Ready to Work consists of an encouragement network hour, led by Ardell Fleeson, followed by a job search skills practicum, facilitated by Workforce Development Committee member and Certified Career Coach, Judy Brannock. Each session includes tips, observations, realities, good news, and food for thought for the job seeker. Participants will have the opportunity to share recent challenges and achievements.More details about this event.

On June 9 the WIT Young Professional Women's SIG will participate in a First Five Years Event with DeVry. More details to be posted soon.

This is a moderator- driven panel with questions from the audience. The event will be moderated by Amy Morris, Co-anchor, The Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, Federal News Radio (1500 AM). Speakers include Linda Cureton, Chief Information Officer, NASA; Susan H. Swart, Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Information Resource Management; Kathleen Turco, Associate Administrator for the Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA; and Molly Wilkinson, Republican Deputy General Counsel , U.S. Senate Homeland, Security and Government Affairs Committee. More details about this event.

The Women's Center (TWC), a WIT strategic alliance parner, is hosting a Reception and Book Signing for Rebecca Shambaugh's new book, A Time for Resilience and Reinvention: Leadership Secrets of Hillary Clinton. (Proceeds from the sale will benefit The Women's Center. We are being challenged by several women from many of our competitors & partners (Lockheed Martin & Microsoft -have kicked it off :-) that they would have the most women attend this event. Please help us meet this challenge by registering for this event. June 8: A Time for Resilience and Reinvention.

Thank you to everyone who took this year’s membership survey. Your input is invaluable to improving the programming of WIT. Congratulations to the winner of the Tea for Two at the Ritz Carlton Tysons, Deanne Kasim.

Just 1 percent of girls taking the SAT in 2009 said they wanted to major in computer or information sciences, compared with 5 percent of boys, according to the College Board. One reason is that engineering has a serious image problem, many women in the field say. “There’s a really strong image of what a computer scientist is — male, skinny, no social life, eats junk food, plays video games, likes science fiction,” says Sapna Cheryan, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington who has researched why few women choose computer-science careers. “It makes it hard for people who don’t fit that image to think of it as an option for them.”

WIT has nearly 1,000 members that reflect the depth and breadth of technology-related jobs available and invalidate this image. Spread the word.

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