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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

In January 2017 we partnered with Colleen Showalter from the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) in Portland, Oregon, and asked if they would help us recruit new talent, ages 18 and above, from underrepresented groups. They recruited a group of 30 individuals, ages 18-20, who expressed interest in the program.

Company 30
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5 Reasons (G?i?g? ?E?c?o?n?o?m?y? ) Freelance Consultants bring value to your company in 2019

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hour) Ethical hacking ($66.33/hour) Move from an established company to an agile company How many meetings have you been attending were the same topics pop up over and over again? “We We need to be more digital and agile; those who do not change will not survive!” “How do we create a more agile organization?”

Company 11
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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

It suggests that Kalanick initially saw the HR function as a means of recruiting staff to support fast growth. All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development.