When Brian Benedict came to see our class, it had a great influence on me.  Brian talked about how he wanted all of the informatics students to have an opportunity to gain work experience in the field of informatics.  He had my attention at the beginning of his speech because he seemed very dedicated to us (the students).  I was encouraged by his speech and realized i needed to be in the information technology field, and soon.  After signing up for an account on informaticscareers.com.  About a week after posting my resume, I went to see Brian who helped me modify it.  A few days later I had my resume posted and could browse through jobs online.  After sending my resume to a few positions I received and email back for and internship and an on-campus job.  After the interviews i received offers for both, and now work on campus at the UITS.  

          Brian’s speech was a great motivation for me and I believe other students feel the same way.  He has a great influence on the informatics program and is doing a great job at getting students to get involved with the IT workforce.