Job Shadow Opportunities

Posted on November 19th, 2008 in Announcements

Students in information technology at Seattle Central Community College are seeking opportunities to shadow IT professionals on their job for a few hours one day. Our student body is highly diverse and includes many women and many students from around the world. Most of our students have never worked in IT, or are moving into another field in IT (networking, web design, web programming, database design and administration, or programming).

Our students have very basic questions about what a typical work day in their field will look like, what skills they will need, and what the pace and culture of the workplace is like. As students acquire technical skills, they also need to polish interpersonal skills and business appropriate behaviors. Seeing professionals in their daily environment will help students strengthen and refine their work ethic and reinforce their confidence in their ability to prepare for their new career.

To support them in this transition to the IT workforce, Seattle Central Community College Information Technology program would like to request your assistance. Your contribution would be simply to provide an opportunity for a student to observe you at work for a few hours one day and to discuss your experiences in your field with them. Students will sign a non-disclosure agreement to protect your business confidentiality. This program will begin in late December 2008 and extend to April 3, 2009.

If you would like to participate or to get more information about this program, please contact me at:

Deborah Higdon
206-329-0738
dhigdon@sccd.ctc.edu

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Deborah Higdon
Instructor, Networking Technology
Seattle Central Community College

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