Jobs: And, Emergency Management Degrees

About once a month I get an email from someone asking how to go about turning their emergency management degree into a job.  There is no magic pill that will do that for you.

 

Read this article in the current edition of Emergency Management Magazine, The Job Market  I think the analysis and commentary provided there from a variety of emergency managers is pretty much on the mark.  

 

Some of the recommendations include:

 

• Having a degree in emergency management from a resident school
• Getting experience wherever and whenever you can find it
• Networking with professionals already working in the field of emergency management

I'll add the following to the list:

• Learning technical skills that first responders don't have, especially in technology
• Being persistent in your pursuit of employment
• Being willing to move to where the job(s) are