{"id":2800,"date":"2013-03-28T09:22:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T13:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:21:14","slug":"ten-tips-for-a-gis-job-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/ten-tips-for-a-gis-job-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten tips for a GIS job interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/03\/interview.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2801\" alt=\"interview\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/03\/interview-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/03\/interview-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/03\/interview-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/03\/interview.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>April is a busy month when you are wrapping up your studies and planning your summer activities. For those of you who are preparing for a job interview in the GIS field, I would like to share the following tips from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gislounge.com\/ten-tips-to-prepare-for-a-gis-job-interview\/\">GIS Lounge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Volunteer<\/li>\n<li>Create a portfolio<\/li>\n<li>Research the GIS job you are interviewing for<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t rush to answer<\/li>\n<li>Project the right body language<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to highlight your experiences<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate your ability to work collaboratively<\/li>\n<li>Be positive<\/li>\n<li>Show an interest in your prospective place of employment<\/li>\n<li>Show your passion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For details of these tips, please read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gislounge.com\/ten-tips-to-prepare-for-a-gis-job-interview\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credits to <a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/images\/results.aspx?qu=job%20interview&amp;ex=2&amp;AxInstalled=copy&amp;Download=MP900448494&amp;ext=JPG&amp;c=0#ai:MP900448494|\">Microsoft Images<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is a busy month when you are wrapping up your studies and planning your summer activities. For those of you who are preparing for a job interview in the GIS field, I would like to share the following tips &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/ten-tips-for-a-gis-job-interview\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,146],"class_list":["post-2800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-geography","tag-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2800"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3058,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800\/revisions\/3058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}