How data is creating inroads for black talent in tech
Michael Ellison
Founder and CEO
CodePath.org
Recruiting systems inside tech companies systematically discount Black applicants’ skills, education, and work experience. Black engineering talent is out there, but the proxies companies rely on—degrees from prestigious schools to referrals from engineers—keep most from even getting a foot in the door. Michael Ellison, Founder and CEO, CodePath.org Recorded for the online CTO Summit on Wednesday October 14th, 2020 on "Filling the pipeline" - https://www.ctoconnection.com/ New tools are hacking that system by marrying technical training with data-based processes that match recruiters with applicants who closely fit their hiring needs. At CodePath, for example, our free software engineering courses put students into a “hacker rank,” based on months of performance data. We train all our students on how to translate their skills into a strong technical interview. Then, we interview recruiters at dozens of companies to find out exactly what they want from new hires and match them with students who closely fit their needs. It’s a powerful approach: last year, Black students who participated were about 4X more likely to land a tech job than the national average.
Interested in Hiring & outsourcing?
Visit our Hiring & outsourcing community!
Recruiting and retaining engineers in today’s climate is not easy. However, we are going to make it easier by discussing best practices, sharing learnings, success stories and searching for solutions together. We are focused especially on Attracting top talent (brand, comp, mission, positioning, outreach), hiring geographies, interviewing, onboarding, retention, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion topics but also are open to discussing other challenges connected to the Talent subject.
VIDEOS RELATED TO HIRING & OUTSOURCING
Aaron Erickson, Co-Founder and CEO at Orgspace
Jonathan Moore, Founder & CEO at RowdyOrb.it
Mercedes Bernard, Principal Software Engineer at Cloud City Development
Jay Zeschin, VP of Technology at Highwing
Ann Lewis, CTO at Next Street
Aaron Bedra, Global Head of Engineering at Cumberland DRW
Neha Agarwal, Director of Engineering at Thumbtack
Catherine (cat) Miller, VP Research Engineering at Flatiron Health
Jerrold Jackson, Head of Machine Learning & Data at EXOS
Loick Michard, Global Head of Engineering at CoderPad

Copyright © 2024 CTO Connection, All Rights Reserved