field experience todd weiderman 1/30/12. the job hunt painfully long – 8 months chance occurrence...

FIELD EXPERIENCETodd Weiderman

1/30/12

The Job Hunt• Painfully long – 8 months• Chance occurrence• Frustrating• No interview at all

Edison Learning• Charter Schools• Located in New York• Partnered with Chicago International Charter Schools

CICS Longwood

Pic courtesy of Google maps

Supervisors• Dave Schumer – CICS Technology Manager

• Terrence Stevenson – UST

Longwood• Location• Atmosphere• Primary – High school• It is a large maze

CICS Loomis

Loomis• Basically attached to Longwood• Elementary School• Roberto Vargas – UST of the building

CICS Larry Hawkins

Larry Hawkins• Location• Atmosphere• High School• Charles Smith – UST• Security team and Chicago Police on site

Lloyd Bond• Located down the street from Larry Hawkins

• Edana Bankhead – UST• Elementary School

My Position• PC repair• Daily reports/backups

Projects• Polyvision board installations

• Like a SMART board

• CPDU – training in some of the educational software

• Wiring for WAPs

Things I Learned• Networking • Making images• Culture Shock• Where I want to work

• An awesome rich company