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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

While diversity still lags in the IT industry, McKinsey has found that organizations leading the way with DEI strategies are making significant gains over those that “have yet to embrace diversity.” The program starts with six months of training and educational courses and followed by a paid internship to gain hands-on experience.

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4 nonprofits fostering diversity and career advancement in IT

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Skills-first hiring has CIOs rethinking talent strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

Some researchers and tech leaders are using the strategy. Yet Lutes and other experts say the skills-first hiring strategy does differ from traditional organizational labor practices. The strategy moves away, to varying degrees, from using job titles. Others IT execs express reservations. All this prep work can overwhelm CIOs.

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DEI that works: 5 companies reaping the benefits of IT diversity strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

The tech industry has long been known for its lack of diversity and, as a result, there’s been a big push for companies to take DEI strategies seriously. Through internship programs, apprenticeships, returnships, and other unique talent and upskilling programs, these examples can help inspire the right DEI strategy for your organization.

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NCWIT digitally transforms the DEI journey to help uplift women in IT

CIO Business Intelligence

The organization, which started with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and about four or five employees, has since grown into a global nonprofit with more than 1,500 change leaders, universities, companies, nonprofits, and government organizations on board.

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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

CIO Business Intelligence

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. Today, the once technology recycling program is now a robust nonprofit focused on offering tuition-free IT training to help diversify the tech talent pipeline.

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Seattlepi.com will try newsletter strategy in Hearst’s ‘next phase’ for former newspaper website

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Hearst says it will continue to publish the website, while implementing “a newsletter strategy that complements seattlepi.com and takes advantage of original reporting and curates the most important information for Seattleites.” However, Hearst describes the move as a growth strategy, not a cost-cutting measure.

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