There are hundreds of reasons to consider job opportunities in Maryland. The state borders the vast majority of the Chesapeake Bay coastline, is within close proximity to Washington, DC and Baltimore and the mountains of Western Maryland. Maryland is also home to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), the National Security Agency (NSA), Patuxent Naval Air Station, and is home to many major aerospace contractors.

Maryland is expected to be affected by the latest round of Base Realignment and Closing (BRAC) initiatives. While several areas of the country are expected to suffer significantly, Ft. George Meade, NAVAIR and other locations are expected to see increases in activity as a result of closures elsewhere in the country and consolidation of functions at these facilities. While many of the additional jobs transferred to Maryland will be filled by transferring military employees, not all of the civilian workforce will relocate to Maryland. This BRAC activity is expected to create additional workforce demands in the State.

“If you are interested in exploring an aerospace career or want to enhance or augment your current skills, consider some of the outstanding resources in Maryland and the surrounding area for Continuing Education.”

Links for information on Continuing Education

• University of Maryland adult education
  http://adulted.about.com/cs/marylandcoursesa/
• Montgomery College, MD
  http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/
• MD Association for Adult Community and Continuing Education
  http://www.maaccemd.org/
• George Mason University Center for Earth Observing and Space Research
  http://cos.gmu.edu/center/CEOSR
• Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
  http://www.jhuapl.edu/education/
• Capital College Undergraduate Programs
  http://www.capitol-college.edu/academicprograms/
  undergraduateprograms/index.shtml
• Catholic University School of Arts and Sciences
  http://arts-sciences.cua.edu/

For job seekers or career changers, who want to know what it’s like to live and work in Maryland. The following links provide information on housing, to transportation, recreation, health care and education.

Are you interested in a career in Maryland? For additional sources of information on Maryland Aerospace jobs, click here.