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The entry level position requires the equivalent of a 4-year college degree with any major, but with these course requirements specific to the GIS parenthetical.And the manager positions may be eligible for endangered species status. Many of us will not get beyond RA II in our state service careers. Promotional opportunities beyond that classification are quite limited. The most utilized classification appears to be Research Analyst II.

Let’s take a closer look at these positions.As you can see, we are a tiny part of the state workforce (.06%) In that same year, 135 of those 218,360 employees had the words geographic information systems in their job title.For that year, the average number of state employees on the payroll for any month was 218,360. How many GIS positions actually exist in state service? To put this into perspective, let’s take a look at 2013 data.If you try to search the state jobs website using GIS as your search term, you will get geologist, biologist, archeologist, psychologist, etc. Keep in mind, however, that the state classification use Geographic Information System spelled out. And this might be a bit easier for you to read.This is the entire list of classifications that contain the words Geographic Information Systems in their titles.It’s considered a parenthetical because the classifications of Research Analyst, Research Program Specialist, and Research Manager are used for various disciplines which appear in parentheses: these are Economics, Demography, Social/Behavioral, and General. Faced with a need to hire workers who had some background with this emerging technology, the decision was made to add a Geographic Information System parenthetical to the already establish category of Research classifications. Before 1990, there was no GIS, as far as the State of California civil service system was concerned.There is one class specification that includes the words geographic information systems in the job titles, so let’s start with that. These classifications are grouped into about 2,500 Class Specifications.

There are about 4,500 different job classification in State Civil Service, and each has its own exam.

Before you can take the exam, you need to figure out which exam.

So I will move on to the GIS part of this presentation. Some are free, but there are also consultants who would be happy to take your money to share their expertise.

The internet has many resources on these steps.

Only after you pass an exam can you apply for a particular job opening. The exam is the initial screening process to determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications for the classification. Step 1 is Take an Exam, and Step 2 is apply for job vacancies. If you are interested in getting a state job, there’s a good chance you are already familiar with some of this. It’s summarized into 2 steps but if you look closely you will see that there are many embedded links to other steps. This is a good place to start learning about the process of applying for a civil service position with the State of California. I googled “how to get a state job in CA” and this page was the first result.

There are steps to follow, and the resources for that are not difficult to find.

I really don’t have the recipe for getting a GIS job with the State I just want to share some of these observations. I have observed how GIS is used in my department, and who is doing the GIS work. My only qualification for giving this talk is that I managed to get hired by the State as a GIS Analyst, and I have worked in that position for 7 ½ years.

There’s a reason I didn’t title this presentation “How to get a GIS job with the State.” I don’t work for the California Department of Human Resources, and my job hasn’t nothing to do with personnel, so I am most explicitly NOT an expert.