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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

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They point to statistics that highlight challenges in IT workforce recruitment and diversity. According to The State of the Tech Workforce 2023 report from training and certification organization CompTIA , professionals identifying as Black or African American made up 8% of US tech occupations (compared to 12% across all US occupations).

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Margot Tien, Software Engineer

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Margot is a software engineer on the Cloudera Data Flow Experience team, but for about a decade she worked in the fashion design industry. He referred her to Cloudera university recruiting, which ultimately led to an interview. . The post #ClouderaLife Spotlight: Margot Tien, Software Engineer appeared first on Cloudera Blog.

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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

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He went into the community and offered people jobs, promising to train them how to repair the computers. The plan worked, but with a twist: Talent Ayala recruited and trained would eventually leave after a year for jobs in the technology industry.

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5 hot IT hiring trends — and 5 going cold

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Recruiters are opening the door for so much talent of different genders, education, nationalities, and beliefs,” Barley says. More and more companies are now walking the walk when it comes to inclusivity, not only during recruiting but in focusing on retention and working with employees on their career pathways,” she says.

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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

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Given the value diversity has for business outcomes, it’s more important than ever to have a serious strategy for creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, which has become a vital factor for recruiting, hiring, and retaining workers, especially women.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

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Jessie Auguste, software engineer at Cybsafe. Cybsafe Some organizations are tailoring their social policies to be more inclusive, such as at security awareness training firm Cybsafe. Upon leaving the organization, the recruiter told her that she had been a token hire. You haven’t got what it takes.

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PepsiCo transforms for the digital era

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Tapped to guide the company’s digital journey, as she had for firms such as P&G and Adidas, Kanioura has roughly 1,000 data engineers, software engineers, and data scientists working on a “human-centered model” to transform PepsiCo into a next-generation company. billion in revenue.

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