AITP: Information Executive Newsletter Article

The Dallas Chapter is preparing for their season finale, their last program event on the 2005 calendar. Thinking "Out of the Box", President Deborah Lovell and Vice President-President Elect Ted Layne have teamed up to present the IT version of the TV hit, The Apprentice with Donald Trump.

In this final program of 2005, the Dallas Chapter VP, Ted "TrumpIT" Layne, will be looking to grant the dream job of a lifetime and appoint the IT Apprentice.

In partnership with Robert Half Technology, the Dallas Chapter will actually be giving away a real job for 1 year donated by a company in the Dallas Ft. Worth metroplex. Unlike the real TV series, the job may not quite be a 6-figure salary but who in the IT industry would be silly enough to pass up a job!

Robert Half Technology is sponsoring the event and providing the real job. They will be handling the screening of applicants (yes, it will require credentials) and the candidates will be selected by a panel of IT professionals.

Mr. "TrumpIT" Layne and his two associates will test candidates on their business skills. This November 16, 2005 event will have candidates participating who will endure the scrutiny of Mr. "TrumpIT" Layne and his loyal associates, as they embark on the job interview of a lifetime!

Candidates will be judged on their ability to use their best business practices and professional skills on completing a project only known at this time by Mr. "TrumpIT" Layne. Mr. "TrumpIT" Layne and his two trusted associates will determine who stays and who should be let go, narrowing down the field each week until he finds...The IT Apprentice.

The candidates will be challenged to use out of the box thinking, great people skills, and plain hard work to be successful. Just like in the TV show, the losers will go to the boardroom where Mr. "TrumpIT" Layne will grill them on their mistakes. With input from his associates, Mr. "TrumpIT" Layne will decide who did the worst job and utters those two infamous words "You're fired!"

Candidates will be responsible for enduring rigorous business tasks with other candidates, matching business wits with Ted "TrumpIT" Layne and showing the desire to achieve in order to get to the top.

These candidates will come from varying backgrounds, ranging from IT student graduates, to IT career professionals. Do you have what it takes to be the Dallas Chapter's first IT Apprentice?

Just contact AITP Dallas at aitpdallas@comcast.net to obtain an application and follow its instructions for submittal. If you make the cut, you could be the next person to hear, "You're hired!"

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