Happy New Year! This opportunity may not be relevant for all, but please share with your MA community college and STEM colleagues, alumni and other contacts who may be eligible. Best, Sarah Begin forwarded message: From: New England Council <necouncil@newenglandcouncil.com> Date: January 7, 2025 at 2:46:11 PM EST To: Sarah Morrell <Sarah.Morrell@umb.edu> Subject: Join us for Meeting to Learn more about STEMatch COMPETE Reply-To: necouncil@newenglandcouncil.com  CAUTION: EXTERNAL SENDER A new talent pool for entry-level tech jobs to build company competitiveness [https://lyi4jwdab.cc.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=1c933327-c22a-4971-8b04-8f1bbc7277e5&a=1103481512715&c=9c8285dc-7d89-11ee-b2f7-fa163e4ddc15&ch=9c83854a-7d89-11ee-b2f7-fa163e4ddc15] View as Webpage<https://lyi4jwdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lj-ukcbTMa1Ex1Y250EGDUzGPRVl-UCa1XYvwLrUBCinrhIZkShCFZq9txa2tCE2HTBdlvQxus-7waSnUycqbbUU_u-UTxCmcV5s37awMwkJMHxz42Lg-prDjDg32Sr4hWOCO-FJT5MaZCH4fUbrPg==&c=LXFWLT_S5mffafMhRg5qvXj1SRfUkSeMN3H57mvAxuijtxWK_vZtcg==&ch=zfn3N5dSwMRyOS4WcfVlU_Dqf_0zVCcQzIpjFzF1CdnMs7IF0RHIaQ==> [https://files.constantcontact.com/b03af9ce001/6f647e9d-56d2-42e0-a854-0c85f5e16d2b.png]   Technology & Innovation Working Group Invite [https://files.constantcontact.com/b03af9ce001/f7e5ffaa-fd47-4140-b651-f56f1af38cb6.jpg]   Join us for Meeting to Learn more about STEMatch COMPETE   [https://files.constantcontact.com/b03af9ce001/c65ab0f6-c20a-408e-b024-d509c958bb98.png] When: January 22 at 11am Where: Zoom   The New England Council Technology & Innovation Working Group invites any interested Council members to join us for a virtual meeting with representatives of STEMatch<https://lyi4jwdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lj-ukcbTMa1Ex1Y250EGDUzGPRVl-UCa1XYvwLrUBCinrhIZkShCFSJ7xk0CwPorqcR-Wz8UCPyTcynHftgnpHgT2iOIGAXZEXAf32sBNqSbPZVi88WGlu2XA4aepmSXgfbemEMQT2qPmaTF19aINuUkqGbIGnyc&c=LXFWLT_S5mffafMhRg5qvXj1SRfUkSeMN3H57mvAxuijtxWK_vZtcg==&ch=zfn3N5dSwMRyOS4WcfVlU_Dqf_0zVCcQzIpjFzF1CdnMs7IF0RHIaQ==> to learn more about their COMPETE <https://lyi4jwdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001lj-ukcbTMa1Ex1Y250EGDUzGPRVl-UCa1XYvwLrUBCinrhIZkShCFSJ7xk0CwPorvIq9qP97fb5zlBRv8B2guSw5nwdhlSazJp4mTlW0e8-HGEaMG0KrmJ39NBVg-CiLDFVGW_SQ-myGnyywX6LhXcBNTDmzpmDeCVuE7EBCtCzMk6Qm-7wsRQ==&c=LXFWLT_S5mffafMhRg5qvXj1SRfUkSeMN3H57mvAxuijtxWK_vZtcg==&ch=zfn3N5dSwMRyOS4WcfVlU_Dqf_0zVCcQzIpjFzF1CdnMs7IF0RHIaQ==> program, which prepares community college students from underrepresented backgrounds for entry level careers in the technology fields. We encourage you to share this invitation with colleagues at your organization who are responsible for recruiting and hiring in software development, IT support, cybersecurity, and electronics/electrical engineering roles. About STEMatch Compete STEMatch COMPETE - A new talent pool for entry-level tech jobs to build company competitiveness It’s hard to find great talent, and to build the sort of diversity you want in your workforce. Join us to learn about an award-winning workforce development program that enables you to access a traditionally-untapped, diverse, job-ready talent pool – and make the opportunities in tech accessible to people in lower-income communities. Built by business people for businesses and the recent recipient of a grant from the Commonwealth to expand across the state, STEMatch COMPETE provides lower-income students at (majority/minority) community colleges with the additional skills training, mentoring, and internship experience that business executives determined these students need to succeed in entry-level software development, IT support, cybersecurity and electronics/electrical engineering jobs. Chris Zannetos, serial tech entrepreneur and founder of STEMatch, will share how the program effectively prepares these students and gives you early and cost-effective access to job-ready talent – and lead a discussion with Roger Alix-Gaudreau, VP of Software Engineering at Tripadvisor, about the experiences and results that program partners such as Tripadvisor have achieved. 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