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Title: Recruitment Issues


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Recruitment Issues
  • Diversity major issue with recruitment of
    minorities
  • Why? the image of geoscientists as
    field-based is not attractive to all cultural
    groups. Need more emphasis on promotion of
    technical/professional aspects of the discipline.
    PR targeted to specific groups. Talk one-on-one
    to minority students about issues related to not
    becoming geoscience majors
  • Start early! junior and high schools
  • Most African-Americans in urban centres have to
    recognize this background and characteristics
    that would attract students into geoscience.
  • One-student-at-a-time approach most effective
    when students are used as recruiters.
  • Recognition that many groups do not want to have
    mobility, want to stay local.
  • Reward structure to enhance diversity
  • Female recruitment undergraduate enrolments
    good, graduate OK, faculty still underrepresented
    in places
  • Need broad searches for positions, target women

2
Recruitment Issues
  • Internal Recruitment
  • Career opportunities need to be identified and
    promoted in level I courses
  • Use of case studies/applications to appeal to
    wider audience
  • Cross-listing of courses with other disciplines
  • (e.g. Chemical Society of America
    recognition of Geochemistry courses for
    professional certification?)
  • Undergraduate counseling extremely important
    Co-ordination of material/resources within the
    department for recruitment and distribution

3
Recruitment Issues
  • Working with high schools/guidance counselors
  • Creation of material for distribution paper
    advertising, careers fairs, website, open houses.
  • Students giving talks in high schools program
    recruitment and promotion of geosciences
    students paid, other recognition? (transcript
    notation?)

4
  • First generation college-goers professional
    programs favoured
  • Interacting with existing structures/programs in
    schools/professions, scholarship programs
  • Entrance to AP envir science community
  • Examples?
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