RECORDING: Making Career Moves in Tech

Tech careers adapt and change as fast as the technology itself in many cases. There are many opportunities for career path changes that will not move your back, but launch you forward. A key skill for your career development is to understand how to leverage your experience and transferable skills.

Kelly Kugler (She/Her)

Kelly is the Founder of Allora Collective. Allora Collective connects people to an international team of coaches who have expertise with career change, remote work transitions, and strategic relocations. They help people change their lives. Kelly’s work in global recruitment along with personal experience changing career paths, that included relocating across the U.S. and to Europe, offers first-hand expertise when helping people navigate these opportunities. Kelly also provides leadership development coaching and curates workshops for hiring teams. Connect with her on LinkedIn, follow @alloracollective on Instagram and book a free session with her at AlloraCollective.com

Chez Jennings (She/Her)

Chez is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Reddit supporting Engineering and Product hiring. She has supported early to late-stage start-ups within HR tech, fintech, and social media across a variety of technical, operations, and administrative roles. She is passionate about online networking and leveling the playing field for candidates to break into tech.

Bedilia Ramirez

Bedilia is a Technical Recruiter at NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, helping connect recent grads from college or coding bootcamps with entry-level roles. Previously, she worked in higher ed and pivoted to a role that intersects tech + education. Her experience includes recruiting in Silicon Valley, startups, and working in higher ed. She is excited about building equity and inclusion with tech, especially within the BIPOC community.

Whether you’re breaking into tech with other industry experience, starting as a recent grad or self-taught talent or ready to build upon the foundation you have and grow into a new role… you need a strategy and plan to make it happen!

Our expert speakers have made these moves personally and professionally. These women have carved their own niche in their tech careers and have helped thousands of talented people manage their own careers.

Join Kelly Kugler, Founder of Allora Collective, Chez Jennings, Senior Technical Recruiter at Reddit and Bedilia Ramirez, Talent Partner at NYC Tech Talent Pipeline for this insightful hour of Q&A.

They’ll answer your questions about:

Career paths in tech for mobility and remote work

Career pivots in tech that are a step forward

Pitching yourself into a career change, leveraging your past experience

How to ask about DEI efforts, growth and development

Finding mentors, allies and advocates

Job search networking strategies to avoid getting lost in the inbox

Opportunities [Pros & Cons] that exist in startups vs large scale enterprise companies