Breaking Into Tech has easily become one of sf.citi’s most popular events. Each year, we connect current and aspiring tech workers through a series of speed networking sessions. Breaking Into Tech gives job seekers the unique opportunity to talk to professionals at San Francisco’s top tech companies and demystify preconceptions about what it takes to work in tech.
Breaking Into Tech During a Pandemic
Speakers: Tony Bush, Okta; Deepti Rohatgi, Slack; Jacqueline Green, Workday
As always, Breaking Into Tech featured an exciting speed networking session to connect tech newcomers with seasoned tech professionals at sf.citi member companies. Bucking tradition slightly, we also focused the 2021 edition of Breaking Into Tech on how employers can remove barriers to tech hiring. Speaking to leaders at Okta, Slack, and Workday, we learned valuable ways companies can make tech hiring more equitable.
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2020: Breaking Into Tech During a Pandemic
Speakers: Ketan Anjaria, HireClub; Efrem Bycer, LinkedIn; Rachel Yaeger, Zendesk
sf.citi hosted Breaking Into Tech for the third year in a row. Organized in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s edition looked a bit different. For one, sf.citi devoted an entire week to our 2020 Breaking Into Tech event to fully address drastic shifts in the job landscape that we saw as a result of COVID-19. It was also entirely online.
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2019: Bridging the Networking Gap at Breaking Into Tech
Speakers: Ketan Anjaria, HireClub; Abby Snay, JVS
Over 200 tech employees, recent graduates, and job seekers came together at LinkedIn’s San Francisco office for the 2019 iteration of Breaking Into Tech. Ketan Anjaria of HireClub began the evening by briefing our 150 job seekers on the art of networking. They then divided into groups and heard valuable insight and advice from five professionals in the field.
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2018: Building Connections at Breaking Into Tech
Speakers: Katie Ferrick, LinkedIn; Sherilyn Adams, Larkin Street Youth Services
sf.citi hosted our first Breaking Into Tech event in the summer of 2018. After a brief introduction by LinkedIn Director of Community Affairs Katie Ferrick and sf.citi Executive Director Jennifer Stojkovic, mentors from tech companies throughout the city shared career advice with local job seekers. Following the formal speed networking session, our 200+ attendees had the chance to mingle some more and receive lightning resume reviews from HireClub.
Read Event Recap“I really enjoyed the conversations and opportunities to connect in a very safe and open environment. I thought I would be more intimated, but there was a people-first focus that was a breath of fresh air and I had really great conversations with all the company contacts. Really positive and energizing event.”
Breaking Into Tech 2020
“king Into Tech provided a focused effort to link jobseekers directly to industry leaders who truly cared to help and offer specific insight to each participant. In every group I was a part of, I witnessed a valuable connection being made. Breaking Into Tech reshaped my ideas of meaningful networking both in person and using the LinkedIn platform.”
Job Seeker, Breaking Into Tech 2019
“I found this event to be very insightful in terms of what I’ll need to get a job in tech and ways to highlight the great qualities I already have.”
Job Seeker, Breaking Into Tech 2019
“Opportunities like this allow us to work together with community and business partners to find ways to continue to meaningfully and positively support the city that we call home – engaging the diverse workforce already here to share insights and find new paths to grow together.”
Executive Director
Okta for Good
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