{"id":14,"date":"2018-08-21T21:16:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T21:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2021-12-09T22:06:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T22:06:08","slug":"career-and-professional-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/career-and-professional-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>General Career Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/academic-and-career-programs\/areas-of-study\/public-and-social-services\/emergency-management\">Emergency Management Job Titles and Career Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Career Information Emergency Management Job Titles and Career Information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Careers with an Emergency Management Degree","column_1":"<ul>\n<li>Disaster Recovery Manager<\/li>\n<li>Emergency Management Program Specialist<\/li>\n<li>Emergency Response Team Leader<\/li>\n<li>Emergency Services Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","column_2":"<ul>\n<li>Environmental Health and Safety Manager<\/li>\n<li>Hospital Emergency Preparedness Administrator<\/li>\n<li>Hurricane Program Manager<\/li>\n<li>Safety Specialist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"three_columns","heading":"Benefits of Studying Emergency Management","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS6160_20180417-ACC-Fire-Academy-ca-1084-e1576098691928-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"ACC Fire Academy students practice extinguishing fires\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS6160_20180417-ACC-Fire-Academy-ca-1084-e1576098691928.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS6160_20180417-ACC-Fire-Academy-ca-1084-e1576098691928.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS6160_20180417-ACC-Fire-Academy-ca-1084-e1576098691928.jpg?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS6160_20180417-ACC-Fire-Academy-ca-1084-e1576098691928.jpg?resize=1536%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS6160_20180417-ACC-Fire-Academy-ca-1084-e1576098691928.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>FIRST RESPONDERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Earn a college degree &#8211; <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase your income and job opportunities and meet requirements for career advancement.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Become a well-rounded professional &#8211; <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having an in-depth understanding of the roles that agencies other than your own play in emergency management gives you a broader outlook and makes you better at your job.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Increase job satisfaction &#8211; <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s easier to liaise with FEMA and other agencies and apply for grants etc. if you have a deeper understanding of their work and speak their language.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","column_2":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-146 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS9159_20181119-EVC-EMS-Lab-ca-425-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"ACC students practice intubations skills\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS9159_20181119-EVC-EMS-Lab-ca-425.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS9159_20181119-EVC-EMS-Lab-ca-425.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS9159_20181119-EVC-EMS-Lab-ca-425.jpg?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS9159_20181119-EVC-EMS-Lab-ca-425.jpg?resize=1536%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/RS9159_20181119-EVC-EMS-Lab-ca-425.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>OTHER PROFESSIONALS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Get priority consideration for emergency management jobs in your field<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An emergency management degree can complement your current experience\/degree to give you priority consideration.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","column_3":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-148 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/joel-mott-hLKCGM_xEog-unsplash-e1576098982358-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd of people\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/joel-mott-hLKCGM_xEog-unsplash-e1576098982358.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/joel-mott-hLKCGM_xEog-unsplash-e1576098982358.jpg?resize=768%2C422&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/joel-mott-hLKCGM_xEog-unsplash-e1576098982358.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nNEW STUDENTS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Growing new field<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Challenging, interesting work<\/strong> &#8211; Allows you to protect communities without necessarily being a front-line first responder.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-151 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/dawn-armfield-28v9cq7ytNU-unsplash-e1576098795989-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"Fire burning a van and structure\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/dawn-armfield-28v9cq7ytNU-unsplash-e1576098795989.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/dawn-armfield-28v9cq7ytNU-unsplash-e1576098795989.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/dawn-armfield-28v9cq7ytNU-unsplash-e1576098795989.jpg?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/dawn-armfield-28v9cq7ytNU-unsplash-e1576098795989.jpg?resize=1536%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/12\/dawn-armfield-28v9cq7ytNU-unsplash-e1576098795989.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nPERSONAL ENRICHMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Understand what happens during a disaster<\/strong> &#8211; Be better prepared to help yourself and your family.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#f2f2f2","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Career Resources","column_1":"<h3><strong>Professional Organizations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nemaweb.org\">National Emergency Management Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaem.com\/\">International Association of Emergency Managers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disasters.org\/\">The International Association for Disaster Preparedness and Response<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","column_2":"<h3><strong>ACC Career Services<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/career-services\">http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/career-services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"hero_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image_content":{"ID":250,"id":250,"title":"wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash","filename":"wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash.jpg","filesize":830297,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/09\/wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash.jpg?fit=2000%2C1429&ssl=1","link":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/student-resources\/wade-austin-ellis-5t7dg1mra3u-unsplash\/","alt":"Truck in flood","author":"18","description":"","caption":"","name":"wade-austin-ellis-5t7dg1mra3u-unsplash","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":12,"date":"2020-09-02 18:41:25","modified":"2020-09-02 22:01:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2000,"height":1429,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/09\/wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/09\/wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash.jpg?fit=300%2C214&ssl=1","medium-width":300,"medium-height":214,"medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/09\/wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash.jpg?fit=768%2C549&ssl=1","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":549,"large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/09\/wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash.jpg?fit=1024%2C732&ssl=1","large-width":1024,"large-height":732,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/09\/wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash.jpg?fit=1536%2C1097&ssl=1","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1097,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/09\/wade-austin-ellis-5T7dG1MRA3U-unsplash.jpg?fit=2000%2C1429&ssl=1","2048x2048-width":2000,"2048x2048-height":1429}},"image_description":"","readability":["true"]}],"sidekick":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pss.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}