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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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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.

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How Blacks in Technology Foundation is ‘stomping the divide’

CIO Business Intelligence

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. BIT and OneTen , a network for Black talent and employers, partnered with Udacity to offer a scholarship program for business analytics, digital marketing, and front-end web development.

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Longtime UX leader Karen Clark Cole on staying present and learning to tell good fear from bad

GeekWire

She moved to Seattle, worked briefly at a web development company and then convinced a colleague to start a company with her that focused on UX. Instead, Cole and co-founder Kelly Franznick launched a strategy to themselves acquire smaller companies, aiming to become the biggest UX business around. Your preferred social network?

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