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Google’s Kaggle Giving Away $15,000 for AI Ideas Connecting Youth to Career Advisors
CareerVillage.org looks to the Kaggle community for the expertise needed to match questions to volunteers efficiently with the Data Science for Good competition. Palo Alto, CA — Kaggle, the data science crowdsourcing community, and Google subsidiary are sponsoring a competition to help the nonprofit CareerVillage.org use AI to efficiently match students to the perfect career […]
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Election Day is a CareerVillage.org Holiday
(The following is a note from CareerVillage.org’s Executive Director) On Tuesday, November 6, CareerVillage.org’s office doors will be closed as we recognize Election Day as an organization-wide holiday. At CareerVillage.org, we believe in enabling our team to fully engage on election day. From planning a ride to the polls, balancing family schedules outside of the […]
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[Press Release] CareerVillage.org Joins NewSchools Future of Work Challenge
Funding and management assistance from NewSchools Venture Fund will fuel efforts to create exceptional tools to help students connect to the future of work. Palo Alto, CA — CareerVillage.org is proud to announce its selection as a member of the 2018 Ignite cohort at NewSchools Venture Fund. CareerVillage.org is one of 11 ed tech companies […]
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8 ProTips
Designed to help Professionals on CareerVillage.org author top-quality advice. ProTip #1: Be inclusive and avoid bias Provide complete, inclusive, and culturally responsive answers to questions, even if they are open-ended, challenging, or unusual. Avoid using language that is exclusionary or discriminatory. For example, instead of saying, “You have to be highly logical and analytical to […]
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It’s Professional Services Week!
TLDR for students: Ask questions this week about careers in consulting, accounting, audit, and tax. Starts Monday 9/25 and ends Saturday 9/30! There are over 1.3M jobs in accounting and audit in the United States, and the US Department of Labor calls it a high growth sector, growing at 11% per year. Whether you’ve ever considered […]
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Introducing The New CareerVillage.org
Today, I couldn’t be prouder to share with you that we are relaunching the CareerVillage.org platform with a new look and a new website. Five years ago Jen and I started CareerVillage.org as a passion project in our living room with the help of some friends and a hundred volunteers willing to give career advice […]
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A CareerVillage Volunteer Spotlight
A blog post written by Kim Igleheart, a retired police officer, talented writer, and CareerVillage Super Volunteer Creating Crocodiles Out Of Birds: Why You Should Answer Students’ Questions On CareerVillage.org “In the tropical regions of Africa, the crocodile lies with its mouth open. The plover flies into its mouth and feeds on bits of decaying […]
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AIG Volunteers Advise Youth On CareerVillage.org, Impacting Thousands
Today we’re celebrating CareerVillage volunteers working at AIG, who in just a few short weeks collectively reached and impacted over 3,800 young people with inspirational career advice. Last month, several groups of AIG employees got together in their New Jersey office and answered career questions from high school students about everything from what college courses […]
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