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Enterprise Computing Conference: Connecting Students to Jobs

Enterprise Computing Conference: Connecting Students to Jobs. Kathy Pfeiffer – IBM Academic Initiative System z Don Resnik – IBM System z Client Skills Leader 06/12/2012. Before we connect students with jobs, they must have the skills and exposure to the technology that industry requires.

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Enterprise Computing Conference: Connecting Students to Jobs

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  1. Enterprise Computing Conference:Connecting Students to Jobs Kathy Pfeiffer – IBM Academic Initiative System z Don Resnik – IBM System z Client Skills Leader 06/12/2012

  2. Before we connect students with jobs, they must have the skills and exposure to the technology that industry requires. • Educators expect industry to Assist and Enable • Business leaders expect educators to Motivate and Pull technology Examples of Success at ECC

  3. IBM Academic Initiative System z update • 1,067 Academic Initiative System z member schools reaching students in 67 countries (more than half outside the US) • Mainframe Contests - 43,825 students from 32 countries, high schools, colleges, and universities - 12 contests (spanning 25 countries) planned in 2012 • Germany, Switzerland, Austria (new), Poland (new), Australia, Spain (new), China, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Spanish South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela), United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine Additional possibilities include: Japan (new), India (new)www.ibm.com/university/contest • z/OS Mastery Test - 3,246 students from 40 countries attempted the test - Test Z05 System z fundamentals Mastery – NEW - 2012 No cost voucher offering for studentswww.ibm.com/university/systemz 3

  4. Industry & Academic Proof Points • 7 RecentCase Studies (educators, students, clients)https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/systemz/casestudies.html • 3YouTube Videos (educators, students, industry)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GPC3sM0UQg • Job Board (SystemzJobs.com) - a no-fee service that connects students and experienced professionals with clients, partners, and businesses.Systemzjobs.com 4

  5. Academic Panelists Students • Andrew Evans Marist College • Justin Gordon Widener University • Calvin MacKenzie University of Texas at Austin • Vance Morris West Texas A&M University • Ronald RutkowskiIllinois State University Professors • David DischiaveSyracuse University • Dr. David DouglasUniversity of Arkansas

  6. Important Web sites and contacts • IBM Academic Initiative • ibm.com/university/academicinitiative • Academic Initiative for the Mainframe • ibm.com/university/systemz • IBM Academic Initiative Student Portal • ibm.com/university/students • IBM System z certification and mastery test • ibm.com/certify/mastery_tests/ovrZ05.shtml • System z Job Board • SystemzJobs.com • IBM Master the Mainframe Contest • ibm.com/university/contest Have questions? Contact zskills@us.ibm.com IBM System z Academic Initiative Program Manager, Kathy Pfeiffer, pfeiff@us.ibm.com IBM System z Client Skills Leader, Don Resnik, resnik@us.ibm.com

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