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Los Angeles County to expand student IT jobs program

by City News Service • March 7, 2018

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to expand a pilot program that hires college students to work on information technology projects for the county.

Supervisor Hilda Solis championed the program, which was set up in partnership with Cal State Los Angeles.

“On-the-job experience is a vital resume builder that college students are eager to earn,” Solis said. “As technology develops, we need bright minds to help us figure out innovative techniques to enhance the county’s IT systems. By expanding this program, our IT department can learn from the next generation while providing these youth with the real life experience they need to succeed in their careers and beyond.”

Cal State Los Angeles President Bill Covino cited a study lauding the school’s work in training students for good-paying jobs.

“Cal State LA is ranked number one in the nation for upward mobility of our students,” Covino said. “A comprehensive national research study by the Equality of Opportunity Project was recently published in The New York Times and found that no other university in the nation does a better job of transforming low-income students into high-income earners.”

Students get paid and get school credit for their work on projects like developing an automated system to retrieve information from county vehicles or working with voice technology to deliver county information via digital “smartboards” at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration.

Once they graduate, students can apply for one of the county’s two-year paid internships or fellowship programs.

The motion extends the program to other local colleges and universities.

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1 comment for "Los Angeles County to expand student IT jobs program"

  1. Tech is for suckers says

    March 15, 2018 at 11:48 am

    Take it from an 18 year long IT worker, tech is wretched, sorry business. Biggest mistake I ever made was entering that POS industry. You ever met a 50 year old IT person? Of, course you haven’t because they rarely exist. Unless you’re the hottest of the hot coder/developer/ETC., you will be considered a dinosaur at age 35 and considered non-existent and unworthy of even being granted an interview by age 50 – even if you are at the top of your game. If you want to study for the latest Certification in Widget mastery every 6-12 months for the rest of your life, by all means, enter the Dreck biz. Tech is for infants and immigrants and that strange breed that actually claims to LOVE technology.

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