Deploy your Talents at CA Technologies

CA Technologies Italy first delivered Deploy Your Talents in 2014, working in partnership with the not-for-profit organisation Fondazione Sodalitas. The programme connects business and education to raise awareness among secondary school students, especially girls, of the value of STEM subjects and careers, and aims to help overcome gender-stereotyping. 

CA Technologies successfully delivered its third edition of Deploy Your Talents in Italy. Since the initiative began, it has reached more than 450 secondary school students. The first stage of the programme was rolled out at the secondary school Educandato Setti Carraro in Milan, where 140 secondary school students, including students from Civico Liceo Linguistico Alessandro Manzoni and Collegio San Carlo, listened to presentations by CA Technologies employees, who spoke about their skills in STEM subjects, and discussed the job opportunities available in these fields. A few months later, the students visited CA Technologies office in Milan to experience what it’s like to work as an employee in the technology industry.

Over the last three years, CA Technologies has delivered the initiative in Milan. In the first part of the programme, employees meet with students at a local secondary school to share their career journeys, explain what it’s like to work for a global technology company, and highlight the subjects they studied to take their careers forward. Employees then go on discuss current issues with the students, such as the exponential growth of technology – and the impact on our lives and in developing countries.

The second part of the programme focuses on the world of work. Students visit CA Technologies offices where employees explain the structure of a company, and the general recruitment process, criteria and channels in today’s job market. Pupils are then divided into groups and meet employees from different departments – including finance, legal, consulting services, sales and presales, marketing, customers support, IT, and human resources. At the end of the meetings, each group shares feedback about their experience with the rest of the students, teachers and employees.

“Deploy Your Talents is a concrete example of collaboration between schools, the third sector and businesses to help young people reap the job opportunities that technological innovation can offer.” 

- Michele Lamartina, Vice President and Country Manager, Italy, CA Technologies