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GSA CONNECTS 2022
Your Guide to Career Success
Envision your future career in the geosciences, and learn about how to make it a reality by attending these events.
GEOCAREERS DAY
(Sunday)
Direct access to company representatives
• Career Workshop
• Company Information Booths
• Mentoring Roundtables
• Panel Luncheon
GEOCAREERS CENTER
(Sunday–Wednesday)
Career Guidance and Information
• Career Presentations
• Résumé Review Clinic
• Drop-In Mentoring If you’re not attending the meeting, consider registering for an
• Early Career Professional Coffee upcoming webinar or viewing past career exploration webinars at
• Geology Club Meet Up www.geosociety.org/webinars.
• Networking Event
• Women in Geology Program Go to https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2022/geocareers
• Post or View Jobs for event details, dates, and times.
Share Your Experience—Be a Mentor
Become a mentor and help students navigate the meeting, intro- to attend their first GSA Connects meeting. Mentors will meet
duce them to contacts, discuss career paths, and offer advice. with their mentee each day of the meeting, introduce the mentee to
Graduate students, early career professionals, professionals, and five contacts, and share their professional experiences in the geo-
retirees are all welcome! sciences. Matching will be completed using an online platform. To
learn more, go to https://www.geosociety.org/OTF and click on
Drop-in Mentor. This one-on-one mentoring activity takes place “mentorships.”
in the GeoCareers Center. Students have 30 minutes to ask ques-
tions and seek advice. About 28 mentors are needed. Résumé or CV Mentor. Résumé mentors are matched with a stu-
dent on-site to review the student’s résumé or CV. Consultations
Networking Reception Mentor. The networking reception is a take place for 30 minutes in the GeoCareers Center in a one-on-
gathering of students, early career professionals, and mentors. one format. About 28 mentors are needed.
About 40 mentors are needed to answer questions, offer advice
about careers plans, and comment on job opportunities within Women in Geology Mentor. About 30 mentors from a variety of
their fields. sectors are needed to answer career questions and offer advice
during the Women in Geology Reception.
On To the Future Mentor. About 75 On To the Future (OTF)
mentors are needed. Each will be paired with a student who is part To serve as a mentor, please complete the mentor interest form
of the OTF program, which supports students from diverse groups at https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2022/mentor.
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