and protect society from hazardous materials. To set waste management policy and regulations along with developing a climate change framework, the EAD has invested in technology as a key enabler. Capital investments in ESRI’s ArcGIS family products have resulted in the required data analysis and mapping tools needed for efficient enterprise planning in real estate, tourism, transportation, education, health, environment, public and business sectors.

To maximize the effectiveness of human capital, GeoSearch, Inc. is on-site in Abu Dhabi providing a recruiting effort for two current projects and one upcoming and exciting project. The first project requires subject matter GIS experts in many functional areas. Positions that have been filled include the Senior Environmental GIS/IS Analyst for Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity, Public Relations and Outreach Specialist, Program Coordinator, Program Manager, Remote Sensing and Technology Specialist, Program Advisor, Operations Manager, Database Administrator, and an Enterprise Architect.

Positions that still need to be filled include an Environmental Data Coordinator, Environmental Data Architect, Environmental Analytics Department Manager, Senior Environmental GIS/IS Analyst for Water and Natural Resource Management, Senior Environmental GIS/IS Analyst for Pollution and Regulatory, Senior Environmental GIS/IS Analyst for Policy, Planning and Performance Measurement, and a Partnership Project Manager.

The second project GeoSearch, Inc. is recruiting for is the Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Center and this project is known as (ADSIC). Here we are looking for an Applications Support Specialist, GIS Analyst, Operations Manager, Enterprise GIS Implementation Planning Specialist, and a GIS Analyst Service Level Agreements (SLA) Coordinator.

A third and very exciting project that is just getting started is the Eye on Earth summit. Look to our next blog for news related to that.

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GIS Role in Containing Catastrophic Oil Spill

May 1st, 2010

Gulf Ocean

Gulf of Mexico


Last week, a large oil slick emanated from a pipe 50 miles offshore and 5,000 feet underwater in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil is now threatening Louisiana’s fragile coastal wetlands.

NOAA has released a map showing where the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is currently spreading and notes that bad weather continues to influence clean-up measures.

The clean-up measures are the responsibility of BP because a rig owned and operated by Transocean Ltd. exploded, busting a pipe following work on a well for London-based BP PLC. Now the sub contractors to BP have requested GIS Technicians with 1-2 years of experience with ArcMap to make maps from GPS data for the field crews to help in the oil spill clean up off the coast of Louisiana.

An URGENT response went out on twitter @geosearch “Searching for GIS Techs (ArcMap exp) – URGENTLY needed in Louisiana for oil spill clean up. Contact me asap if interested!” about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck.

The GeoSearch, Inc. social media campaign has resulted in a flood of resumes and responses to help. GIS and GPS talent is critical to the response effort. AP has reported that Satellite images show the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is tripling in size.

Putting boots on the ground in mission critical situations can be a big challenge and GIS talent resources will provide the data required to clean up the spill.

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GeoSearch at the MAPPS Federal Programs Conference

March 24th, 2010

GeoSearch at the Capitol

On March 8th, GeoSearch traveled to WASHINGTON, DC, for the 2010 MAPPS Federal Programs Conference. MAPPS is the only national association exclusively comprised of private firms in the remote sensing, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the United States. The legislative initiatives highlighted during the MAPPS members’ meetings with members of Congress on March 10th included:

* The “Making America Prosperous (MAP)” Act, a proposed bill to authorize the “Imagery for the Nation” concept, authorizing a national geospatial image mapping program to provide baseline geographic data for economic development and a variety of other applications;

* A “Digital Coast” Act, fully authorizes the Digital Coast program within NOAA to help America’s fragile oceans, coasts and shorelines by implementing mapping, charting, and other geospatial data, as recommended in several recent commissions, as well as a National Academy of Sciences report;

* The “FLAIR” Act, or Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act, H.R. 1520, will create a current, accurate cadastre, or land inventory, of Federal land ownership, as well as consolidate the more than 100 duplicate, inaccurate, obsolete, and non-interoperable land inventories currently maintained by several Federal agencies;

* And the Freedom from Government Competition Act, H.R. 2682 and S. 1167, to codify the “Yellow Pages” test, a simple test that has been applied by Mayors and Governors, both Democrat and Republican, that says if there are private companies to be found in the Yellow Pages providing products or services in the commercial market that the government is also providing, then the service should be subject to market competition to break up the government monopoly and prove a better value to the taxpayer.

Outside the offices


GeoSearch met with Colorado members of Congress and Congressional staff including Charles Cogar, Legislative Assistant in the Office of Representative Mike Coffman. Jimmy Hague, Legislative Assistant in the Office of Senator Mark Udall. Senator Michael Bennet staff members. Marissa Smith, Legislative Assistant in the Office of Representative Betsy Markey. Tommy Walker, Legislative Assistant in the Office of Representative Diana DeGette. Matt Henken, Legislative Assistant in the Office of Representative Ed Perlmutter and we met with Congressman Doug Lamborn.

Geospatial Technology Exhibition


The campus of the U.S. Capitol Compex was the location of our meetings and an exhibition of geospatial technologies showcased and hosted by MAPPS member firms including Merrick & Company, Riegl USA, Trimble, and Woolpert, Inc.

The Geospatial Technology Exhibition was held on the first floor foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building. U.S. Representative James Moran (D-8th District-VA), who represents MAPPS’ headquarters in Reston, VA, was the sponsor of the event.

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International Lidar Mapping Forum Day 1

March 4th, 2010

2010 ILMF

2010 ILMF


GeoSearch, Inc. is exhibiting at the ILMF along with 56 other companies that are exhibiting with us. It has had great traffic and has attracted attendance from professionals that have come from all over the world. After spending some time in the Exhibit Hall the Welcoming and Opening Address kicked things off and it previewed that the presentation will cover several aspects of LiDAR as it relates to the end-user. LiDAR uses and applications will be front and center in this forum.
Booth 123

Booth 123

The ASPRS Hot Topics Session went first but the first presentation GeoSearch attended was the Data Collection break out session given and presented by Jamie Young General Manager – LiDAR services team at The Sanborn Map Company. The considerations of new LiDAR sensor technology presentation covered area’s like the learning curve and other challenges inevitable with each update and upgrade in Optech and Leica sensors. However, Sanborn gets great support from both manufactures and they work together to make improvements. It covered Reflectivity. Drop outs due to fresh tar, saturated area’s, and roof pitch among other factors. This presentation also highlighted that new LiDAR sensor technology also provides much better data. Much better. It has lower cost and allows for more applications. The full presentation will be posted later here: http://lidarblog.wordpress.com

James Young

James Young


The other session was called How low can you go: Maximum depths achieved with HawkEye II during projects in 2009 presented by Dan Schnurr, Director, Blom Aerofilms Ltd,. Recent advances in Wetland Vegetation Mapping using Green, Waveform LiDAR Amar Nayegandhi, Project Manager, Remote Sensing Specialist, Jacobs-U.S Geological Survey.. Successful delivery of International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) Order 1B specification coastal survey data using Bathymetric LiDAR presented by Dr Jerry Wilson, Commercial Manager, Fugro-Pelagos, Inc.
In the hall.

In the hall.


We ended the day with the cocktail reception in the Exhibit Hall. Most conversations centered around optimism. Each and every company seemed to have a difficult 2009 and it seems that everyone we talked with, has had an uptick in business and a pipeline of opportunities. 2010 looks like it will be a terrific rebound year. More this this forum later…

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Geospatial Career Leader, GeoSearch, Inc. Publishes 2010 Wage and Salary Survey

February 26th, 2010

GeoSearch, Inc. has compiled an annual wage and salary survey specific to the geospatial career market since 1991. The survey originated in an attempt to measure job categories that couldn’t be found in other surveys. Unique GeoSearch access to geospatial employers allowed data to be collected from commercial companies and public agencies responsible for evaluating compensable factors and paying fair market wages.  Each year, GeoSearch is able to collect data, from geospatial employers, that reports wage and salary information in various categories and classifications.

This year’s numbers compared to a decade ago shows some interesting data. For example, in the 2000 survey, a GIS Manager averaged $58,026 in annual wages reported from 170 participating employers.  In the 2010 survey, a GIS Manager averaged 73,888 in annual wages reported from 140 participating employers.  In this example, a GIS Manager is described as: Manages the GIS department; supervises GIS Specialists and Technicians; develops action plan for GIS development; acts as central communication point; acts as public information source; assists with integration of GIS into existing systems; prepares newsletters and makes presentations.  Typically reports to agency Director or Operations Manager. Typically requires B.S. degree in related field and five or more years experience.

The 2010 Wage and Salary Survey includes a measure of 9 geospatial job categories reported from 140 employers with an average of 244 employees.  The survey is conducted on-line providing an efficient way of collecting information from a large number of respondents.  Participants in the survey receive results for free and the results are available for purchase for non-participants.  All employer identifying responses are confidential. Names of organizations or individuals are not shared, sold, or rented for any purpose.  This is a survey of organizations, not individuals. The numbers represent the wage not the total rewards such as bonus, incentives, commissions, or other compensable factors for each job category.

Although this data is believed to be reliable and accurate, GeoSearch cannot claim statistical validity.  While the GeoSearch Wage and Salary Survey is a valuable tool, it is strongly suggested that this information be used in conjunction with other known data sources and that local and community cost-of-living, competition from other industries, and related matters be factored in to the interpretation of any wage and salary data, including this survey.

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