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What We Accomplished. 2009 MIS Leadership Team. Our Mission. “Attracting students to the IS program, improving program quality and strengthening business relationships” Recruiting, retention and placement. Outline. What we’ve accomplished Challenges ahead
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What We Accomplished 2009 MIS Leadership Team
Our Mission “Attracting students to the IS program, improving program quality and strengthening business relationships” Recruiting, retention and placement
Outline • What we’ve accomplished • Challenges ahead • Wrapping up the class (final exam, due dates)
Accomplishing the Mission-Attracting Students • Big presentations-the IS Summit • Small presentations • Career Counselors Presentation • Winter and Spring Premiere • Conversations • Business Majors Expo • Your daily life
Accomplishing Our Mission: Retention Efforts: Improving Program Quality • IS Orientation • One-on-one coaching • Mixer before the IS Summit • Leadership Awards
Retention: Leadership Program • Providing a unique educational experience for high quality MIS majors
Job Placement-Business Relationships Strengthening Business Relationships Fundraising Hiring our students Developing student interest in IS Financial support
Opportunities Indicators of a good job market for IS graduates in 2010 • Gartner predicts a boom for systems analysts in 2010 simply because companies have to do the IS projects that they’ve put on hold • The Obama administration will create 50,000 new IT jobs in 2010 in healthcare. Many of these will be in Texas • The US bureau of labor statistics still predicts that IS jobs are one of the fastest growing between now and 2016 • http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/04/22/04222009wacjobprospects.html
Opportunities • Enrollment may increase simply because IS looks better than other majors • We may produce better students simply because they know securing employment will be a challenge • We’ve developed relationships with companies that will help with job placement
Opportunities • A chance to revamp the Summit • How about convincing a really great guest speaker to come • Thomas Friedman-The World is Flat • Bill Gates-The Gates Foundation • Don Tapscott-Grown Up Digital, Wikinomics • CarliFiorina-Former Chairman of HP
Your Challenge • You are still on the leadership team • More hiring • Sponsorship • You get a good job and promotions • How to wow them • Be grateful • When there are problems say we are working on-be positive • Write positive affirmations
Things to Decide • How the leadership program works • SharePoint administrator • 2009 Homecoming nominee • Speaker at Fall Premiere in September • October AITP Conference in Dallas • http://www.aitp.org/ncc/ncc2009/index.html
Next-Due May 7th, 6:30 pm • Journals • Bring in the things you’ve been reflecting on with regard to the major, job placement and conversations you’re having with people about the major • Turn in 1 file with all your journal entries • Peer evaluations • Instructor evaluations-you’ll do those in class today • Final exam