knowledge skills and attitudes needed for entry-level geoscience employment
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Description of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for entry-level employees with geoscience degrees and advice for studentsTRANSCRIPT
Paula Jo Lemonds, P.G., P.E.HDR Engineering
SAGE 2YC Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in
Two-Year Colleges
Best Practices for Preparing Two-year College Students for a
Geoscience Career and TransferSaturday, June 1, 2013
JJ Pickle Research Campus
…Attitudes Necessary for Successful Geoscience Career
Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes Necessary for Successful Geoscience Career
• “Succeeding at HDR is all about making yourself indispensable. Find the tasks that need to be done but that no one else is willing to do, and volunteer to get them done. If you take ownership of them and do them well, within 6 months we won’t remember how we got along without you.”
- Bill Brinker, HDR Engineering
• Crises• Pressing problems
• Preparation • Prevention• Planning • Relationship building
• Needless interruptions• Unimportant calls,
meetings, email• Other people’s
minor issues
• Trivia, busywork• Time wasters• Excessive TV, Internet,
relaxation
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Work hard knowing that quality is importantRealize that no one owes you anything – No
EntitlementDo what you love; Love what you do!Join a professional organization!
AEG, GSA, AWRA, AAPG, SEPM, HGS, GCAGS…you get the picture
Advice to Students Interested in Geoscience Career