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Geoscience Career Workshops LOCAL COMMITTEE
General Chair: Ben Surpless, bsurples@trinity.edu
For more information, contact Jennifer Nocerino at jnocerino@ Technical Chair: David Turner, dturner2@stmarytx.edu
geosociety.org. Field Trip and Workshop Chair: Dan Lehrmann, dlehrmann@
trinity.edu
Geoscience Career Workshop Part 1: Career Planning and Exhibits: Ben Surpless, bsurples@trinity.edu
Informational Interviewing. Your job-hunting process should Sponsorship: Bob Stern, rjstern@utdallas.edu
begin with career planning, not when you apply for jobs. This
workshop will help you begin this process and will introduce you
to informational interviewing.

Geoscience Career Workshop Part 2: Geoscience Career
Exploration. What do geologists in various sectors earn? What do
they do? What are the pros and cons?

Geoscience Career Workshop Part 3: Cover Letters, Résumés,
and CVs. How do you prepare a cover letter? Does your résumé
need a good edit? Learn how to prepare the best résumé possible
and avoid typical pitfalls.

Early Career Professional Focus Group

Have you graduated in the last five years and are either a
working professional or still looking for a job? GSA would like to
support you in pursuing your professional goals. During this
45-minute session participants will be asked a series of questions
regarding potential programming and activities that GSA could
offer to help you reach your goals. For more information, contact
Tahlia Bear at tbear@geosociety.org.

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