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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

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So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023. 1 option,” he says.

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A Recruitment Success Story: Filling Clinical Roles with a Strategic Approach

Perficient

Employment opportunities for nurses are projected to grow at a faster rate (9%) than all other occupations from 2016 through 2026.”. We partnered with this client to build a comprehensive understanding of job seekers with a 360-degree assessment program to inform strategic guidance on recruiting healthcare talent.

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Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion

TechCrunch

In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey. Encouraging signs in talent recruitment and development. On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point.

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Tech companies: Stop conflating privilege with potential

TechCrunch

The number of low-income students attending college is increasing: According to a 2016 report from the Pew Research Center , the total share of undergraduate college students who come from low-income families increased from 12% in 1996 to 20% in 2016. Level the playing field for low-income recruits.

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Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale

TechCrunch

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Here are some of the startups in the venture studio portfolio.

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Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India

TechCrunch

Founded in September 2016, the company will also offer to buy back up to $3 million in stock options from its employees. As investing apps boom, Public doubles down on its social focus. Its Series D brings StashAway’s total paid-up capital to about $61.4 per annum and allows funds be withdrawn within one to three business days.

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Fueled by the pandemic, Daily raises $15M Series A for its real-time video platform

TechCrunch

Daily itself was founded in 2016 as a big bet on video, and WebRTC in particular, but has been boosted by the pandemic and the market shifts that resulted. Social and gaming,” Kuruvilla says, rattling off the various Daily use cases. “We believed back then and have believed for a while that video would be everywhere.

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