The Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition and Baltimore Tracks teamed up to hold a virtual career fair on March 16 centered around bringing people of color into the tech industry.
The career fair was born out of a meeting of the coalition Baltimore Tracks, in which it was voiced that HBCU Bowie State University computer science majors were having a hard time finding jobs. Hearing this, Ed Mullin, chief information officer of tech and operations advisory firm Think Systems and co-chairman of the advisory board of workforce development org Year Up Baltimore, thought about his business contacts that were seeking to find talent. Instead of trying to decipher this chicken or the egg scenario that often manifests, where companies can’t find diverse talent and diverse talent can’t find companies that will hire them, Mullin decided to take action and do what good he could.
“The thought was what could we do something that was actionable and could have immediate impact,” said Mullin. “We could do something in eight weeks that would actually get people hired.”
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