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All ColumnsI’ve noticed that some people write a resume differently for website postings
than they do for traditional paper versions. Here are a few
tips to make your resume attractive to a potential employer on line.
1) Write your resume in the same style as you would a paper resume.
I thought that Brian Soliday deserved to have
his response to our College and University program question published this
week. Thanks Brian!
Be active in professional societies - Attend meetings/social functions,
Volunteer to support events, network with members, help organize a student
c
Our latest poll showed that 70% of respondents
would recommend their Geography or GIS college or university program.
We received lots of comments from last week’s column. Here are a
few:
“I just read your article about job preparedness with quotes from job
seekers. I just want to comme
For the past week we have asked the question:
Do you think your college/university degree prepared you for your first
job in this industry?
Yes - 47.2%
No - 52.8%
Here are some excerpts of comments we received regarding the question:
“I’ve been job searching for over two
In 1998, Microsoft announced its intentions
to join in the mapping fray with MapPoint and put into motion changes that
would forever alter the course of “business geographics.” The notion of
off-the-shelf standard mapping products would inevitably be redefined as
their simple, easy-to-
In making the announcement for
Claritas, Bob Nascenzi, CEO, said, “Business is entering a new era
where customer and market data must be combined, analyzed and distributed
rapidly across real estate, marketing and merchandising functions.” Mark
Cattini of MapInfo said, “Building MapInfo’s a
Today
is GIS Day and frankly, I have a “bone to pick” (i.e.
I’m not that happy) – I’ll explain shortly. In my
mind, this is a national holiday! I’ve been in this business a long time
and I want to see this day recognized for the technology that we use daily,
the thousands of professio
The 40th URISA opened with a modest
and perhaps disappointing turnout but a blockbuster program. I estimated
that approximately 350-400 attended the keynote session where attendees
heard Jack Eichenbaum, New York City
Assessor, recount the 9/11 aftermath and the tribulations in gathering
myriad
On August 30th, Microsoft
further clarified its position with MapPoint
Alliance partners regarding the End User License Agreement for MapPoint
2003 and usage of the product for real-time or near real-time fleet management
applications. The clarification was prompted by a change in the licensing
As
we have become accustomed to the new reality of terrorism in our country,
so too have our jobs been altered. How many of you are now engaged in the
war on terrorism and using mapping or GIS technology? I would like to hear
from you if you are.
For next week’s 9/11
issue, I would like to pub
Journal News Removes Interactive Gun Permit Map
The Lower Hudson Journal News has been under fire for publishing a map of gun permit holders in two counties in New York State before Christma. (APB coverage 1, 2, podcast). On Friday January 18 the paper removed the interactive map. Why? Publisher Janet Hasson gave answers in a media statement and in a letter to readers.
In a statement in response to The Poynter Institute (a journalism school) she argued:
With the passage this week of the NYSAFE gun law, which allows permit holders to request their names and addresses be removed from the public record, we decided to remove the gun permit data from lohud.com at 5 pm today. While the new law does not require us to remove the data, we believe that doing so complies with its spirit. For the past four weeks, there has been vigorous debate over our publication of the permit data, which has been viewed nearly 1.2 million times by readers. One of our core missions as a newspaper is to empower our readers with as much information as possible on the critical issues they face, and guns have certainly become a top issue since the massacre in nearby Newtown, Conn. Sharing as much public information as possible provides our readers with the ability to contribute to the discussion, in any way they wish, on how to make their communities safer. We remain committed to our mission of providing the critical public service of championing free speech and open records.
In a letter to readers published on Friday she wrote:
So intense was the opposition to our publication of the names and addresses that legislation passed earlier this week in Albany included a provision allowing permit holders to request confidentiality and imposing a 120-day moratorium on the release of permit holder data.
She goes on to say that during the 27 days the map was online any one interested would have seen it and that the data would eventually be out of date. She also noted that the paper does not endorse the way the state chose to limit availability of the data.
The original map/article still includes a graphic - but it's a snapshot, a raster image, with no interactivity. Says Hasson in the letter to readers:
And we will keep a snapshot of our map — with all its red dots — on our website to remind the community that guns are a fact of life we should never forget.
I continue to applaud the paper for requesting the data via a Freedom on Informat request, mapping it, keeping the map up despite threats and criticism and now responding to state law. I think the paper did a service to the state, to citizens and to journalism.
- via reader Jim and Poynter
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