Recognizing the need for a high
tech workforce of the future, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council established an educational initiative to reach middle and high school students.
Not exact matches
Tech companies, in recent years, have been under fire for the underrepresentation
of women and certain minority groups in their
workforces.
The Seattle - based company plans to increase its Vancouver
workforce five-fold to 5,000 by 2022 — mostly high -
tech positions, said Jesse Dougherty, Amazon's general manager
of web services.
While the leaky pipeline is a persistent challenge,
tech leaders have a responsibility to not only recognize the importance
of diversity in their
workforce but also to champion the issue internally.
The career - focused social network ranked the world's cities on the proportion
of the
workforce with
tech skills.
Cofounder and CEO: Nick Gleason, age 33 Business: Web developer with the mission
of recruiting and hiring its
workforce from urban neighborhoods; CitySoft does no training but does team up with
tech - training centers to develop training standards.
«As the economic tides change, the Bay Area, with its entrenched
tech workforce, is the perfect place to take the pulse
of worker expectations and how they are shifting over time,» Woo CEO Liran Kotzer told the Business Times.
Only 15 %
of its engineering
workforce is women, a number on par with Twitter but below many
tech companies.
«Facebook is changing the world but it's clearly not changing the mostly white leadership and
workforce,» said Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leaders and one
of the biggest proponents
of the
tech diversity movement.
Over the years, Gotham has pushed through initiatives that ranged from lifestyle perks like free Wi - Fi in public parks and subway stations to make the city more attractive to a
tech workforce, to establishing a network
of business incubators to help provide affordable office space to more than 500 startups.
By 2020, 50 percent
of the
workforce will be working remotely,» said Guissett, who came to the U.S. seven years ago when the Belgium travel
tech company he was working for wanted to build out their U.S. branch in California.
Though the pledge left benchmarks up to the individual companies, it asked the
tech firms that signed on to implement goals to recruit, retain and advance underrepresented talent, to publish data annually on the demographics
of their
workforce, and to invest in partnerships that would build a larger pipeline
of diverse candidates.
By most estimates, women comprise only 30 percent
of the
workforce in engineering and
tech - related fields.
While reaching pay equity is a huge accomplishment, the
tech giant admitted that it still has a long way to go to create a
workforce that's more balanced in terms
of gender and race.
Having worked on prior projects aimed at the Microsoft
workforce, she learned the needs
of the
tech community and channeled them into communal spaces that afford stimulating social and down time.
After the
tech bust
of the early 2000s, it racked up significant losses and dramatically reduced its
workforce.
Chou, an engineer at Pinterest, called for
tech companies to release the demographic breakdown
of their
workforces after publishing the data she was able to gather at her own workplace in 2013.
Companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple have released reports on the demographics
of their
workforce in recent years, so it may be unsurprising that 75 %
of Fortune 500 firms publishing their numbers are in the
tech space.
The generation now entering the
workforce offers energy, creativity and innate
tech skills that bosses the age
of their parents can learn to harness.
This is the first time Google nabbed the top spot, although its position isn't that big
of a surprise: The
tech company is famous — even parodied — for its extensive, cushy, at times downright crazy seeming benefits, along with its talented, passionate
workforce.
Management at the largest
tech firms, including Google, have publicly committed to diversifying their
workforces, although the percentage
of women in engineering and management roles remains low at many companies.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., the civil rights activist, has been pressuring
tech companies to release data on the makeup
of their
workforces.
[20] To provide a more focused window on diversity in high
tech employment, we examined the
workforce composition
of those
tech companies regarded by industry insiders as leaders in the field.
A new study by Policy Matters Ohio found that more than 700 Amazon employees receive food stamps, or more than 10 percent
of the
tech giant's 6,000 - strong
workforce in the state.
Baker listed attributes
of Prince George's County that he thought Amazon would find attractive, including a racially diverse
workforce at a time when the
tech industry is seeking greater diversity.
According to a report this week in
tech news outlet The Information, when asked by some
of his 11,000 employees Kalanick has brushed off questions about diversity in hiring and whether Uber could share demographic data about its
workforce.
Since 2014,
tech companies have been reporting the demographics
of their workers and have made public commitments to increase the diversity
of their
workforces.
But a remote
workforce isn't for everyone, and as the rock
of the
tech organization, it's up to the CTO to determine what will work best for his / her employees, what will drive product development, and what arrangement will contribute to the overall success
of the company.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk recently estimated that AI could replace 12 to 15 per cent
of the global
workforce in 20 years.
Florida's High
Tech Corridor spans 23 counties across the state, connected by three research universities, more than 20 local and regional economic development organizations, 14 community and state colleges, 12 regional
workforce boards, countless industry groups and the thousands
of innovative companies that call this region home.
Driving the Texas
tech hub's ascent is its considerable availability
of skilled
workforce members, as well as a particularly large startup density.
The Corridor's high
tech legacy has attracted a skilled
workforce since the days
of the Space Race.
Last year, Reveal asked 211 large
tech companies headquartered in the Bay Area to release their EEO - 1 forms, which show the race and gender breakdown
of their
workforce and are the only standardized way to compare companies.
As she progressed with a wider target market, she came to know intimately the challenges
of fast - growing
tech companies in the sharing economy category, such as Lyft, Etsy and TaskRabbit who experienced bottlenecks in managing their expansive external «
workforce» and mobilizing their vendors.
«Salesforce will spur the continued growth
of our city's vibrant downtown,
tech - forward business community and talented
workforce,» said Adam Broderick, managing director for real estate firm JLL.
Recent diversity reports
of major
tech companies show that white males make up the vast majority
of their
workforce and leadership...
Recent diversity reports
of major
tech companies show that white males make up the vast majority
of their
workforce and leadership teams.
In Germany, where the
workforce is highly skilled and high -
tech manufacturing jobs have been retained, the price has been continuing stagnation
of wage levels.
With our high -
tech and high - skill
workforce, Oneida County is still a leader in the information age - and a county where value
of quality workmanship, pride in community heritage and a commitment to making government work on behalf
of the people endures and flourishes.
The proof
of our success is in the reports issued by the New York State Department
of Labor: the unemployment rate is the lowest in more than nine years; and we are putting in place the pieces necessary for our
workforce to succeed in the high -
tech and green jobs that will be coming online at Solar City and the Medical Campus.
Building upon the success
of his collaborative effort to develop a world - class home - grown
workforce, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. today announced that the SEMI High
Tech U Teacher Edition will return for a second summer.
I was proud
of the sophisticated proposal that was submitted to Amazon which detailed our region's resurgence, strong economy and positive momentum, our talented
tech workforce, world - class colleges and universities, regional attributes including existing area connectivity, advanced innovation eco-system, the well - documented affordability
of our region, and access to Canada and other destinations.
As part
of the region's transformative strategy to grow its own high -
tech workforce, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. today announced the kickoff for the 2012 SEMI High Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE... Read
tech workforce, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. today announced the kickoff for the 2012 SEMI High Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE...
workforce, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. today announced the kickoff for the 2012 SEMI High
Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE... Read
Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation
of Herkimer and Oneida Counties,
Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE...
Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE... Read more
As part
of the region's transformative strategy to grow its own high -
tech workforce, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. today announced the kickoff for the 2012 SEMI High Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE, NYSUT and BO
tech workforce, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. today announced the kickoff for the 2012 SEMI High Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE, NYSUT a
workforce, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. today announced the kickoff for the 2012 SEMI High
Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE, NYSUT and BO
Tech U Teacher Edition, in partnership with officials from the Community Foundation
of Herkimer and Oneida Counties,
Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE, NYSUT a
Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE, NYSUT and BOCES.
Alice Savino, Executive Director
of the
Workforce Investment Board said «As Executive Director of the WIB and as a resident of this community, I know that the children of the Mohawk Valley must be prepared to fill jobs in today's high tech workforce and also be equipped with a foundation for the jobs that have not yet even been create
Workforce Investment Board said «As Executive Director
of the WIB and as a resident
of this community, I know that the children
of the Mohawk Valley must be prepared to fill jobs in today's high
tech workforce and also be equipped with a foundation for the jobs that have not yet even been create
workforce and also be equipped with a foundation for the jobs that have not yet even been created.»
«This unparalleled amount
of investment will build upon the recent success
of the Utica Memorial Auditorium and transform its surrounding area into a thriving Arts, Sports and Entertainment District that will create jobs, spur economic development, provide additional amenities for our emerging high -
tech workforce and establish Utica as a powerhouse tourism destination.»
«The idea is to incentivize start - up
tech business to start here, stay here and lay the groundwork to foster the economy by partnering with our SUNY system in training and education
of our
workforce,» said Zebrowski.
«Industry is much farther along in diversifying its
workforce because it's not just seen as a moral or ethical imperative,» Dr. Willie Pearson, chair
of Georgia
Tech's School
of History, Technology, and Society, said.
Right now, there is a wave
of tech hitting the economy and the
workforce.
The tool features 59 state indicators
of state performance in education, the scientific
workforce, research and development (R&D) investments and activities, and high -
tech business.