Archive | February 2015

Verizon

Feb19

Kawohi

  • Been with Verizon for 10 years
  • Currently a consultant aka a recruiter, her permanent position is a tech supporter
  • A lot about career development and community
  • Looking for people who want to stay for the long run

Heather

  • Been with the company for 3 years
  • Started off in customer service moved to tech support and now help people with transitioning between the two
  • Verizon is more than just cell phones, they have a lot of other technologies like light bulbs, nest thermostats, and the GizmoPal
  • They’re location is the hub for accessibility

About Verizon

  • Verizon builds relationships with customers and want to make their lives easier, better, and more manageable
  • Integrated messages between phones and tablets
  • Sell wireless cameras for homes which are super awesome
  • Internet of Things
    • Gear watches
    • Smart bands
    • Thermostats
    • Lightbulbs
    • etc.

Resume Tips

  • Looking for some who really stands out
  • Clean consistent format
  • Be creative
  • Bullet points not paragraphs
  • Put your professional blog on resume, if there is one
  • Put your volunteer work!
  • Objective: cater object to specific company because it helps you stand out

Fundraiser and Robots

Feb12

Today we had a very successful fundraiser and had about $100 in profit!  We sold adult grilled cheese sandwiches (cheddar, gouda, prosciutto, and apples) for $5 with the prosciutto and $4 without.  We also had brownies for sale, baked by our treasurer, Katie Vaughan, and they were delicious!  The event was a hit among both students and faculty so we are hoping to do something similar soon.

grilledCheese

We also played with the Wonderworks robots a bit, which was definitely entertaining for our club members!  In the future we plan to explore the API and apps further so that we can bring them into local schools and teach kids some coding skills!

Tomorrow we will be picking up our new banner, which we are excited to see and use at events.  We will also be helping out with the Lady Cougars STEM Day in the arena at the College of Charleston tomorrow.

SCANA

Feb5

Announcements:
-Check out the new WiC website
-Alumni Symposium is on the 17th, register for that.
-If you want to go to Grace Hopper, work on a poster that you can submit that will increase your chances to receive scholarship http://gracehopper.org/call-for-participation/
-If you are interested in running for officer next year, contact Sarah.

SCANA Corporation
– Ginny Nardozzi
– Been in business since 160 years
– Most IT jobs are in Cayce, SC
– Mission: to provide energy-related products
– Have a solar strategy
– Building new nuclear deployment that will be online by 2020
– Have great benefits
– Ginny works in Information Service & Technology
– IT department has about 400 people
– Go to www.scana.com to look for jobs/internships
– Internships: from May to August, schedule is very flexible
– Co-op: want you to work a full day
– Email Ginny for any questions: gnardozzi@scana.com