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The Challenges with Diversity & Inclusion

Today, as tech talent continues to get increasingly harder to hire, it forces recruiters to adopt a different game plan — especially when…

Nov 8, 2018

The Challenges with Diversity & Inclusion

Nov 8, 2018

Lia James

Get Out of the Black Hole of Job Searching

When you get the itch to job search, what’s your go to? Googling job postings for a given title, digging into LinkedIn jobs, or maybe it’s…

Feb 6, 2018

Get Out of the Black Hole of Job Searching

Feb 6, 2018

Lia James

“I got here by following the opportunities I was presented.”

In one of my initial discovery sessions with a woman, whom we’ll call Jess, I asked: “What do you want to do?” The response was flustered…

Jan 25, 2018

“I got here by following the opportunities I was presented.”

Jan 25, 2018

Lia James

New Year, New You: The Career Edition

Over the last several years I’ve helped hundreds of career changers refocus and rebuild. On many occasions, I’ve been asked to share the…

Jan 16, 2018

New Year, New You: The Career Edition

Jan 16, 2018

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Intentional Recruiting for Diversity

In 2017 underrepresented groups made up approximately 30% of the tech workforce (with those identifying as Black and Latinix only making up…

Jan 12, 2018

Intentional Recruiting for Diversity

Jan 12, 2018

Lia James

Impact.

“Child, write. Write with everything inside of you. Tell the world what you see. Use your words to speak your truths because you have…

Jan 12, 2017

Impact.

Jan 12, 2017

Lia James

Hope.

Finger against the glass, gliding up and down. Tap. Tap. Swipe. Glide. Browse. It’s like window shopping in the modern day, except instead…

Jan 7, 2017

Hope.

Jan 7, 2017

Lia James

My plea for whole truths

It saddens me to watch the bashing of the bootcamp model because of the doubt and mistrust that has been created by the big players and…

Jul 5, 2016

My plea for whole truths

Jul 5, 2016

Lia James

The impression of goodbye

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.”

Jul 3, 2016

The impression of goodbye

Jul 3, 2016

Lia James

Control.

It’s the wave of anxiety that rushes over me that’s a furious reminder of the control I don’t have, the control I will never have, to fix…

Jun 7, 2016

Control.

Jun 7, 2016

Lia James

Lia James

Solving problems with technology. Personal branding fanatic, storyteller, and speaker. Instagram: liajames | Twitter: lia_james

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