May 28, 2019 in Business Resources
What I’m Learning: How to Create Balanced and Diverse Teams
Hey everybody! Ryan here again. I have some exciting news. I’m assuming you’re here for two reasons. First: You want to learn more about how to create balanced and diverse teams at your company. Second: You care about the state…
May 21, 2019 in Business Resources
10 of My Best Tips on How to Start a Tech Apprenticeship Program
If you haven’t yet read the IWSI America report on Modern Apprentices, then I suggest you do. It talks about how to get started with apprenticeship and gives a list of key tasks to tackle. Here’s my list of what…
January 2, 2019 in Business Resources
LaSean Smith Q&A
We recently had a chat with LaSean Smith from Microsoft. We asked him a few questions around the topic of diversity and inclusion and why it’s important to create diverse teams. Q. What can companies do to get more people…
December 20, 2018 in Business Resources
Shari’s Story
Let us introduce you to Shari. She is one of 12 women working toward an entry-level engineering job made possible by Dress for Success Oregon (DFSO) and our TalentPath program, a training solution for hiring and retaining engineers from underrepresented groups….
December 13, 2018 in Business Resources
Interview with Chris Bennett at AfroTech
While at AfroTech, we fired off a few questions to Chris Bennett, CEO and co-founder of Wonderschool – a company that makes it easy for individuals to create early-learning programs out of their homes. We asked him the question on…
December 10, 2018 in Business Resources
The Real Issues Behind Diversity in Tech
We recently attended AfroTech and had the chance to catch up with Michael Ellison from CodePath.org. He works tirelessly to address the problem of diversity in tech and so we asked him: What are the misconceptions that companies have about diversity?…
December 6, 2018 in Business Resources
Amber’s Story
This is Amber. After navigating a particularly tough time in her life, she was living in transitional housing with her son Liam and trying to figure out her next step. She turned to Dress for Success in Portland, OR to…
December 3, 2018 in Business Resources
Joy’s Story
Meet Joy. She is one of 12 women working toward an entry-level engineering job made possible by Dress for Success Oregon (DFSO) and our TalentPath program, a training solution for hiring and retaining engineers from underrepresented groups. Her path to technology, however, has…
October 9, 2018 in Business Resources
Team Treehouse’s “Hey, have you seen this?” list for October 9th
Talent bidding wars, managing teams, building a better future of equity, diversity and inclusion: Here’s what we’ve been reading at Treehouse this week:
September 12, 2018 in Business Resources
Mailchimp makes huge gains for diversity in technology
If you follow our social accounts for Treehouse, or my personal social accounts, you may have heard the exciting news that Mailchimp is doing something incredible in Atlanta by starting their very first TalentPath group of apprentices! With TalentPath, Treehouse…