Career development workshop, Münster, July 23, 2019

The associated partners in Münster, 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH, http://www.52north.org, and con terra GmbH, http://www.conterra.de, conducted a career development workshop at the con terra GmbH on July 23, 2019, where currently all students of the second semester are located. Alexander Strotmann Dahmen (con terra) and Simon Jirka (52°North) provided an overview on the companies’ activities in the field of Geoinformatics. It followed an intensive and moderated discussion about career perspectives, required skills, and hints for career development. The event provided the students with valuable insights into career perspectives from companies’ point of view. The companies’ feedback to the event was very positive as well, getting information about the students’ different backgrounds and possibly having access to potential employees.