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11 Jan Early Access to Professional Networks Will Unclog the Diversity Pipeline in Tech
Last week, the Google cafeteria served up a new experience to 150 ninth graders from New York City public schools. Along with pizza and cookies, the students got a class in coding from Google's famed engineers. In a statistically unusual scene for the tech world, the students hovering over computer screens were black, Latino and Asian/Pacific Islander. Some are just learning to master English after immigrating; others have limited access to computers in their daily lives.
11 Jan Five Ways Tech Can Encourage Diversity
Tech leaders take pride in hiring the best and brightest, no matter their color, sex, religion, national origin or sexual preference. Leaders know that it’s the product, service or the app that drives business, and their goal is to hire the right people to get over the finish line and into the market.
11 Jan Diversity in Tech: Intel Exceeded 2015 Hiring Goal and Met Parity in Employee Retention
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday night to deliver the company's keynote speech. Besides detailing Intel's new initiatives in the Internet of Things, drones, 3D printing, and more, Krzanich provided an update on the company's monumental commitment, which he announced at the same venue last year, to improving diversity at Intel and beyond.06 Jan Ohio Third Frontier creates fund to invest in woman- and minority-owned startups
Women and minority founders of technology companies should find more open doors in Ohio: The Ohio Third Frontier Commission on Thursday approved a loan to back half of a $10 million fund focused on investing in historically excluded groups.