General
- Bootcamp
- 24 learners; individual projects
- 25 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 1 projects wanted
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Business & management, Business services, It & computing, Marketing & advertising, Technology
Categories
Project timeline
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May 1, 2024Experience start
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May 11, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Gain insights on how IT initiatives can support the strategic priorities of your organization from an international pool of experienced professionals. Information Technology (IT) Connections helps internationally-trained IT professionals pursue their careers in Canada. Your organization provides the project, and these professional students provide their insights.
- Learner skills
- Planning, Project planning, Project scoping, Project implementation, Strategic prioritization, Information technology
- Deliverables
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Phase 1 – Project Plan: Students will meet with organization representative(s) to devise the project scope, deliverables, and prepare a detailed plan for completion of the project.
Phase 2 – Project Execution: Students will work on deliverables outlined in the project plan. Teams will periodically communicate with organization representative(s) as needed to complete project tasks.
Phase 3 - Outcome: All groups in the class will work on a single organization's project and the best deliverables are provided to you for your use and feedback. The final deliverables vary, based on the project selected and are agreed upon in the planning phase. It could be a report, live presentation, or project plan, depending on the scope of your organization's goals.
Project Examples
A class of experienced IT professionals working in groups of 5 will spend 100 hours per team collectively working to provide an innovative solution for IT challenge that your organization provides.
Source Top Talent: ACCES Employment will help any Industry Partner that submits a project to recruit an internationally-trained professional for your hiring needs.
These IT professionals are mentored and guided by IT Industry leaders while receiving academic training from Ryerson University. Through this program, recently-immigrated professionals are provided Canadian workplace and academic training to allow them to transition into a full time position in the Ontario IT sector. For more information on the program, see http://accesemployment.ca/index.php/information-technology-connections.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Comparing different software vendors to meet a particular business need and providing recommendations.
- Creating a project plan for the implementation of a new technology.
- Creating a proposed plan to introduce your team to Agile methodologies.