GIS Internship
I am now in my final class for the GIS certificate program at the University of West Florida, where I will be doing a supervised internship with a Florida state agency. The majority of the credit will be from 160 hours of internship work hours, and roughly 1/3 of the final grade comes from classroom assignments preparing us for a GIS career, such as assembling a portfolio, creating a GIS-forward resume, creating or updating a LinkedIn profile, and reviewing job interview skills. I had some initial difficulty securing an internship. I had an internship approved and designed with my former employer, and had already had several meetings with managers and staff, but I had a job opportunity that I left for before it officially began. Fortunately, my internship advisor had a contact that became my current placement. My placement was difficult, because if I couldn't do it with a current employer, I needed to work remotely, because I already work full time and have children. Fortunatel...