The Association for Federal Information & Resource Management (AFFIRM) is having a federal career IT day for students interested in IT careers with the federal government and contract companies. http://affirm.org/partner-events/federal-it-career-day There will be a separate job shadow day scheduled separately. Event Date: Monday, May 9, 2016 *Time:* 9:00am - 3:00pm *Location*: The IBM Briefing Center 600 14th Street, NW Washington, DC, 20005 Join AFFIRM at our 2nd Annual Federal Career IT Day, introducing Washington metropolitan area college students to careers and opportunities in Federal information technology (IT). Students will have the opportunity to participate in panels and will make connections and learn about careers in Information Technology. At the end of the day, students will sign-up for specific agency assignments and schedule a separate shadow day with a Federal IT professional. Job Shadow Day/Scheduled Separately Shadow days will be arranged between the student and the agency IT professional, to be completed within two weeks following orientation. Note: Flexibility will allow students, who may be in classes or undergoing exams, to avoid disrupting their schedules and to allow agency IT professional to identify particularly interesting days for shadowing. Moreover, some agency IT professionals may be able to host multiple students if they are not all on the same day. Please stay tuned for more information on this exciting event. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Aimee Mui (formerly Babcock-Ellis), MLS* Informationista | Maryland Notary Public UMD iSchool Alumni Association Member-at-Large 2015-2017 http://ischool.umd.edu/content/ischool-alumni-chapter <http://ischool.umd.edu/content/ischool-alumni-chapter> Area 61 Director for District 36 Toastmasters | www.district36.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes through your own actions.” - The Dalai Lama