Every tech company wants to hire great talent, but many have historically hired based on pedigree -- where candidates went to school, where they worked and who they know. However, there's a pool of qualified talent who have followed non-traditional paths but may have been overlooked in traditional recruiting pipelines. Five years ago, we piloted our REACH...
REACH Articles
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- engineering culture,
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Co-authors: Nicole Brunnett, Shalini Agarwal Engineering talent comes in many different forms and from many different backgrounds, and it’s more than just technical chops: it involves curiosity, problem solving, and passion. At LinkedIn, we recognize that engineering talent doesn’t always come from traditional training, especially when there are so many...
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- Women in Tech,
- REACH,
- culture
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Our REACH program is designed to give highly determined individuals with strong technical skills the opportunity to gain on-the-job experience they need to become full-time software engineers. It also helps us hire more talent to join our engineering team. I’m thrilled to report, now that our first REACH cohort has finished, the program is a success on both...
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- engineering culture,
- Women in Tech,
- Diversity,
- REACH
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Co-authors: Shalini Agarwal, Joel Young, Ali Mohamed, and Yi Shen Earlier this year, we kicked off our inaugural REACH program, which...
- Topics:
- engineering culture,
- Women in Tech,
- Diversity,
- REACH
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For many years, we in the tech industry have faced persistent challenges to meet our demand for software engineering talent. One hard...
- Topics:
- engineering culture,
- Women in Tech,
- Diversity,
- REACH