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AAG 2007 Annual Meeting
Jobs in Geography Center

April 18 - 20, 2007 (9:30am-4:00pm)
Candidate To-Do-List
Before you arrive
  • Optional Online Resume Builder (Login Required)
    • Submit/Review before 4/14/2007 (read the instructions carefully, note - the "use of hyphen")
    • The online resume is not designed to replace your traditional resume and/or CV
    • You don't need to submit the online resume in order to participate at the JIG Center
  • Resources for writing your resume:
  • Make plenty of copies of your resume and/or CV (your nicely formatted versions)
    • Bring five (5) to the JIG Center (required)
    • Bring more for individual recruiters
  • Get to know the recruiting organizations
  • Plan your activity at the 2007 AAG Annual Conference:
  • Submit your schedule for the JIG Center (required)
    • Download this form
    • Print and fill the form
    • Bring the form to the JIG Center (required at check-in)
At the Meeting
  • Check in at the JIG Center
    • Located in Salon A (at the Grand Ballroom Level, next to the Conference Registration Area)
    • Wednesday - Friday: 9:30am-4:00pm (Check in begins at 8:30am on Wednesday, 9:00am on Thu and Fri)
  • Return to the JIG Center periodically
  • Check out the JIG Special Sessions
    • Wed 10:00am-11:40am Jobs in Geography I: Careers Opportunities and Challenges in Community Colleges and Universities (Session 2248) Union Square 25 (4th Floor, Hilton)
      • Teresa Dawan: University of Victoria
      • Diana Casey: Muskegon Community College
      • Tanya Allison: Montgomery College
    • Wed 3:00pm-4:40pm Jobs in Geography II: Packaging Your Transferable Skills with a Geographic Edge (Session 2548) Union Square 25 (4th Floor, Hilton)
      • Janelle Metz: San Francisco State University
    • Thu 10:00am-11:40am Jobs in Geography III: Pursuing Careers in the Government and Non-Profit Organizations (Session 3248) Union Square 25 (4th Floor, Hilton)
      • William Bass: Houston-Galveston Area Council
      • Carmen Tedesco: Academy for Educational Development
      • Rudy Banerjee: Prevention Research Center
      • Mathew Goslin: Ecotrust
      • Diana Stuart Sinton: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education
      • Pedro E. Flores: National Association of Counties
    • Fri 10:00am-11:40am Jobs in Geography IV: Taking your Geographic Advantage to the Private Sector (Session 4248) Union Square 25 (4th Floor, Hilton)
      • Scott Gram: GISCI
      • Jeffry Young: SANZ
      • Rob Glazier: Walgreens
      • Nick Bizic: Earthdata
      • Jason Otero: ESRI
  • Check out other Career and Professional Development Sessions
    • Wed 8:00am-9:40am Support for International Geographers in U.S. Colleges and Universities I: Vias, Immigration, and Legal Issues (Session 2131) Union Square 8 (4th Floor, Hilton)
    • Wed 10:00am-11:40am Support for International Geographers in U.S. Colleges and Universities I: Vias, Immigration, and Legal Issues (Session 2231) Union Square 8 (4th Floor, Hilton)
    • Thu 8:00am-9:40am Building Geography Graduate Student Community: Resources, Tools, and Strategies (Session 3146) Union Square 23 (4th Floor, Hilton)
    • Thu 1:00pm-2:40pm Professional Development Resources for Graduate Students, Early Career Faculty, and Departments (Session 3402) Continental Ballroom 3 (Ballroom Level, Hilton)
    • Fri 2:00pm-3:40pm Making it Up as We Go: balancing work, relationships, and family in the academic career I (Session 4456) Taylor A (6th Floor, Hilton)
    • Fri 4:00pm-5:40pm Making it Up as We Go: balancing work, relationships, and family in the academic career II (Session 4556) Taylor A (6th Floor, Hilton)
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