{"341181":{"#nid":"341181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Serving Georgia: Matching Students and Employers in Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Rick Robinson\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.profpractice.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDivision of Professional Practice\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(DoPP) is home to Georgia Tech\u2019s popular undergraduate Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program, founded in 1912.\u0026nbsp; It also administers the Graduate Co-op Program, the Georgia Tech Internship Program (GTIP) and the Work Abroad Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re the office that helps develop future leaders for Georgia employers,\u201d said Debbie Gulick, DoPP interim executive director and director of the Work Abroad Program. \u201cOur office gives students a chance to learn by doing, and it\u2019s a doorway for employers who are looking for solutions to their recruiting needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 2009-2010 school year, more than 6,500 Georgia Tech students were registered in the division\u2019s database, Gulick said.\u0026nbsp; These students sought assistance in finding internships and co-op jobs, as well as resume advice and more. Through all four DoPP programs, students participated in 2,969 work terms outside the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe undergraduate co-op program, the largest of the four, sent students on 1,393 work terms within the United States \u2013 80 percent in Georgia.\u0026nbsp; During the 2009-10 school year, these students\u2019 average hourly wage of $16.50 amounted to $20 million annually, most of which stayed in the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has the largest voluntary co-op program among tier-one universities in the United States, said Harold Simmons, director of the undergraduate co-op program.\u0026nbsp; It is also the largest U.S. co-op program for engineering students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn our undergraduate co-op program, students alternate semesters of on-campus study with at least three semesters at work,\u201d Simmons explained. \u201cBy contrast, an internship is usually a one-time arrangement for a fixed period of time, but students may work multiple internships with one or more employers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDoPP\u2019s programs offer important benefits to both students and employers, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe availability of co-op opportunities and internships attracts to Georgia Tech many students who want both the income and the work experience, he said.\u0026nbsp; It gives employers a chance to identify and train the people they want to hire at graduation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a chance for employers to grow their own people,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cAnd the state benefits because that hiring helps keep highly skilled workers right here in Georgia.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThis article is part of a special feature, \u201cServing Georgia,\u201d in the Fall 2010 issue of Research Horizons magazine.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Division of Professional Practice (DoPP) is home to Georgia Tech\u2019s popular undergraduate Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program, founded in 1912."}],"uid":"28152","created_gmt":"2014-11-04 17:35:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:26","author":"Claire Labanz","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"341171":{"id":"341171","type":"image","title":"Research Horizons - Serving GA - Delta Technical Operations","body":null,"created":"1449245595","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:13:15","changed":"1475895057","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:57","alt":"Research Horizons - Serving GA - Delta Technical Operations","file":{"fid":"200737","name":"serving_georgia_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/serving_georgia_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/serving_georgia_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1495043,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/serving_georgia_1_0.jpg?itok=RGzzem3d"}}},"media_ids":["341171"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"108551","name":"Fall 2010 issue"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u2028\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u2028177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u2028Atlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 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