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<P>Join Civic Halls organizational member, Idealist, as they feature Tech Jobs Academy for their monthly Tech++ Career Cafe.</P> <P>Tech++ is a lunchtime series about working, hiring, and everything else to do with a career in the civic tech space.</P> <P>This month, Saron Yitbarek (PM for <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://techjobsacademy.com/" REL="nofollow">Tech Jobs Academy</A> at Microsoft) will speak to the program and the vision behind it, the intensive process to become a student of the Academy, briefly about the curriculum/certifications, and the ultimate goal of the program. Bradley Michelson (Director of Business Development at Idealist) will showcase organizations on Idealist that have positions available related to the programs curriculum. The first cohorts of Tech Jobs Academy will share their experience and will be looking to connect with organizations who have opportunities for next steps after graduation.</P> <P>Along with time for networking, this regular series will have discussions and workshops on topics such as strengthening your negotiation, fine-tuning your pitch, establishing good hiring practices, and building a robust career in tech in and out of the office. We will often be joined by great organizations on their viewpoints during the process.</P> <P><STRONG>About Idealist and Tech Jobs Academy.</STRONG><BR><A TARGET="_self" HREF="http://www.idealist.org/" REL="nofollow">Idealist</A> is the worlds leading nonprofit resource for job, internship, and volunteer opportunities with over 115,000 organizations posting listings seen by 2 million monthly users. <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://techjobsacademy.com/" REL="nofollow">Tech Jobs Academy</A> is an intensive, 16 week technical training program that prepares talented New Yorkers for in demand tech jobs in cloud and server administration. It is a collaboration between Microsoft, The NYC Tech Talent Pipeline, and the City University of New York. An intensive, 16-week technical training program preparing talented New Yorkers for in-demand tech jobs in cloud and server administration.</P> <P>Format:</P> <P>12:30-1:00pm: Light Lunch & Networking<BR>1:00-1:45pm: Speakers<BR>1:45-2:00pm: Closing & Networking</P>
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