Employer Needs

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Employer Needs

• Terri Bowers
• June 27, 2013

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Current and Future Drivers of Geoscience Hiring

• Climate
• Environment
• Energy
• GeoRisk
• Litigation

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Current and Future Drivers of Geoscience Hiring

• Climate
• Coastal erosion
• Water resources
• Carbon sequestration where, how
• impacts on water resources, induced seismicity
• Environment
• Energy
• GeoRisk
• Litigation

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Current and Future Drivers of Geoscience Hiring

• Climate
• Environment
• Investigation of contamination what and where
• Fluid and chemical transport
• Energy
• GeoRisk
• Litigation

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Current and Future Drivers of Geoscience Hiring

• Climate
• Environment
• Energy
• Oil gas (coal) production
• Hydraulic fracturing
• Geothermal
• GeoRisk
• Litigation

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Current and Future Drivers of Geoscience Hiring

• Climate
• Environment
• Energy
• GeoRisk
• Earthquake and volcanic hazard prediction
• Particularly in population centers
• Impacts on travel
• Induced seismicity (deep injection wells)
• Litigation

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Skill Needs in the Geosciences

• Observational
• Interpret field observations
• Recognize change
• Quantitative
• Hydrology and geochemical modeling
• Math and statistics / trend analysis
• Rock mechanics

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Characteristics of Successful Employees

• Strong communication skills
• Oral clear, concise, compelling
• Written organized, reach a conclusion
• Effective visuals
• Identify next steps
• Know when to stop studying
• Translation
• turning research into a solution