Sunday's Times had a feature on GIS which included a very nice mention of the GIS Corps. Primarily the piece looks at GIS career opportunities, but it also does a nice job of explaining how broad the field is and how it has modernized so many different activities. I am assuming that they were responding, in part, to a press release that URISA put out after their most recent GIS salary survey. In any case, it is good to see some extra attention on the field that clearly has a labor shortage:
"Many jobs are with the government, but technological advances have also helped drive private-sector jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists G.I.S.-related jobs as among the fastest-growing new or emerging fields."
"More companies see the value of G.I.S. services, and there are not enough people to fill all the available jobs, said Richard Serby, a founder of GeoSearch, which recruits people for jobs in mapping sciences."
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