2023 HR Insider Newsletter Summer edition

Summer 2023

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Recruitment On May 11, 2023, Human Resources participated in the Medina Valley High School Career Fair. Interested sophomores, juniors and seniors visited the EAA booth asking questions and exploring opportunities for career paths. Medina Valley High School Career Fair

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Human Resources will continue to participate in additional re - cruiting events throughout the next couple of months as they become available.

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Welcome Summer Intern/Work Study Students

Two students from the Ambassador Summer Internship Program are working at the EAA’s Education Outreach Center. The internship program is for cur -

rently enrolled college students and is spon - sored by the City of San Antonio. The program exposes students to professional opportunities

2. If in the classic experience, go to the library tab and click on Library Settings. If in the modern experience, click on the settings cogwheel and click on Library Settings. Then click More library settings. 3. Under General Settings, select Advanced Settings 4. Scroll to the bottom of the page. For List experience, select Classic experience. Click OK.

and innovative career paths through paid internships, professional de - velopment workshops, and networking opportunities. Program partic - ipants are placed with government entities, non-profit agencies, and private organizations to gain experience in high-demand occupations in an effort to attract San Antonio’s graduating professionals to career opportunities within the local community.

Gabriela Bocanegra University of Texas San Antonio

Mitch Lurtz University of North Carolina

Promotion

The Youth Summer Internship Program, hosted by Family Service Associa - tion of San Antonio Inc., is an annual program that prepares and places young interns in pro - fessional job settings each summer. The pro - gram is open to youth between the ages of 14- 17 who live within San Antonio’s city council

We are pleased to announce that Hakan Basagaoglu has been promoted to Associate Director, Modeling effective June 24, 2023.

Hakan began his employment with the EAA on Jan - uary 28, 2019, as a Sr Modeler and previously held the position of Principal Modeler. In his new role, Hakan will serve as the technical lead where his re -

districts 1-8. Our IT department is currently hosting and mentoring two high school students.

Jasiah Ramirez CAST Tech HS

Lillian Escobedo Health Careers HS

sponsibilities will include overseeing intricate groundwater investiga - tions that involve computer-based models. These models will be used to simulate and optimize the flow, quantity, and quality of both groundwa - ter and surface water. Hakan will also prepare budgets for the programs necessary to maintain and develop the EAA’s computer-based modeling efforts; work alongside staff to make recommendations, deliver presen - tations, and prepare technical reports related to modeling; and play a key role in establishing goals for modeling and aquifer science research. Hakan holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Davis and has over 20 years of experience in geologic and hydrologic data modeling.

TheAlamo on the Job Program through Alamo Colleges District, places quali - fied students with top-rated businesses within the Greater San Antonio Area and students receive paid on-the-job training to succeed in

CURRENT VACANCIES Aquifer Sustainability Supervisor Electronics Tec hnician I Stay up to date with the latest job vacan - cies and scheduled career fairs by visiting the Calendar of Events directly on the EAA Careers page. Once you’ve subs - cribed, you will receive updates to vacan - cies as they become available.

their chosen field of study. The duration of an internship can last up to 9 months, and the interns are able to work up to 20 hours per week. Currently, we have one student working at the EOC with our Communications department.

Drew Pemelton Northeast Lakeview College

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