Initiative Area

Workforce & the Profession

Building career pathways and readiness for a skilled, adaptable next-generation workforce.

Connecting learners, employers, and professional pathways so the geoscience workforce can grow with confidence and clarity.

Strategic emphasis

  • Career Pathways that innovate to that make entry points into geoscience more visible and embrace all potential talent and support stronger enterprise capacity.
  • Skills Intelligence that helps the profession respond to workforce demand and support stronger enterprise capacity.
  • Professional Readiness that supports students, early-career talent, and lane-shifters to build a stronger enterprise capacity.
  • Employer Alignment that ensures the needs of employers and workers are addressed to provide rewarding careers in challenging work while advancing geoscience in industry, government, and academia.

What success looks like

A stronger geoscience enterprise has visible talent pathways for individuals from all parts of society, while providing rewarding careers and a public desire to become part of the geoscience enterprise.