[nflug] Student Shadow Program is here!!

[Ryan Slomiany]

i'm a student at SUNY fredonia who would def be
interested in this

--- Mark Musone <mmusone at shatterit.com> wrote:

> Dear IT Professional,
> 
>  
> 
> The Western New York technology-focused students are
> your future employees,
> co-workers, vendors and business partners. We are
> confident that you
> recognize the importance of supplementing their
> education with real-world
> experiences.  We understand that you may be unable
> to provide the actual
> internships that give students a real-world
> exposure.
> 
>  
> 
> We therefore request that you consider allowing a
> technical student or two
> from one of the WNY colleges who are members of
> infoTech Niagara to “shadow”
> you or a member of your IT staff during the winter
> intersession,
> specifically: January 10 or 11.
> 
>  
> 
> Last year, 47 shadowing experiences were set up at
> such companies as 

> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Citigroup
> 
> CompSys Technologies, Inc.
> 
> eXubrio Group
> 
> GEMKO Information Group, Inc.
> 
> Harlequin Distribution Center
> 
> HSBC Bank USA - Systems
> 
> KPMG LLP
> 
> M&T Bank
> 
> Shatter I.T. Global Services
> 
> Synacor
> 
> The Albright-Knox Art Gallery
> 
> The Campos Group
> 
> The PCA Group, Inc.
> 
> VertaSource, LLC
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Benefits to the Company:
> 
> Ÿ    A more educated future talent pool
> 
> Ÿ    Awareness of your company (which can directly
> lead to an increase in
> candidates for future openings)
> 
> Ÿ    Ability to meet a company’s mission to
> contribute to the benefit of
> society and take an active role in improving our
> community
> 
>  
> 
> Benefits to the Professional:
> 
> Ÿ    The best way to improve your own abilities if
> to teach them to someone
> else.
> 
> Ÿ    Obtain objective views and new ideas to solve
> problems 
> 
> Ÿ    Personal satisfaction of making a difference in
> a student’s
> professional development
> 
>  
> 
> Benefits to the Student:
> 
> Ÿ    Understanding of how their coursework connects
> to real IT solutions in
> industry
> 
> Ÿ    View of professional expectations in our
> business culture
> 
> Ÿ    Opportunity to impress a potential future
> interviewer
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> To agree to be a shadowing site, please visit the
> Shadowing Program link at
> <http://www.infotechniagara.org/>
> www.infotechniagara.org.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you and we look forward to working with you to
> provide our students
> the supplemental education necessary to become
> competitive in today's
> market.
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> infoTech Niagara Student Committee
> 
>  
> 
> Melissa Ruggiero
> 
> mrugg at buffalo.edu
> 
> 645-3232
> 
>  
> 
> and
> 
>  
> 
> Mark Musone 
> 
> mmusone at shatterit.com
> 
> 852-5872
> 
>  
> 
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