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100 1 |a Edwards, Danielle 
245 1 |a Using a Digital-Ready Mentorship Program to Develop the Future Technology Workforce 
260 |b EDSIG  |c Spring 2025 
513 |a Journal Article 
520 3 |a Careers in information systems and technology are top-rated and growing, yet universities are challenged to recruit students into information technology (IT) majors and organizations struggle to find talent with IT and digital skills. Experiential mentorship programs offer an opportunity for both academia and industry to attract students into university programs and ultimately into IT positions when they graduate. Therefore, to address the goal of developing digitally proficient, meaning technically and analytically strong, students and talent, this teaching tip presents a digital-ready mentorship program designed to connect technology students with industry as a part of their undergraduate education. This program has been in place since fall 2019 and has facilitated a total of 50 students in five cohorts. As a part of this work, we present the digital-ready mentorship program, teaching approach, lessons learned, and evidence from the project outcomes and learning experience. We hope sharing this program will inspire other universities to develop similar programs with industry partners and ultimately address the IT labor shortage. 
653 |a Students 
653 |a Collaboration 
653 |a Careers 
653 |a Information systems 
653 |a Employment 
653 |a Educational technology 
653 |a Structured Query Language-SQL 
653 |a Colleges & universities 
653 |a Work study 
653 |a Labor shortages 
653 |a Workforce 
653 |a Skill development 
653 |a Professionals 
653 |a Occupations 
653 |a Education 
653 |a Career development planning 
653 |a Talent management 
653 |a Soft skills 
653 |a Software 
653 |a Professional development 
653 |a Employees 
653 |a Information technology 
653 |a Mentoring programs 
653 |a Undergraduate education 
653 |a College students 
653 |a Ability 
653 |a Mentoring 
653 |a Teaching 
653 |a Labor supply 
653 |a Teaching methods 
653 |a Digital literacy 
653 |a Educational programs 
653 |a Mentors 
653 |a Student Development 
653 |a Field Experience Programs 
653 |a Professional Education 
653 |a Course Content 
653 |a Partnerships in Education 
653 |a Undergraduate Study 
653 |a Undergraduate Students 
653 |a Influence of Technology 
653 |a Learning Processes 
653 |a Computers 
653 |a Learning Theories 
653 |a Learning Experience 
653 |a Talent Development 
653 |a Inplant Programs 
653 |a Career Development 
653 |a Programming Languages 
653 |a Work Study Programs 
653 |a Labor Force Development 
653 |a Opportunities 
700 1 |a Mitchell, Alanah 
773 0 |t Journal of Information Systems Education  |g vol. 36, no. 2 (Spring 2025), p. 77 
786 0 |d ProQuest  |t ABI/INFORM Global 
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