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On December 21, ex-Google diversity recruiter April Curley tweeted that she had been fired by the company in September after repeatedly raising concerns about how the tech chain evaluates black college graduates. In recent interviews with CNN Business, Curley maintains that her former Google superiors believed HBCU computer science grads don’t have the technical skills needed for successful Google tech careers and that they regularly resisted her attempts to get more Black college tech majors… Source link

Leaders of five historically Black colleges and universities met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday to discuss the company’s relationship with the schools in the wake of anti-HBCU-graduate discrimination allegations made by a former Google employee. On December 21, ex-Google diversity recruiter April Curley tweeted that she had been fired by the company in September after repeatedly raising concerns about how the tech chain evaluates black college graduates. In recent… Source link

​The SHRM Foundation is partnering with Grow with Google to promote upskilling and reskilling, and to link companies to skilled job seekers who otherwise may not be on the radar of hiring managers and their organizations. Grow with Google is a program of professional certifications that can be earned in six months. “The SHRM Foundation wants employers to think about competency-based hiring and steer away from rejecting skilled job seekers simply because they do not have a college degree,”… Source link

​Alexandria, VA, December 2, 2020—Today, Google and the SHRM Foundation announced a partnership committed to connecting diverse tech talent with opportunities at major companies across the United States. Through promotion of Google’s Career Certificates for jobseekers, and it’s hiring consortium of employers, SHRM and Google hope to empower HR professionals with technology and programs that create economic opportunity, promote inclusive hiring practices, and narrow the digital skills… Source link