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Candidate Experience: Things That Make You Go Hmm…

Candidate Experience: Things That Make You Go …

I wasn’t going to publish this but a TED talk by Luvvie Ajayi Jones gave me the nudge I needed. Notice how I said I wasn’t going to publish instead of write—because the truth is, I started writing about this…

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Didn’t know anyone, yet everyone was fam: My AfroTech Takeaways

Didn’t know anyone, yet everyone was …

AfroTech Conference 2024 wasn’t just another tech conference—it was the tech conference. Sure, it had the usual suspects: brilliant main-stagers, knowledge-dropping chiefs, cutting-edge panels in ice-cold theaters. Sessions covering all the hot topics like spatial audio, AI, cybersecurity, and climate…

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Turning ‘Unqualified’ Into an Offer

Turning ‘Unqualified’ Into an Offer

Have you ever been told you didn’t qualify for a job you knew you could do, but couldn’t quite prove it “on paper”? I have! Want to know how I landed a job offer anyway? Now, fair warning, this isn’t a…

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Why Do Titles Trump the Need to Learn?

Why Do Titles Trump the Need to …

Heyo Managers, Leads, Supervisors, and the like! Ever notice how, at this level, there’s a constant push for you to attend training sessions and management-level meetings to stay updated on every new policy, tool, and team issue? But then, when…

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