Vol. 105 Issue 38
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Pittnews.com
Friday,September 26, 2014
Jimmy Johnʼs experiences security breach Cristina Holtzer News Editor
Pittsburgh Underwear Ride rolled through Oakland last night to promote safe cycling. Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer
How valuable is your internship, really? Lauren Rosenblatt Staff Writer When Michael Tammaro had a 93-yearold woman fling a phone at his head, he knew he’d found the right internship. While interning as a patient care technician at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn., last summer, Tammaro encountered a phone coming toward his head as he woke an elderly woman up around midnight to collect her vitals. He said her surprise and confusion after he woke her up led to the outburst. Aside from the incident, Tammaro said internship experience has been integral in learning how to work in a hospital. He was responsible for checking on
patients, collecting their vitals and other samples, transporting items to and from the lab and other miscellaneous tasks. “Overall, it taught me the inner workings of a hospital and how my potential career as a physician’s assistant is related to all the other parts of a hospital,” Tammaro, a sophomore rehabilitation sciences major, said. Unfortunately for Tammaro, according to a study released by LinkedIn, Tammaro’s likelihood of receiving a job offer as a direct result of his internship is very slim. LinkedIn, a business-oriented social networking service, analyzed the profiles of 300 million of its users to determine which industries were most likely to offer
internships and which had the potential to lead to a full-time job. According to the results, only 27 percent of internships in the hospital and healthcare fields lead to full-time jobs. Yet Tammaro is still confident his position could lead to a full-time job in the future. “[My supervisor’s] intention with hiring me was so that I could work there for a while,” Tammaro said. “She had hired other high school students that worked throughout their undergraduate summers and had the potential to come back after [physicians assistant] school.”
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Anyone who has used credit or debit cards at two Pittsburgh Jimmy John’s locations this summer may want to closely monitor their bank statements. On Thursday, the national sandwich shop chain released information relating to a security breach at 216 stores this summer. According to the Jimmy John’s release, the company learned that an intruder possibly stole card information from the stores between June 16 and Sept. 5 of this year. Pittsburgh locations affected include the Forbes Avenue location in Oakland and the East Carson Street location in the South Side. “Cards impacted by this event appear to be those swiped at the stores and did not include those cards entered manually or online,” the release said. The hacker could have access to card numbers, “and in some cases” cardholder names, verification codes and expiration dates. Information entered on the Jimmy John’s website, including usernames and passwords, remains secure according to the release. The company learned of the possible break-in on July 30, 2014 and “immediately hired third party forensic experts to assist with its investigation.” The investigation will continue. “Jimmy John’s values the privacy and security of its customers’ information, and is offering identity protection services to impacted customers,” the release said. Michael, a customer service representative from PNC Bank in Pittsburgh, said concerned PNC customers should keep
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