article thumbnail

How prioritizing training and mentorship retains talent

CIO

At Discover ® , on-the-job training and mentorship are key components of how Discover cultivates and nurtures talent from within. Hear from three different employees about the unique training programs and opportunities they’ve had to develop their careers at Discover. I lived this journey,” he said.

Training 241
article thumbnail

17 professional organizations for Black IT pros

CIO

While the onus of change rests in large part on employers to alter their approaches to hiring and inclusivity in the workplace, the following 17 professional organizations are dedicated to advancing the careers of Black IT pros and increasing Black representation in the tech industry through training, networking resources, and more.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Blacks in Technology Foundation is ‘stomping the divide’

CIO

When Greg Greenlee joined the IT industry in 2008, the lack of representation of Black IT professionals among attendees and speakers at tech conferences and events was readily apparent. “It By 2018, the foundation started hosting its own conference, BITCON, with corporate sponsors such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

article thumbnail

The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO

When the timing was right, Chavarin honed her skills to do training and coaching work and eventually got her first taste of technology as a member of Synchrony’s intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) team, writing human responses to the text-based questions posed to chatbots.

article thumbnail

SAP unveils tools to help enterprises build their own gen AI apps

CIO

The news came at SAP TechEd, its annual conference for developers and enterprise architects, this year held in Bangalore, the unofficial capital of India’s software development industry. We want to accelerate and get generative AI technologies to customers,” said Walter Sun, SAP’s new global head of AI , in a conference call ahead of TechEd.

article thumbnail

4 ways higher ed can close the tech industry’s gender gap

CIO

What is even more disheartening is that while a healthy number of young girls and women enroll and thrive in early education STEM programs, this enthusiasm and drive seems to wane at the college and university levels, where women account for just 16% of those who earned a bachelor’s degree in computer and information sciences.

Education 312
article thumbnail

The Pinnacle of Performance: Fine-Tuning Leadership with Executive Coachee Programs

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Role of Executive Coachee Programs in Enhancing Leadership Performance Executive coachee programs are crucial in enhancing leadership performance among top executives in today’s competitive corporate landscape. These programs offer numerous benefits that can significantly enhance leadership performance.