After completing his service in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2003, Ivan Alvarado struggled to find work that would make him happy and create a better situation for his family. Then a friend who was a fellow veteran told him about NPower…
“I felt at home. I knew that I was meant to do this once I noticed I was excelling,” said graduate Ivan Alvarado.
ITSPmagazine’s Sean Martin and Selena Templeton chat with Alex Martinez, a graduate of NPower’s advanced Cyber program and a Triage Analyst in the CSOC at Bloomberg.
Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, has announced its 2018 finalists for the Tech Titans Awards.
Through a New Grant from Symantec, NPower Expands Offerings in the Bay Area
After an eight-year military career, Tresia Eaves had earned the rank of captain with the U.S. Air Force. She had gone from being the primary breadwinner for her family to looking for a new job. Through her work with nonprofit NPower, she links veterans and their spouses with local technology professionals, helping them de-militarize their resumes and find professional training skills.
World Wide Technology partners with community-based organizations that strive to steward the interest in STEM and prepare students and young adults for the future workforce, such as NPOwer and Launch Code/Coder Girl.
Today, on World Youth Skills Day, we are highlighting three organizations: Digital Divide Data, NPower and Girls in Tech, who dedicated to equipping youth and young adults with the skills needed to be successful in a changing global economy, and also sharing AWS programs that help build a pipeline of tech talent for the future.
Learn how veterans can get training to begin their careers in technology.
Naafee Rone has only a high-school diploma. That left the 23-year old from Baltimore’s east side to bounce between short-term jobs, including cleaning airplanes and working fast-food counters. Last year, he left the labor force to receive about five months of job training from NPower, a nonprofit serving young adults. After an internship, he was hired this year as a support analyst at Port Networks. He earns $17.50 an hour, more than he did at those prior gigs,
and works in an office tower overlooking the city’s Inner Harbor.
