Fission Strategy is excited to announce our participation as part of a new summer jobs program for youth. In January 2012, President Obama announced a new White House initiative called Summer Jobs+. This new program called on non-profits, businesses, and government agencies to come together and provide 250,000 employment opportunities for low-income and disconnected youth during the summer of 2012.

In support of Summer Jobs+, several high profile leaders, including former White House Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra and musician Jon Bon Jovi, launched SummerQAmp, a nationwide initiative to train a new workforce in high-tech skills and help create tech jobs for American youth. SummerQAmp’s greater mission is to keep the U.S. at the forefront of technological innovation by creating tech jobs at home. Furthermore, the initiative aims to promote awareness of Quality Assurance (QA) as a career option by inviting leading U.S. software companies to offer QA-centered internships this summer to youth without formal technical training. SummerQAmp has set a goal of creating at least 1,000 QA internships for the Summer of 2012.

Since the Spring of 2011, Fission Strategy has hired interns to provide support in the development and implementation of our online outreach and advocacy campaigns. Interns are provided with the opportunity to gain hands-on, direct experience with online campaigning, web development, design, and operations projects for a broad variety of non-profit organizations working on a range of issues. Fission looks forward to sharing this internship experience with SummerQamp participants during Summer 2012. Applications are still being accepted, but get them in quickly!