The Defense Department will host more than 200 high school students throughout February as part of its information technology job shadow day, the agency announced Wednesday. This is Defense's fifth time participating in the program, which is designed to recruit the next generation of federal IT workers.
The program, administered in partnership with the Federal CIO Council, is designed to give students a unique opportunity to observe the federal IT work world and learn about the challenging IT careers within Defense, the department said. It also allows students to discuss job opportunities with IT professionals and participate in hands-on demonstrations that highlight the important IT work the department does.
On Thursday afternoon, 50 students will be hosted by Army, Air Force and the Defense Chief Information Office at the Pentagon. The students will be divided into groups and will spend the day with one of several Defense components and agencies.
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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