Black Boston tech talent meetups are happening every month. Inquire!
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STEM skilled people in the United States are job rich. Competitors for positions we want may be there but there are enough STEM job openings to fulfill your wish. STEM educators can be found in community centers where kids go, in colleges, in innovation centers, and online. You won't have to pay a lot of money to get training. Self-paced training courseware is really good. May I suggest you subscribe to web site newletters available at www.StartHub.com, www.greenhornconnect.com, www.roxburyinnovationcenter.org and Google types. These resources can help your STEM career. Get in some classroom college level training as well. It helps a lot! While there are thousands of STEM job openings that do not require a college degree, when you have one, you can go for all jobs, whether they require the college degree or not.
STEM in BOSTON: Here's what's new
Boston Tech & Civic Leaders Band Together to 'Hack Diversity' by
Olivia Vanni - Staff Writer with Boston INNO newspaper says it best.
"Hack Diversity, co-founded by Smarter-in-the City Accelerator alum Melissa James of The Tech Connection, is a new program connecting talented STEM students of color with strong companies in Greater Boston. Hack Diversity shall remove barriers between Boston's local innovation economy and the Black and Latino communities" proposes the idea.
"Through HACK DIVERSITY, engineering and computer science students of color at urban universities can apply for paid internships at prominent companies throughout Greater Boston. In addition to gaining work experience at tech companies, selected candidates will be matched with a personal mentor."
"The Hack Diversity Mentor Network will consist of mid- and senior-level black and Latino engineers and executives who will coach the students one on one, supporting them and encouraging their professional development."
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Sounds good, eh? Yes!
But Black-owned companies have been hiring STEM workers for years without any fanfare. It is their responsibility. African American companies hire more minorities than any other company in America. And the pay is competitive. It has to be because we know the talent is good. Applicants should get to know who the Black-owned and minority-owned companies are.
Here are 300 Boston area Black and minority-owned companies to contact about job openings. check our jobs board for internships, full time and parttime positions.
KUDOs to Melissa James and crew. No doubt, the press coverage of HACK DIVERSITY will educate the un-diverse tech leadership about people of color with abilities to perform. Black companies have been hiring skilled talent for years. For years! I know the tech corporate elite wants to diversify their ranks. This is to be commended!
Black Boston STEM Mentoring Opportunity.
Introducing the WOW Campaign of Massachusetts.
Check out the "WOW Campaign" video. WOW is a public awareness campaign about the exciting STEM career opportunities that exist here in Massachusetts. See how these students made out.
Intro to Black Boston tours
If I inserted the word "multi-cultural" where Black is, would this go over better? I think not. Chances are, you have not yet been to the destinations listed in our Black Heritage Tour Series trip list. Everyday, we learn something new don't we? Blacks have been a vital part of Early Boston and New England since its inception. That's what you'll learn from these heritage trips. They are multi-cultural, Black, Afro-American oriented trips. At some destinations are tours. Most of the tours are narrated. Experienced tour guides run them at the sites.
We urge your group to try them. They make for an interesting day. Our Black Heritage Travel series covers museums, guide tours of heritage trails, cultural districts, historical destinations, sites, monuments and more.
Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively, however take time off. Ski, dance, play a musical instrument, cook, knit, grow green things. Do something different than programming computers and talking tech and you'll be alright.
New England has mixed ethnic groups. Altogether, the coders, engineers, programmers, architects and scientists from Africa, Barbados, Haiti, Indian, Iran, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana ..Puerto Rico, the list goes on and on .. have made New England what it is today. People of color in STEM are making the Massachusetts Innovation Miracle .
See who is hiring in STEM. Diversity and Inclusion employers are active.