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CSIT: Common Internships Portal, Career Fair Coordination,

Certifications

Michael GeorgiopoulosUniversity of Central Florida, University of South Florida, Florida International

University

April 18, 2015, 8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

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TEAm Internships Portal

The TEAm Internships Portal software is being developed by the UCF IT Staff at UCF. The software collects the internship opportunities listed by the different employers for the following CSIT TEAm majors: – Computer Science– Computer Engineering– Information Technology– Information Studies– Management Information Systems

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The internship listings on the TEAm Internships Portal are collected from the databases maintained by three institutional offices and managed by three different companies.  Office of Experiential Learning at UCF

- Software Company: PlacePro  Career Services Office at USF

- Software Company: CSO Research, Inc.

Career Services Office at FIU- Software Company: Symplicity

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TEAm Internships Portal

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The portal is housed on the TEAm website’s internships page http://www.csit-team.org/internship-opportunities/

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TEAm Internships Portal

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Student Interface: Students from UCF, USF and FIU can login to access the portal and view the posted internships related to the CSIT TEAm majors.

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TEAm Internships Portal

The login window

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After login, the student can view the internship opportunities available at any of the three institutions by clicking the appropriate button.

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TEAm Internships Portal

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TEAm Internships PortalIn this example, the student clicks on the USF button to view the internships listing imported from the Office of Career Services at USF.

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TEAm Internships Portal

To get details of the posted position for any internship, the student clicks the View link.

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First Phase of Implementation

The first phase of implementation of the portal has been completed. This phase allows students to view internship opportunities related to the TEAm majors. The TEAm portal database is populated by using an RSS data feed or XML data feed to import the relevant job listings from the three institutional databases.

Second Phase of Implementation This phase, still under development, will allow students to submit applications and upload their resumes. The target date for finishing this phase is May 5, with plans for further enhancement and a pilot testing of the portal by the end of May 2015.

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TEAm Internships Portal

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Three Career Fairs for all majors have been held– USF Career Fair: Wednesday 1/28/2015– UCF Career Fair: Wednesday 2/4/2015 – FIU Career Fair: Monday 2/9/2015

A Science, Engineering, Technology Career Fair was held at USF on Thursday 1/29/2015

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Career Fairs

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USF Science, Engineering, Technology Career Fair: Thursday 1/29/15, 10am – 3pm in the MSC Ballroom

UCF signed a contract with SuperShuttle for a small bus to transport UCF students to this fair. A portal to reserve a bust seat was created on the TEAm website; 14 students reserved seat but only 4 did actually made the trip to Tampa. The four students were accompanied by Mari Pina, CECS Director of Academic Support Services at UCF.

UCF Spring 2015 Career Expo- Wednesday 2/4/15, 10am – 3pm in the CFE Arena- UCF Main Campus

USF arranged for the transportation of USF students to this fair. Four students made the trip to Orlando using rental car and attended the UCF Career Fair.

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Coordination of Career Fairs

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Statewide Job Fair Thursday 5/14/2015 from 10 am-3 pm, in the CFE Arena- UCF Main Campus– Plans are being made to facilitate the

transportation of USF and FIU students to attend this important career fair.

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Coordination of Career Fairs

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The three institutions have agreed on holding a Virtual Career Fair (VCF) on April 14, 2015. The VCF is organized by CareerEco, Inc.

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Virtual Career Fair (VCF)

As of 4/3/2015, 18 employers have registered in this virtual fair including Harris Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Raytheon Company, Florida Virtual School, and Deloitte Consulting.

Marketing this event to the TEAm students started in the week of March 23, 2015. As of 4/3/2015, the number of student registrants are: 69 UCF, 45 USF and 43 FIU.

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At UCF, students are allowed to sign-up for certification courses starting two weeks before finals of the previous semester (sign up website http://www.cecs.ucf.edu/certification/).

The CECS certification program currently offers eleven courses including CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, OCA Java SE7, CompTIA Linux+, Cisco CCNA, OCA Database 11g, OCP Java SE7, CIW JavaScript Specialist, MSCA: Server 2008, and MSCA: Server 2012.

Statistics: - Fall 2013: 23 passed, 3 failed, and 22 have yet to take the exam - Spring 2014: 13 passed, 13 failed, and 64 still need to take the exam- Summer 2014: 8 passed, 4 failed, and 31 have not taken the exam- Fall 2014: 25 passed, 0 failed, and 46 have not taken the exam.

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Coordination of Student Training for Certifications

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Coordination of Student Training for Certifications

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Thank You!