Mixing up the curriculum and the methods of teaching students is important in maintaining younger students’ interest. These websites offer great alternatives for teaching. This also gives students the opportunity to work with technology – a vital skill for their future. The article offers 5 websites and the topics range from grammar to typing and […]
Websites to Encourage Tech Learning
Hired Now Helps Tech Companies Find Executives
Hired, a startup working to make recruiting more efficient, has expanded to include a category for VPs of engineering and chief technical officers (CTOs). Link>>
How Can Recruiters Grab Engineers’ Attention? With More Money (Duh)
Giving the competitive hiring landscape for engineers, coders get inundated with pitches everyday–pitches that come with lures of six-figure salaries, beer kegs, dogs, and other fun office perks. Believe it or not, it’s actually a harder sell that you might think. Link>>
Posted in: Code, Jobs, Silicon Valley, STEM, Tech
Lesbians Who Tech, From Silicon Valley To The White House
As I’m reaching for my morning coffee, I see this email: “You’re invited toLesbians Who Tech, a global community of over 4,000 queer women in and around tech (and the people who love them). Whether
The Fight for Tech Interns Now Starts in High School
Facebook Inc. rolled out the red carpet for Michael Sayman when the social network hired him for a job that started last month, including flying him out to meet Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. Link>>
Posted in: High School, Internships, STEM, Tech
The Importance of Specialization in the Tech Job Market
Due to the influx of technology and a highly competitive workforce, the nature of the tech job market is fundamentally changing, migrating away from full-time generalists into part-time specialists. Link>>
Posted in: Jobs, Specialization, STEM, Tech
Hackathons Are the New Career Fairs
For those looking to score a job at a hot tech startup or a coveted spot with a tech behemoth like Facebook or Square, the job search scene has an up-and-coming competitor to the traditional career fair: hackathons. Article Link>>
Posted in: Career Fairs, Hack, Jobs, STEM, Tech
Code.org Founder on the Real Reason There Aren’t More Women in Tech
Why aren’t there more women working in technology? Article>>