“The HSITAG members were great at answering questions and inspiring technical leaders! HSITAG brought up aspects of job acquisition that I would not have thought about such as salary negotiation.“
“I am so glad I attended this session today! I learned many valuable tips about working in industry that I will definitely be sharing with peers. However, I have also been given a lot of great questions to consider when thinking about where I want to end up in the future. So thank you so much for your time!”
“Very helpful, I value the much-needed advice on narrowing down resume activities and learning about different activities for different jobs in IT, as I’m interested in the field but not entirely sure what work it consists of.”
“This HSITAG Coaching Session opened my eyes to job opportunities in tech that I never knew existed! This hour empowered me to reach out to professionals that I had never met before.”
“I was able to learn a lot about the best resume and interview practices and it was great to get industry professionals’ perspectives.”
What is the HSITAG Coaching Program and how long is the program for 2021?
#HSITAGgivesback is launching a 6-month coaching program. The goal of the coaching program is to have productive conversations and meetings providing diverse college-aged participants with career development tools, knowledge, skills building, networking and leadership to help address the gender and diversity gap for those entering in the IT job market.
Who can be a coach?
Any HSITAG member can be a coach who would like to work with participants in providing career development guidance, help participants develop professional skills and assist in obtaining additional career and networking resources.
Who can be a participant?
College-age youth partnering with HSITAG who would benefit in having a coach to guide career and professional guidance, networking and leadership with access to professionals leading delivery of human services programs.
Matching coach and participant
Based on the information the coach and participant complete, the HSITAG Charitable Giving committee will match the coach and participant based on goals and interests.
This program provides 1:1 opportunity with the coach and participant one hour once a month over a 6 month period from April 2021 – October 2021 with monthly themes and events:
- April 2021 Meeting: Introduction and Goals
- Share Coach’s career journey
- Discuss Participant’s career path and goals and 5-year plan
- Invite to the April 22, 2021 Shark Tank Event
- Coach’s Resources: Career Journey template and Shark Tank Event information to send to participant
- Participant’s Homework: Send coach latest resume
- May 2021 Meeting: Resume Building
- Review participant’s resume
- Discuss the Shark Tank Event -what idea would they have invested in
- Coach’s Resources: Provide helpful links to resume review
- Participant’s Homework: Send coach LinkedIn Profile
- June 2021: LinkedIn Profile
- Review participant’s LinkedIn Profile
- Coach’s Resources: Provide helpful links to resume review and LinkedIn Profile and personal branding elevator pitch
- July 2021: Networking
- Discuss different forms of networking
- Coach’s Resources: Networking best practices
- August 2021: Job Offer and Considerations
- Discuss what decision-making process goes into a job offer and what should be considered
- Coach’s Resources: Job offer best practices
- September 2021: Other Coaches and Experience
- Opportunity for participant to meet other coaches – coach swap
- October 2021: Coaching Program Closing Remarks for 2021
- Discuss if the coaching program achieves its goals with the participants
- Interview participants for lessons learned