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Ask the expert: How do I acquire skills without experience? #ADJAMA
Climbing the ladder or switching gears in your career may lead to a common catch-22… how do you gain skills without experience? Let’s chat live with the expert!
Job hunting or considering a career change?
Our Austin Digital Jobs Group on Facebook has over 16,000 members which includes many talented recruiters and hiring managers who often answer private questions that plague people looking for jobs.
The first ADJ AMA (Austin Digital Jobs Ask Me Anything) live event covered resume hacks, so it’s time to approach a topic that people in any city and any industry can benefit from: How exactly can a person gain skills without experience?
So you want to be a developer and you have the education, but you’re not getting the job because you don’t have the experience, but can’t get the experience without frickin’ experience!? This is a true challenge.
To address this challenge, we’re hosting an ADJ AMA right here on this page with industry expert, Shelly Eager (who you may know on Twitter as @JobLadyUSA):
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Ask the expert about the diversity challenges in the tech industry #ADJAMA
(LIVE VIDEO CHAT) Diversity. Just the word means there’s a contentious conversation to be had. But conversation leads to progress. Join us to tackle the topic of diversity in tech.
A continuing dilemma: Diversity in tech
You’ve read the articles, you’ve skimmed the headlines, you’ve probably had discussions on Facebook about it: Diversity. We continue to hear that minorities are screened out during the job application processes (whether deliberately or subconsciously), and the tech industry is especially challenged. We won’t affect change without digesting the issues at hand, so we welcome you to dive in with us and be part of the conversation, bringing your own questions and opinions.
In this ADJ AMA (Austin Digital Jobs Ask Me Anything), we’ll dissect the challenges the industry faces, what people are going through despite it being the year 2016, what you can do to overcome discrimination, and what companies can do to improve diversity.
Joining us on July 27th at 11am cst is Ashley Doyal, Co-Founder of RecruitHER, a full-service recruiting firm committed to connecting tech companies with diverse talent. We’ve long respected her perspective on this issue given her dedication to solving the issue.
This is going to be a fascinating AMA, and it might get contentious, but join us for this productive conversation.
CLICK HERE for the live event. Pro tip: Log in with Twitter, not FB.
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