Supporting Veterans and Military Spouses
DIVERSITY REBOOT SERIES 2021:
Whether you're a veteran looking for a civilian role that will leverage your prior skills and experience, or a military spouse looking for a job that can accommodate your mobile lifestyle, we hope you'll join us to hear directly from companies committed to supporting military members and their families!
Learn about programs and roles designed specifically for veterans and military spouses, and get tips from recruiters and hiring managers on how to best showcase your experience.
Sign up here — it's free! Potential panel, fireside chat or workshop will include:
- How Can Veterans Make Their Way into the Alleys of Corporate America?
- Being an Immigrant in the Military
- How Military Spouses Benefit from Remote Roles
- Celebrating Women Veterans in Tech
- Exploring a Career in Cybersecurity
- Managing Mental Health as a Veteran or Military Spouse
- Learning from LGBTQIA+ Veterans and Military Spouses
- Assisting Veterans with Disabilities
- Supporting Veteran-owned Small Businesses
- Mastering Your Compensation Superpowers as a Veteran: Negotiating, Resume Building & More
GRAB YOUR FREE LINKEDIN HEADSHOT AT POWERTOFLY'S VIRTUAL PHOTO BOOTH AS PART OF OUR "SUPPORTING VETERANS & MILITARY SPOUSES" SUMMIT
Come grab your free LinkedIn and PowerToFly profile headshot at our virtual photo booth, available November 15th to 17th only. Then, show off your new pic at our free Virtual Job Fair on November 18th or share it on social with #powertofly. Click here to get snapping!
Lifting Latin Voices All Over the World
DIVERSITY REBOOT SERIES 2021:
Join us as we celebrate Latinx voices and achievements in business, and share best practices for creating more inclusive workplaces where all can thrive.
With topics ranging from bilingualism to growing Latinx representation in the C-suite, you won't want to miss this free opportunity to connect with your peers, network with top companies, and learn from leaders who've been in your shoes!
Discussion topics for this summit may include:
- The importance of Latina Equal Pay Day
- How to define Latinx and understand the unique experiences and unifying factors of different groups in the community
- How to create safe spaces for Latinx individuals to bring their whole selves to work, including acknowledging their differences and celebrating their ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds
- Some of the obstacles that Latinx individuals face around career progression and representation and ways to address those barriers
- Ways to celebrate and showcase Latinx experiences in your organization
- Overcoming the educational digital divide
- How the job search can affect mental health
- Plus fun networking sessions and interactive panels featuring your fellow skilled professionals!
U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres Summit Speaker
Congressman for the State of New York
Representative Ritchie Torres is a fighter from the Bronx who has spent his entire life working for the community he calls home. Like many people in the South Bronx, poverty and struggle have never been abstractions to him, and he governs from a place of lived experience.
Ritchie's mother single-handedly raised him, his twin brother, and his sister in a public-housing project. She paid the bills working minimum-wage jobs, which in the 1990s paid $4.25 an hour. While Ritchie grew up with mold, lead, leaks, and no reliable heat or hot water in the winter, he watched the government spend over $100 million dollars to build a golf course across the street for Donald Trump. In 2013, at the age of twenty-five, Ritchie became New York City's youngest elected official and the first openly L.G.B.T.Q person elected to office in the Bronx.
At the City Council, Ritchie stood out, and during his seven-year tenure he tenaciously tackled problems big and small for the Bronx and New York City. He passed over forty pieces of legislation, including legislation protecting the City's affordable housing stock and tackling the city's opioid epidemic. As the Chairman overseeing NYCHA, he held the first committee hearing ever in public housing, which led to a $3 billion-dollar FEMA investment, the largest in NYC history. As Chair of the Oversight & Investigations Committee, Ritchie has led investigations into the heating outages and lead poisoning at NYCHA, the Taxi Medallion scandal, the City's controversial Third-Party Transfer program, and Kushner Companies.
Ritchie currently lives in the South Bronx and represents NY-15 in the South Bronx. He is a member of the Committee on Financial Services and serves as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Homeland Security.
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Testing Sponsor
We believe that more diverse teams create greater innovations with more diverse approaches, questions and ideas. With this belief in mind, we strive to be a leader in attracting women to careers in high tech. Inside the company, and in partnership with others, Microsoft is involved in a wide range of programs aimed at trying to attract, recruit, retain, and develop women from around the world in the field of computer technology.
We start early in the pipeline by sparking girls' interest in technology careers. We promote the study of computer science at traditionally female colleges and other universities. We invest in women-focused organizations, seek out women-owned suppliers, and provide support to women once they are employees at Microsoft.
Early Career Connections & Mid-Career Pivots
DIVERSITY REBOOT SERIES 2021:
Whether you're launching your career or revamping it, don't miss this free opportunity to connect with companies looking for interns, entry-level professionals, career pivoters, and those returning to work. The Early Career Connections & Mid-Career Pivots Summit is the perfect opportunity to network with your peers, ask professionals about their transition to the working world and to new roles, and most importantly, connect directly with companies! Are you wondering...
- how/whether to showcase your coursework on your resume?
- how to highlight the experienced you've cultivated as a caregiver?
- how the skills from your current role transfer to a new industry or position?
- what kind of internships to pursue in order to land your dream role after graduation?
- how to land an internship when you don't yet have experience?
- what to wear to your (in-person or virtual!) interview?
- how to know if a career change is right for you?