COVID-19 Increases Demand for IT and Online Education in Delaware delawaretoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from delawaretoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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As a Black woman with a computer science degree and 30 years of experience under her belt, Lisa Gelobter felt the time had come to use her skills to do something about issues of bias, discrimination, and harassment in the workplace.
“I’ve gotten to a place where my resume is pretty unimpeachable,’’ says Gelobter, whose past credentials include serving as chief digital officer for Black Entertainment TV (BET), CDO of the Department of Education in the Obama Administration, and as a member of the team that launched Hulu. “It’s okay for me to stand up and put my voice and reputation on the line, where folks coming up still have to make their way.”
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The Delaware Department of Labor has received a nearly $9.2 million H1B One Workforce Grant in meeting demand for information technology positions. The grant came from the U.S. Department of Labor.
According to available information from August 2019 and July 2020, Delaware saw a monthly average of more than 4,000 job postings for IT opportunities with over 450 hires per month in IT.
The One Workforce Grant will provide training for 700 people interested in obtaining a skill and earn credentials to prepare them to enter mid to high-level occupations in the IT field.
Tech Impact and Delaware State University partnered with the Labor Department in securing the grant.
Delaware Department of Labor receives $9,193,902 from the H1B Grant delaware.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from delaware.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.