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What are the geographic information system (GIS) skills and types of experience that industry is looking for in graduates? Honestly, I really wanted to know as well!<\/p>\n\n

“What are the skills I should focus on?” This is a question I have discussed with students and faculty, and it always seems to be the top question from the audience in any GIS lecture.<\/p>\n\n

In this series, I wanted to talk directly with GIS users to understand the skill sets that they are looking for. As companies look to hire, what do they need? What makes an individual stand out? How are companies using GIS, and how do they see it changing?<\/p>\n\n

In this first installment, I sit down with Matt Gaffner, a solution engineer with DTN. DTN<\/a> is an Esri partner that provides weather data services and forecasts to customers.<\/p>\n\n

Over the course of our 15-minute discussion, Gaffner provides some fantastic insights that should help provide students and faculty with some guidance on that top skills question.<\/p>\n\n

As Gaffner discusses in depth, GIS has become much more dynamic and has gained many real-time and web-based capabilities over the last few years. If real-time weather alerts based on the real-time proximity of vehicles doesn’t illustrate how much GIS has changed in the past few years, I don’t know what does. Students who can come to the table with skills in cloud computing and programming will find themselves in high demand.<\/p>\n\n

Watch the video interview with Matt Gaffner.<\/p>\n\n

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Visit the Modern GIS in Higher Education web page<\/a>, geared for faculty and students. There, you’ll find lessons, guides, resources, and more, if you are looking to incorporate modern GIS technology and skills into your curriculum.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[481,2002],"class_list":["post-405912","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-higher-ed","tag-students","industry-higher-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThese GIS Skills Will Get Students Jobs | Esri Industry Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this video interview, Matt Gaffner discusses the top GIS skills and types of experience that industries are looking for in job candidates.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/gis-skills-to-get-students-jobs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No More Map Layouts: Programming, Developer Ops, and Cloud Computing Skills Will Get GIS Students Jobs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this video interview, Matt Gaffner discusses the top GIS skills and types of experience that industries are looking for in job candidates.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/gis-skills-to-get-students-jobs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Industry Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-26T18:42:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/gis-skills-to-get-students-jobs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/gis-skills-to-get-students-jobs\",\"name\":\"These GIS Skills Will Get Students Jobs | Esri Industry Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-26T09:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-26T18:42:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"In this video interview, Matt Gaffner discusses the top GIS skills and types of experience that industries are looking for in job candidates.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/gis-skills-to-get-students-jobs#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/gis-skills-to-get-students-jobs\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/gis-skills-to-get-students-jobs#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No More Map Layouts: Programming, Developer Ops, and Cloud Computing Skills Will Get GIS Students Jobs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Industry Blogs\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e79a92bdc6a494ecf109226c978e09d2\",\"name\":\"Rosemary Boone\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/400x400-rb-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/400x400-rb-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Rosemary Boone\"},\"description\":\"Rosemary Boone is a Senior Industry Marketing Manager for Esri, concentrating on executing marketing strategies for K-12 schools and higher education institutions. 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