National Geographic Society - Geography Intern

ELIGIBILITY: Geography and cartography majors at United States colleges and universities who are currently enrolled in their junior or senior year or in a master’s degree program.

PURPOSE OF PROGRAM: To give students a professional learning experience through participation in various projects aimed at the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. Interns are given the opportunity to apply knowledge and classroom techniques to practical publication procedures or other geographic outreach projects.

INTERN RESPONSIBILITY: Interns may be assigned to work in one of the many divisions within the National Geographic Society such as education, one of the magazines, books, television, or maps. Assignments may also include work on an increasing number of geographic outreach projects.

PERIOD OF INTERNSHIPS (14 OR 15 WEEKS):
Spring: January 21 through April 25, 2014
Summer: May 19 through August 22, 2014
Fall: September 8 through December 19, 2014

LOCATION: Interns will work at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

REMUNERATION: Interns will be paid $450 per week for a 40-hour workweek, plus a travel allowance to help defray expenses in traveling to Washington, D.C.

HOUSING: Interns are responsible for their lodging in the Washington, D.C., area, including meals and other living expenses.

HOW TO APPLY: Students (including those who have applied before) must submit their information through an online application at www.nationalgeographic.com/jobs. Please select “Geography Intern” posting to apply.

In addition to the online application, students must furnish all of the following materials:
1. a short essay (500 words or less) relating experiences that led the applicant to formal training in geography, stating his or her professional goals, and explaining why she or he wishes to participate in the National Geographic Geography Intern Program;
2. a complete résumé that includes each of the following: the applicant’s extracurricular activities, awards and recognitions; employment history; special interests, hobbies, and travel; and a list of specific skills in cartography if interested in being considered for an internship in the Maps Division;
3. up-to-date official college transcripts, including undergraduate course work if applying as a master’s degree student;
4. three letters of recommendation (one from the applicant’s department chair or academic advisor and two from geography faculty members with whom the applicant has been associated);
5. a cover letter that clearly states the semesters (Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014) that the applicant is available and the applicant’s first choice of semesters.

All these materials must be enclosed in one envelope (including the sealed confidential recommendation letters and transcripts) to:

Robert E. Dulli, Director
Geography Intern Program
National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-4688

APPLICATION DEADLINE: All applications, both online and mailed, must be received by October 11, 2013. An applicant will not be considered if all required materials are not received at this time.

NOTIFICATION OF SELECTION: Applicants selected for the three sessions in 2014 will be notified by December 13, 2013.

CREDIT FOR INTERNSHIP: Where appropriate, credit for the internship may be possible through an arrangement with the intern’s academic institution and National Geographic.

For more information go to the NGS Geography Internship website.

GIS tech - Templeton Demographics

Templeton Demographics, located in Southlake, is looking for a GIS person to help with our Demographic studies. The position would be collecting and cleaning up data, making maps based on client requests, updating client folders with current GIS data, creating and analyzing student yields within school districts, and other needs as necessary. It would be an hourly job working at least 20 hours a week and up to 40 if the applicant can give us that much. 

Contact Rocky Gardiner at rocky@tdemographics.com. 

Alteryx - Sales Engineer

Position: Sales Engineer

Location: Open

Alteryx provides an indispensable and easy-to-use analytics platform for enterprise companies making critical decisions that drive their business strategy and growth.  Alteryx Strategic Analytics runs analytic applications that empower executives to identify and seize market opportunities, outsmart their competitors, increase customer loyalty and drive more revenue.  Find out more at: www.alteryx.com/

Overview:

The Sales Engineer will partner with Alteryx sales account teams, typically for multiple accounts, to demonstrate and facilitate clients understanding of Alteryx technology capabilities around our product, Alteryx Strategic Analytics.  Provides in-depth technical knowledge and is the primary interface with the customer’s technology leaders, through high-level technical solutions expertise.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

·         Provide pre-sales support for pre-qualified opportunities for Alteryx Strategic Analytics offerings.

·         Craft and Deliver technical presentations of offerings to new and existing Customers.

·         Gather technical information regarding a customer’s existing or required geographic Business intelligence solution.  Including but not limited to Data Center Operations, Systems, Networking Infrastructure, applications, third party data requirements, and user access and business unit interdependencies.

·         Engage customers to extract critical technical and business drivers that may position Company Deliverables.

·         Architect solutions for current customers and prospects using Alteryx technology to build applications and/or an Alteryx developed and Hosted Solutions.

·         Remain up-to-date on Alteryx solutions and products and maintain familiarity and adherence to all Company methods and procedures.

·         Ability to provide second level support including assisting with creating customized or out of the box solutions.

·         Extensive travel requirements up to 50% (Domestic/International)

Qualifications:

·         College Degree, 3 - 5 years of technical services support and or pre-sales support experience.

·         Proven experience supporting the sale of Business Intelligence tools, solutions, and applications. 

·         Experience delivering business insights from data using pivot tables, advanced Excel models, or business intelligence tools.

·         Experience with analytics tools such as SAS, SPSS, R, or MATLAB.

·         Excellent technical skills and common business applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).

·         Knowledge of Information Technology, web-based frameworks such as ASP.NET and RDBMS.

·         Demonstrated knowledge of SQL query language and data manipulation concepts.

·         Exceptional ability to listen, assess and document information from client.

·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with superior presentation skills required

·         Ability to handle a fast paced environment and continuously re-prioritize while maintaining a constant focus on participating in the sales process.

Alteryx - Inside Sales Engineer

Position: Inside Sales Engineer

Location: Irvine, CA

Alteryx provides an indispensable and easy-to-use analytics platform for enterprise companies making critical decisions that drive their business strategy and growth. Alteryx Strategic Analytics runs analytic applications that empower executives to identify and seize market opportunities, outsmart their competitors, increase customer loyalty and drive more revenue. Find out more at: www.alteryx.com/

Overview:

The Inside Sales Engineer will partner with Alteryx inside sales account teams, typically for multiple accounts, to demonstrate and facilitate client’s understanding of Alteryx technology capabilities around our products. The Inside Sales Engineer provides in-depth technical demonstrations including business intelligence, complex data problems, ETL processes, and advanced analytics delivered through the Alteryx products. The Inside Sales Engineer is the primary interface with the prospect’s technology leaders, through high-level technical solutions expertise, to convert prospects to customers.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide pre-sales support for pre-qualified opportunities for Alteryx product offerings.
• Craft and Deliver technical demonstration of offerings to new and existing customers.
• Gather technical information regarding a customer’s existing or required business intelligence solution. Including but not limited to data center operations, systems, networking infrastructure, applications, third party data requirements, and user access and business unit interdependencies. 
• Engage customers to extract critical technical and business drivers that may position company deliverables. 
• Architect solutions for current customers and prospects using Alteryx technology to build applications and/or an Alteryx developed and hosted solutions.
• Remain up-to-date on Alteryx solutions and products and maintain familiarity and adherence to all company methods and procedures.
• Ability to provide second level support including assisting with creating customized or out of the box solutions.

Qualifications:

• College Degree, 1 - 3 years of technical services support and or pre-sales support experience.
• Experience supporting the sale of business intelligence tools, solutions, and applications. 
• Experience delivering business insights from data using available business intelligence tools including pivot tables, advanced excel models, SSIS and similar business intelligence tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of SQL query language and data manipulation concepts.
• Knowledge of information technology or web-based frameworks such as ASP.NET and RDBMS.
• Experience with analytics tools such as SAS, SPSS, R, or MATLAB a plus.
• Excellent technical skills and common business applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Exceptional ability to listen, assess and document information from client. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with superior presentation skills required

Ability to handle a fast paced environment and continuously re-prioritize while maintaining a constant focus on participating in the sales process.

Part-time student position, environmental/water quality

Seeking a student to work part-time (10-40 hours/week) with the following qualifications, for the job described below. Must obtain a strong faculty recommendation before applying.

Must meet the following requirements:

1.       Able to start immediately.

2.       Intends to work in the environmental services profession, especially groundwater/geology.

3.       Superior grades/class performance/responsibility/maturity.

4.       Spotless driving record.

5.       Able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

6.       Willing to work out of town for field assignments, generally within the state of Texas.

7.       Able to pass company physical documenting ability to perform job duties.

8.       Has suitable vehicle that can transport the employee to our Bedford Texas office and/or job sites.

Job Description:

                Mix of field work and office work.  Field work includes operating company vehicles, soil sampling, water sampling, operating a wide range of environmental equipment.  The office work consists of environmental reporting, which includes data entry of lab results, data interpretation, statistical analysis, and report preparation.  Some of the “office” duties may be conducted off site (e.g., at home).

The field work consists of at least one full work day, and often more than one work day, e.g. Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, etc.  Accordingly, I need a student who has non-class days available during the work week so they can conduct out-of-town field work.  Students who have classes five days/week will not be suitable.

Hours

During the semester, generally 10-25 hours/week.  During the summer, generally 40 hours/week.

Compensation

                The first week of employment consists of training at home by taking the 40-hour computer-based HAZWOPER training.  This training will be compensated at $10/hour for 40 hours.  After this training is complete, all other work is compensated at $14/hour.  This position does not offer job benefits.

Hiring

We partner through a temp-to-perm placement agency to bring on new employees.  In the long term, the best part-time employees may be offered full-time SCS employment with benefits.

Please respond to me at e-mail (jlawrence@scsengineers.com).

Thank you.

James Lawrence

Senior Hydrogeologist

SCS Engineers

1901 Central Drive, Suite 550

Bedford, Texas 76021

Office Main   (817) 571-2288

Office Direct (817) 358-6106

Office Fax    (817) 571-2188