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New Research From Karat and Howard University Sheds Light on Access Challenges Facing Black Software Engineers

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By Howard Newsroom Staff WASHINGTON –  Researchers from Howard University and Karat, the world’s leader in technical interviewing, today released new research exploring key factors that can help more Black software engineers enter the tech industry and excel in their careers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Black engineers comprised just 6 percent of all computer programmers in the U.S. in 2020, and this research shines a light on the challenges and opportunities that exist to improve representation. The Interview Access Gap for Black Engineers identifies a number of socioeconomic and systemic barriers young Black talent face to get jobs in tech. The

The vaccine mandate may not apply to your Uber driver or Big Mac server

By Chris Isidore, Some 80 million private sector employees will be required to get a Covid vaccine or weekly Covid test under the federal rules announced by President Joe Biden last week. But don’t assume that the workers you come in contact with every day will be covered by the mandate, which only applies to businesses with 100 or more employees. In addition to those 80 million workers, there are another 43 million employees who work at companies that employ fewer than 100 people — and who are not covered by that federal mandate. For example, most fast food restaurants are independently-owned franchises,

The US workforce has gotten significantly older and more diverse

By Alicia Wallace, America’s workforce is considerably older and more diverse than it was 40-some years ago. Federal labor economists recently analyzed federal labor data to see just how much the nation’s labor force has changed in recent decades, according to a Sept. 1 blog post on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics site. In examining the Consumer Population Survey data, the economists looked “peak to peak,” zeroing in on 1979 and 2019 — two high points of employment and economic activity. Here’s a quick look at how the American labor force has changed and some of the reasons behind the

Jobless Americans left scrambling after pandemic unemployment benefits end

By Tami Luhby April Stokes wants to go back to work. An optician by trade, Stokes was employed at Henry Ford OptimEyes until the coronavirus struck and school closed for her two young children. The family has been able to ride out the pandemic thanks to expanded federal unemployment benefits, which provided them with $1,152 every two weeks — much less than Stokes was making before, but enough to survive. Now, however, that vital lifeline has ended. Stokes isn’t worried about her ability to find a new job, but finding one that can accommodate her children’s schedules will be “next to impossible,”

The Delta variant threatens to slow the jobs recovery

By Anneken Tappe, The US jobs recovery is about to get a reality check. It was a strong summer, with nearly 2.5 million jobs added back between May and July even as the Delta variant started to increase Covid-19 infections — but economists are now growing cautious that August may not have been as strong. Economists polled by Refinitiv still predict 728,000 jobs were added last month. But that forecast was revised down from 750,000 early Wednesday after a disappointing reading from ADP Employment Reports, which looks at private sector payrolls. It was the second time in a row that the ADP report was significantly below expectations: 374,000 jobs were added in August,

E4, A Fintech Specialist, Has Launched Girls In STEM Program

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By Simon Osuji E4, a fintech specialist, has launched a Girls in STEM program to help girls in underserved areas pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) after high school. The program aims to bring much-needed resources to society’s most vulnerable and marginalized group – young, previously disadvantaged females – in line with e4’s commitment to improving the living standards of previously marginalized communities and upskilling South Africa’s youth for the digital age. Ntombi Mphokane, e4’s HR and Transformation Executive, is passionate about encouraging women to pursue careers in technology. “With the rise of technology in today’s society,

Fortnite is now allowing users to watch the MLK ‘I have a dream’ speech in the game. But why?

By Rishi Iyengar Fortnite users have long had concerts to attend and movies to watch as they wander around the video game through their virtual avatars. Now, they have yet another option: reliving Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. The new virtual experience, which launched Thursday, is called “March Through Time” and is a collaboration between Fortnite and TIME Studios, the film and television division of Time magazine. It recreates the Lincoln Memorial and National Mall where King gave his famous speech in 1963, in a virtual world that Fortnite maker Epic Games describes as a “reimagined Washigton,

ESPN removes Rachel Nichols from NBA coverage and cancels ‘The Jump’

By Frank Pallotta Rachel Nichols — ESPN’s longtime NBA host — has been removed from coverage of the sport, and her weekday show “The Jump” has been canceled, the network confirmed Wednesday. David Roberts, ESPN’s senior vice president of production, said in a statement to CNN Business that the sides “mutually agreed that this approach regarding our NBA coverage was best for all concerned.” “Rachel is an excellent reporter, host and journalist, and we thank her for her many contributions to our NBA content,” he added. Sports Business Journal was the first to report the news. The news regarding Nichols is notable

Rachel Maddow decided to stay at MSNBC, but her role is changing

By Brian Stelter Rachel Maddow is staying at MSNBC — but not in the same role she has held for the past thirteen years. Maddow has signed a new multi-year deal with MSNBC’s parent NBCUniversal, as Insider’s Claire Atkinson first reported on Sunday. Mark Shapiro of Endeavor, the talent agency that repped Maddow in the negotiation, told Atkinson that Maddow “is staying home where she belongs with a much broader deal at NBCUniversal and couldn’t be happier.” The agreement means that she will continue to host “The Rachel Maddow Show” weeknights at 9pm ET for the time being. But that’s not the

Black former Kraft Heinz employees say coworkers threatened to kill them if they didn’t quit

By Chauncey Alcorn A trio of Black former Kraft Heinz factory workers are suing the company for $30 million over what they claim was routine racist harassment from former co-workers and supervisors. The plaintiffs claim their former coworkers left notes in their lockers calling them the N-word and once threatened to kill them if they didn’t quit their jobs. Attorneys working for former Kraft Heinz employees Alex Horn, Lance Aytman, and Keith Hooker filed their lawsuit in the US Eastern District Court of California on Thursday. The complaint alleges the three men were subjected to “a pattern of harassing and discriminatory behavior

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