NPower Partners with Citi Foundation, Amazon Web Services, Comcast NBCUniversal and Guardian Life to Prioritize Representation of Women of Color in Tech
Introducing Command Shift, a New Coalition of Leading Fortune 500 Companies Focused on Helping Non-degreed Women of Color Access, Advance and Thrive in Tech Careers
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Given the economic impact from the pandemic on underrepresented women of color and job loss, it s never been more urgent to help them find jobs that pay well above minimum wage;
Citi Foundation joins NPower as a founding member of Command Shift, committed to prioritizing women of color for tech careers, alongside additional steering committee members Amazon Web Services, Comcast NBCUniversal, Guardian Life and World Wide Technology
TechPACT Organization Dedicates Mission to Leading the Charge for Inclusion and Equity in the Technology Industry
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NEW YORK, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Founded by a group of impassioned CIOs and technology leaders, TechPACT makes commitments to address inequality within the technology space. Founders pledge to reduce the digital divide and pursue representative diversity across race, gender, age and more by the end of the decade.
For years, minorities have been underrepresented in the tech industry. TechPACT founders and members are working to establish a precedent that everyone has equal opportunity for success. Not only is the non-profit committed to reducing the digital divide, it s also about supporting members withing the technology community and mentoring those seeking careers within the information technology space, so they have the ability to navigate potential opportunities in their futures.
Announcing Wiley s Diversity in Tech Webinar Series Becoming Better Allies The First in A Series of Discussions
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Join Susanne Tedrick, cloud computing specialist and author of the critically acclaimed book, Women of Color in Tech , alongside a panel of her peers, for the debut of the Wiley Diversity in Tech Webinar Series.
The first webinar, titled Becoming Better Allies will take place on Thursday, May 13th, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. ET. The series, in its entirety, will examine various dimensions of diversity and address the issues surrounding the diversification of the historically white-male-dominated tech industry.
Madison Brown scored her summer internship with GDIT through a moment of opportunity.
While attending a resume workshop, Brown caught a recruiter s attention, networked, applied and landed among a virtual cohort of 115 interns across the company. A junior studying technical writing at Louisiana Tech University, Brown won GDIT s Intern Leadership award for her job performance.
Her takeaway? Go out and talk to people, even if you don t think you need it, Brown told CIO Dive. Even if you walk away with one thing you didn t know: It was worth it.
As IT faces a growing skills shortage, organizations across all industries offer technical internships to enrich the next generation with job experience even in a remote world. But for successful retention of potential candidates, responsibility falls on IT leadership to create a meaningful experience with long-lasting investments in upskilling folks from all backgrounds.