02.19.2020 - By United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
The motto for IT United, a United Way donor network group comprised of IT Professionals, is “connecting the dots.” Throughout the year, IT United members volunteer their time to put on an IT Career fair for college and high school students at UW-Milwaukee, as well as coordinating a variety of job shadow opportunities for these students to learn more about the IT field and connect with professionals. Katrina Hightower, a 25-year-old student at UW-Milwaukee studying Information Technology, saw the benefit of these connections when she found her dream internship with ManpowerGroup as a result of her volunteerism at the IT United Career Fair.