Session Goals
   Participants will begin (or continue) work 
     on an Action Plan to address recruitment 
     of geoscience majors/students that:
      •  appreciates and takes advantage of the 
         unique character of your own 
         departmental/institutional setting. 
      •  is aware of strategies internal/external to 
         the department/institution.
      •  will include measures of success.
                      Session Outline
   I.     Introductions (include your setting and 
          briefly identify one recruitment issue)
   II.    A brief look at employment trends
   III.   Strategies internal to the department / 
          institution (work at tables, report out)
   IV. Strategies external to the department / 
          institution (work at tables, report out)
   V.     Work on Action Plan (concentrate on a 
          single recruitment activity)
   VI. Wrap-Up: Share Results
         Online Resources:
 2007 GSA Workshop on Recruiting Students:
 http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/recruitment/index.html 
   SERC Website on Student Recruitment: 
  http://serc.carleton.edu/departments/recruiting/index.html
                             Program
   II.    A brief look at employment trends …
   A.     Presentation by Chris Keane, AGI, at an 
          October 2007 GSA Workshop: 
          http://serc.carleton.edu/files/departments/recruitment/keane_recruitm
          ent.v2.pdf 
          Bottom line: while 
          demand is expected 
          to decrease slightly, 
          aging of current 
          workforce means 
          expected shortage 
          of workers in the 
          future.
    B. Presentation by Dallas Rhodes, Georgia Southern 
      University, at the October 2008 GSA Meeting: http://a-c-
      s.confex.com/crops/2008am/webprogram/Paper50398.html
      Petroleum Boom and Bust Cycles
   From Dallas Rhodes, “Demography of the GSA”, paper 176-3, GSA Mtg, Oct ‘08