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Description
At Data-Tronics, we have an internship experience that provides our interns both training and involvement
in projects important to the corporation. Best of all, we provide an internship students can use to
jump-start their information technology career. This is most commonly offered as a summer internship,
but may be available as a fall or spring semester program.
The title of our intern position is Programmer/Analyst. The responsibilities are similar to the full-time
Systems Analyst. Our interns are involved in all phases of the systems development life cycle. Although
the focus is oriented towards the development phase, interns are exposed to complete project work in all
areas of business data processing and problem solving.
Just a few of the projects our interns were involved with in past summers include:
Developing a new Security Information System which provides four different types of detailed security
information to DTC Management. This system is an Intranet web-based application designed to provide
easy access to security information. This project included working with DTC Management and DTC
Technical Services during the design and implementation of the system.
Developing programs for creating reports used by senior executives within Arkansas Best in
evaluating the monthly performance of the corporation's truck tire retreading former subsidiary.
Developing a website for the corporation's private charter jet subsidiary. This included
developing a quote system for external and internal customers to obtain price quotes for the
use of corporate jets.
Developing a batch system consisting of eight programs that takes pricing data from alliance
carriers and loads it into our central database for use in the ABF Freight pricing quotation system.
This included working with ABF Pricing management in designing the layout of the reports.
Qualifications
The intern position requires an individual be in the process of obtaining a B.S. or B.A. degree with a
computer-related major or minor. Because of the advanced nature of the position, we prefer our interns
to be within three semesters of receiving this degree. Other qualifications include strong analytical,
organizational, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills. In addition, a solid understanding
of structured programming techniques is desired.
Training
Our interns consistently tell us the training we provide significantly contributes to the success of
their internship experience. Not only has it helped them over the summer but also once they returned
to school.
Each Programmer/Analyst is assigned to a trainer highly knowledgeable in the business and the applications
that support the business. The trainer provides the intern guidance and direction on any projects
assigned. The Programmer/Analyst attends a subset of classes that the full-time Systems Analysts attend.
The design of this curriculum models the environment at Data-Tronics and is tailored towards what the
intern will be doing throughout their internship. In addition, individual training is available through
self-study material and computer-based training.
Advancement
One of the main purposes of our internship program is to evaluate our interns for consideration as
full-time Systems Analysts while allowing them to evaluate our company as a potential place to start
their career after graduation. This enables the internship program to be greatly beneficial for the
student as well as Data-Tronics Corp.
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