Technology savvy? Complete and grab a job
By MADHUR VARMA
Issue date: 11/12/09 Section: Features
The fifteenth annual Association of Informational Technology Professionals National Collegiate Conference is scheduled for March 25-28 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis. The conference is sponsored by Robert Half Technology to allow technology-savvy students to showcase their multi-talents in any aspect of informational technology, including networking, application development, system development and other contests.
More than 650 students from 60 different universities across the U.S. will be displaying their skills.
In order to raise the $10,000 needed to attend the event, Tarleton's AITP chapter is selling Transcend eight gigabyte flash drives for $25 in the general computer lab in the College of Business and Administration. They are also selling raffle tickets and the winner will receive an MP3 player. The College of Business Administration has already donated money, but AITP still needs more funding.
The conference also brings together companies such as AT&T, FBI, General Motors, Microsoft, IBM, Shell Services, FedEx, Ford, JC Penny, Compuware, Wal-Mart, ICCP and many more to recruit the best of students from around the country as employees, trainees and interns.
"I wish to participate in the network designing and PC trouble shooting competition. I am a senior and it provides me an opportunity to attend the job fair, which would try to get me a job," senior William J. Smith said. "You need to make a well-designed resume and depending on your abilities, you might also get a job. That is the main reason AITP get students to do it."
This event started in 1994 and each year several students from Tarleton find employment opportunities. Tarleton encourages students to actively participate and unleash their potential to get an edge over the competition.
More than 650 students from 60 different universities across the U.S. will be displaying their skills.
In order to raise the $10,000 needed to attend the event, Tarleton's AITP chapter is selling Transcend eight gigabyte flash drives for $25 in the general computer lab in the College of Business and Administration. They are also selling raffle tickets and the winner will receive an MP3 player. The College of Business Administration has already donated money, but AITP still needs more funding.
The conference also brings together companies such as AT&T, FBI, General Motors, Microsoft, IBM, Shell Services, FedEx, Ford, JC Penny, Compuware, Wal-Mart, ICCP and many more to recruit the best of students from around the country as employees, trainees and interns.
"I wish to participate in the network designing and PC trouble shooting competition. I am a senior and it provides me an opportunity to attend the job fair, which would try to get me a job," senior William J. Smith said. "You need to make a well-designed resume and depending on your abilities, you might also get a job. That is the main reason AITP get students to do it."
This event started in 1994 and each year several students from Tarleton find employment opportunities. Tarleton encourages students to actively participate and unleash their potential to get an edge over the competition.
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