Who is a Young Professional?

A young professional is any one of any age with less than 5 years of professional GIS experience.

What are the goals of this initiative?

• Connect young professionals with jobs and resources to find jobs

• Bring more professionals with less than 5 years GIS experience into Volunteer and board positions over next 3 years

• Have fun!

What activities are happening as part of this initiative?

• Virtual Coffee with Board Members - Informal drop in sessions for people to join virtually to ask questions, talk about WAGISA, career development, questions about the field etc.

• Lunch and Learn Job Hunt Series - Quarterly focused discussion focused on various topics. Topics might be resumes, interviewing, LinkedIn Tips, Networking or Personal Branding. 

• Young professional tract at conference - This will likely be some combination of panel discussions and targeted workshops.

• End of year in person social - Night of networking at some venue in the Puget Sound.

Questions? Email us