Brett Greene If you don’t have a mentor in your life, it may be time to look for one. With that in mind, here are five tips to get you started. 1. Find a great person, not a great title Good mentors come in all shapes and sizes so it’s important to pick mentors who … Read more
Join Google Engineer & Outco Alumni Sergey Piterman and Outco Sales Engineer Shiv Gogna as they discuss 3 pieces of advice to become a successful software engineer. Listen in as Sergey and Shiv explain how to get better at problem-solving, how to create systems to support your success, and how to adopt the right mindset for growth as an engineer.
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If you are considering making a career change, this webinar will cover practical and successful strategies that we suggest should be taken in the very early stages of the process. We will share easy-to-use methods and tools that will help you gain a deeper understanding of your strengths, gaps, opportunities, and challenges and how these can be used to launch a successful career transition.
More companies are encouraging employees to work from home. For the IT department, this creates unique challenges related to virtual desktop, managing capacity and maintaining controls. Learn how organizations have been managing their technology through these trying times. Lessons learned can be applied to your organization as the new work environments continue to evolve.
Last week we started a discussion with Christy Johnson about DEI being more important than ever in work environments. Please enjoy part two: How would you suggest that employees navigate this need for flexibility, whether it’s caring for a child or an elderly parent? A lot of this comes down to the company’s … Read more
In light of the impacts that the coronavirus pandemic is having on many businesses, including many of our own tech companies here in the Seattle area, I’ve been curious to understand how it may affect diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. To learn more, I spoke with Christy Johnson, founder and CEO of Artemis Connections, … Read more
The compounding elements of police violence, racism, economic hardship, a global pandemic, political division, and the racist murders of George Floyd, Christian Cooper, Armaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony Dade, Emerald Black, Manuel Ellis, Bennie Branch and so many more of our other Black neighbors in such a short period of time is both heartbreaking and … Read more
These are difficult times for all of as we navigate our way through day after day, week after week of sheltering in place. Over the past two months, we’ve seen many of our friends, family members and former colleagues face reduced work hours, unpaid furloughs or even layoffs. On the flip side, many of those … Read more
Continuing on our theme of last week, here are the final five of ten tips to help you with your next job interview: 6. Practice positive body language and eye contact. This can be intimidating, but we can’t stress this enough. Nonverbal communication, like your initial handshake and the way you sit in a chair, … Read more
This article is being republished with permission from TrustRadius. The original article can be found here. At the beginning of March this year, TrustRadius published our second annual Women in Tech Report in celebration of International Women’s Day. The report addresses critical issues for women in the technology industry in 2020, based on a survey of over … Read more
Our next New Tech Northwest job fair is currently scheduled for July 29th, which will be here soon. It may be postponed depending on whether it’s safe for us all to meet then, but we’ll give you some tips to help you ace any upcoming job interviews you have even if the job fair date moves out. If you’re … Read more
[This post was originally published by our friends at Seen by Indeed. Join Seen to take your tech career further with free career coaching and match to your next big tech opportunity. ] In light of COVID-19, many companies are asking employees to work from home (Indeed included)—but just because no one’s in the office doesn’t mean hiring … Read more
