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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. Here are three of note. This amount of support really surprised me.

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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

CIO

Maven Youth Maven Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ youth to “network, organize, and educate for social change through technology and the tech sector.” 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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Forecasting 2023 Recruiting Trends With 6 Experts

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Start planning your tech hiring needs as per your business requirements, revamp your recruiting processes, and come up with creative ways to land that perfect “unicorn candidate”! So before you put together your plans, ask yourselves this—What are the most important 2023 recruiting trends in tech hiring that you should be prepared for?

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO

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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Don’t let new hybrid workplaces keep the old systemic racism

TechCrunch

Entrepreneurs need to help get their employees into proven training programs that show the true impact of their unconscious biases. To be sure, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and profoundly altered many aspects of work life, including in-person diversity training and workforce development. VR training programs. Actions speak.

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How Blacks in Technology Foundation is ‘stomping the divide’

CIO

Whether it’s workplace issues, social justice issues, or talking about engineering, and help each other along with our careers,” says Greenlee. Today BIT includes a for-profit and a nonprofit side, each of which seeks to break down barriers, create opportunity, and diversify the tech talent pipeline.

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

CIO

Behaviors to exclude me would happen in corporate [workplaces] and even in nonprofits where I volunteered, and I wasn’t prepared for them coming.” After closing his software company during the pandemic, Beasley turned toward the nonprofit space, working with several organizations, serving on the board of directors.

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