White House Expanding TechHire Initiative; Tech Groups Commit to Diversity
The White House Tuesday said that President Barack Obama’s TechHire initiative, which seeks to empower Americans with the skills they need for tech jobs through universities and community colleges, “coding bootcamps,” and high-quality online courses, is expanding to 10 new…
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cities and states. Obama’s goal is to bring the initiative to 40 cities and states by year end, and with the addition of 10 new locations, he is halfway to achieving his goal, a White House news release said. The 10 new TechHire locations are Akron; Birmingham; Cincinnati; Lynchburg, Virginia; New Orleans; Oakland; Pittsburgh; San Jose, and the states of Maine and Rhode Island, the release said. More than a dozen major technology companies including Amazon, Box, Microsoft and Xerox announced new actions to ensure diverse recruitment and hiring, the release said.