Women in Technology College of Southern Maryland Expanding Women’s Employment Options Increasing...

Women in TechnologyCollege of Southern MarylandCollege of Southern Maryland

ExpandingWomen’s

Employment Options

ExpandingWomen’s

Employment Options

IncreasingWomen’s EarningPower

Shatteringthe

Myths

Shatteringthe

Myths

ChoicesKnowledge

Mobility

ChoicesKnowledge

Mobility

Technology & Career Exploration Session

& Business

GirlsInvestigating

Finance,Technology &

ScienceCollege of Southern MarylandCollege of Southern Maryland

Technology & Career Exploration Session

Welcome!

Girls CAN!

1st picture courtesy of http://www.itdg.org/html/about_us/technology.htm

Girls & Women Can Do IT! (as well as math, science, and technology)

In fact, archeological evidence supports that women were the first planters and

collectors of seeds as well as first invented many agricultural tools including plows.

Yes, women do math, science, and technology.

We just do IT our way!

Women Create Approaches & Technology

that Helps People

Some Inventions by Womenhttp://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0906931.html

Current & Future Careers Support!

math + science + math + science + computer skills = successcomputer skills = success

Regardless of the class

or the job

Look to the Future: New Computer Related Careers

Bioinformatics Research Engineers = Biology + IT Cyber Lawyers and Cyber Paralegals = Law + ITMedical and Clinical Database Administrators = Medicine + ITMedical/Health Informatics Specialists = Medicine + ITElectronic Equipment Programmers = Electronics + ITData Mining Specialists/Analysts = Any Discipline + ITGaming & Simulation Engineers = Creativity + ITWireless Networking Specialists = Electronics/Engineering + ITSmart Home Networking Technicians = Electronics + ITComputer Security Specialists = Criminal Justice + ITComputer Investigation/Forensics = Criminal Justice + ITVirtual Administrative Assistants = Business + ITDistance Learning/Online Educators = Education + ITOnline Counselors = Finance/Psychology/Sociology… + ITCustomer Experience Specialists = Marketing + ITPersuasive Technology Designers = Psychology + IT

Preparing for tomorrow's lucrative careers requires thinking outside the box today!

Just a few

possible

careers!

Just a few

possible

careers!

Women in Technology

Find Out Why Studying Technology is CriticalLearn How You Can Do ItExplore Technical Career PossibilitiesConnect with Other Women in TechnologyIdentify Contacts & Resources

Opportunity:

The demand for skilled high-tech knowledge workers will continue.

Higher Wages:

Average salary of $35,000 with earning potential of $45,000-$60,000 in some jobs in just a few years.

Working Conditions:

Flexibility, advancement, educational incentives and benefits.

College of Southern MarylandCollege of Southern Maryland

Even if your are not interested in obtaining a technical degree, you can still enhance your employability and earning power by taking more technical classes or obtaining a certificate.

CSM’s WIT Website @ http://www.itc.csmd.edu/tec/WIT/Index.htm

& Business

IT is more than technology!

IT is the power to dream outside the box!

The power to connect.The power to solve problems.The power to help children.The power to increase safety.The power to facilitate healing.

The Power of Technology means that there are a lot of fun & interesting technology

related careers!

And even if you don’t want to pursue a technical career having math and computer skills is now critical in life

and in all careers.

For More Info About WIT&B@CSM

For more information about the College of Southern Maryland’s

Women In Technology program, checkout CSM's WIT&B Home Page http://www.itc.csmd.edu/tec/WIT/Index.htm

or contact

Renee Jenkins - reneej@csmd.edu Daphne Powell - daphnep@csmd.eduBonnie Harrison – bonnieh@csmd.edu