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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

CIO

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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4 nonprofits fostering diversity and career advancement in IT

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Nonprofit NPower is working to change that by fostering opportunity for those outside traditional IT pipelines through its tuition-free Tech Fundamentals program , which has helped young adults from underserved communities, as well as military members, military spouses, and veterans, forge new careers in IT for over 20 years.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO

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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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

CIO

LGBTQ Tech LGBTQ Tech offers programs and resources to support LGBTQ+ communities and works to “educate organizations and policy makers on the unique needs LGBTQ+ individuals face when it comes to tech.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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Skills-first hiring has CIOs rethinking talent strategies

CIO

Snyder, secretary of the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security and Commonwealth CIO for Massachusetts, responded by overhauling the agency’s recruitment and retention practices. It is a whole new way in which to attract, recruit, onboard, develop, and manage.

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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

CIO

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. 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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Natives Rising wins backing to help Native Americans into tech and startups

TechCrunch

So it’s perhaps appropriate that over this past weekend, a new nonprofit community organization comprising of a large network of Native Americans in tech has had a big boost. Natives Rising now aims to recruit Native women to join the tech industry, plus provide scholarships, mentors, education, and workplace opportunities.

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