Join VetsinTech @ LinkedIn SF on July 21st - Click Here
And join the launch of VetsinTech in Chicago!! Click Here
Also, we’re pleased to announce the following new training partnerships as part of the ViT Internship/Apprenticeship Program: (details to be announced soon)
Palo Alto Networks – Cybersecurity Training – Palo Alto Networks is committed to working with VetsinTech to provide cybersecurity training using their Essentials 1, Essentials 2, PCNSE6, and CNSE 5.1 learning modules which are well recognized in the industry
NetApp – will offer at no charge NetApp Certified Storage Associate (NCSA) training materials and certification, assist ViT to develop the training program and will promote certified veterans to NetApp’s ecosystem of customers and partners to help identify apprenticeship opportunities
Salesforce – VetsinTech is an Academic Alliance Partner of Salesforce.com offering training and referring veterans into VetForce to enroll in Salesforce ADMIN 201 training classes. Salesforce.com is committed to helping VetsinTech get veterans trained and into internship programs over the next 5 years: http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/grants/vetforce RockTech is providing free training licenses of its technology to help veterans prepare for the course and certification exam.
Microsoft – Microsoft has joined the VetsinTech employer coalition and ViT is referring veterans into the Microsoft MSSA training program http://westillserve.com/mssa/
May is Military Appreciation Month, and for VetsinTech it’s the perfect time to announce some great new partnerships, new chapters, and tremendous opportunities for veteran engagement nationwide.
NEW VetsinTech PARTNERSHIP NEWS!
Approximately 12% of all unfilled jobs in the United States are information technology jobs, and VetsinTech, with its eight national chapters and thousands of veteran members, stands poised to meet employment needs with a network of well-trained, fully-certified transitioning military veterans.
Alongside industry partners like Salesforce, Microsoft, Akamai, Auction.com, ManpowerGroup, and more, VetsinTech is working to create a healthy ecosystem to empower veterans nationwide to tap into tech-related education opportunities, along with related internship and employment placements.
To that end, we’re pleased to announce the following new training partnerships as part of the ViT Internship/Apprenticeship Program: (details to be announced soon)
In honor of Military Appreciation Month, Please join VetsinTech as we host a number of events around the U.S to pay tribute to our veterans. Stay tuned here for more info on the following workshops and events around Entrepreneurship and Education:
May 19th - VetsinTech @NYU
May 26th - VetCap events to take place in both SF and Austin, TX
May 28th - VetsinTech @ Salesforce World Tour in DC
VetsinTech is partnering with Sales Hacker on "Sales Hacker Veterans Bootcamp" training. The Sales Hacker Veterans Bootcamp is a 100% FREE 3-day intensive Sales Development Training designed to teach Veterans the necessary skills to find entry level B2B Sales positions at emerging Technology Startups. This program was put together by some of the top Sales Development Managers in B2B Sales and will leave vets with relevant training and job placement in industry leading tech companies. Sign up for the first class in San Francisco on April 18th, 19th and 20th at http://www.saleshacker.com/
Thanks for all to came out for the VetsinTech "Opportunities in Tech" with top tech employers on Thursday 3/26!! Here are pics from the event (courtesy of Brandon Fernandez)
Click here to see images from the event.
Thanks to Joining Forces and the White House for the inspiration and recognizing VetsinTech.
Read the Article: Whitehouse.gov
If you are a veteran entrepreneur - Join VetsinTech + SVB at SXSW on March 14th or 16th!!
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And Join VetsinTech for our next big employer event at Auction.com on March 26, 2015!!
Click here for tickets to "Opportunities in Tech" with Top Tech Employers!
Join VetsinTech on 2/26 at Galvanize SF as we host some of the hottest veteran startups and entrepreneurs during the ViT Startup Mixer with 60-second spots (pitches)!!! VC pitch night! VetsinTech - Startup Mixer and Pitch Event for Veteran Entrepreneurs!!
@VetsinTech @Salesforce @Rocktech are hitting the road to discuss #Vetforce and programs for veterans! Join us in Boston on 2/24
Join @VetsinTech @Salesforce to learn about #Vetforce and our joint programs for veterans -
Here Are 7 Awesome Resources Your Transition Class Didn’t Offer
Read the Article: Task and Purpose
We look forward to supporting you in even bigger and better ways in 2015!
To kick off the year - we will hold our 1st EVER training on a military base - Moffett Field in the heart of Silicon Valley. This should allow veterans traveling from north or south an easier commute, however we are taking candidates from across the country for our Salesforce Admin 201 class which is a 1 week
Instructor Lead Training course. We are also taking names for those interested in the online training as well. Please contact us @vetsintech.co if you are interested! Click here to download the event flyer!
We were pleased to have this excellent article published in OpportunityLives on January 5th. Stay tuned for more exciting news and programs by VetsinTech soon!See Vets in Tech Helps Veterans Break into America’s Fastest Growing Industry
Join VetsinTech and multiple employers including Salesforce.com, Microsoft, Intuit, Manpower Group Solutions, Icon, Akamai, and more TBD on December 16th for our annual giving-back holiday event to prepare for your 2015 job search! LinkedIn will be present to assist veterans with your LI profiles, employers will review resumes and give feedback, and Fundamentum will lead an "elevator pitch" review!!Click here to get your tickets!
Vets in Tech (ViT), a national non-profit, is expanding into New England and will be hosting an event to launch the local chapter. The launch event will be held at Akamai's Headquarters in Cambridge. Click here for more info and tickets!
We can never thank you enough for all your sacrifices and in your honor on this day, we would like to share a few things we have been up to over the last month to support our veterans......Starting with training of our veterans and kicking off Vetforce with Salesforce.com at Dreamforce with the CA National Guard and 129th Rescue Wing! Check
out the video from October 15th here https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Then on October 29th we partnered with Walmart eCommerce on "Vets2Valley" an tech employer event -
On Nov 6th we were off to DC to launch VetsinTech VetCap event there! Co-sponsored by SBA, SVB, and StreetShares - see our panel teaching veterans about various financing sources...from L to R - Chris Steed - Paladin Capital Group, Craig Cummings - Angel Investor, Megan Scheffel - SVB, Mark Rockefeller - StreetShares, Bob Louthan - VeteranCrowd, Barb Carson - SBA and our MC for the evening Sr. Advisor to ViT - France Hoang
Also in DC on Nov 7th... VetsinTech was honored to be invited to the Vet "Shark Tank" viewing party at DogTag Bakery
And today - we are "in the news" on CNBC on Veterans Dayhttp://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000329263
In honor of Veterans Day and Veterans National Small Business Week, VetsinTech is kicking off an innovative national program to help veteran entrepreneurs called VetCap (capital for veterans). VetsinTech DC will host the VetCap event at Microsoft in Chevy Chase, MD on November 6th 2014!VetCap is a new initiative for a national series of workshops to help train veteran entrepreneurs on where and how to raise capital, and to connect them to a network of financing sources. The workshop portion will include a panel of 6 different financing sources including a VC, Angel, Corporate Ventures, Bank/Lender, Crowdfunder, and the SBA. Please register here to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vetsintech-dc-launch-of-vetcap-tickets-13676692355
VetsinTech was very excited to be a big part of Salesforce.com's launch of VetForce at this year's Dreamforce conference. ViT trained 20 veterans to become certified Salesforce Administrators during the week of Sept 29th, 2014 and our cohort plus many more from the VetsinTech network attended VetForce sessions on "Veterans Day at Dreamforce" on Wednesday Oct 15th! Read more about Salesforce.com's effort to get 10,000 veterans hired and VetsinTech role in the efforts here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/
One of the highlights of the entire week was being able to fly with 50 execs from the Dreamforce conference in 2 Chinook helicopters down to Moffett airfield in Mt. View CA!! We were all able to meet the 129th Rescue Wing of California Air and Army National Guard to learn more about their Work for Warriors program. HueyVets flew even more of the ViT veterans at Moffett so they were able to meet tech execs and potential employers. See our pics here.
See more pictures here..
VetsinTech will be at Dreamforce by Salesforce.com Oct 13th-16th!! VetsinTech is very pleased to be working closely with Salesforce.com on all 3E's in our mission - Education, Employment, and Entrepreneurship!! ViT has signed an Academic Alliance Partnership agreement to train veterans as Salesforce Admins and we completed our first class of 20 veterans on October 3rd! We will be kicking off Dreamforce activity with our veterans who will show up to take the exam and get certified as SFDC Admins on Sunday Oct 12th.
VetsinTech will be present in a few events which will be held mostly on "Veterans Day" at Dreamforce on Wed Oct 15th. Please register for the FREE expo pass which will get you into these events:
See complete list of veterans sessions at Dreamforce and be sure to join us at Happy Hour on Thursday!
Click here to see our VetForce overviewJoin VetsinTech together with members of our employer coalition including Salesforce.com Intuit/DemandForce, ManpowerGroup, GE Software, Walmart e-Commerce, Akamai, Icon, and Medallia on Sept 23rd for Opportunities in Tech!!While developer jobs are the highest in demand in the tech industry, did you know that there are several other career opportunities in tech companies including Sales, Marketing, HR, Operations, Product and Project Management, etc. Come meet with our employer recruiters and hiring managers to learn more about the variety of jobs open in their companies across all departments. Appetizers and refreshments will be provided!
VetsinTech would like to thank all the amazing women veteran entrepreneurs that participated in the 1st EVER all Women-VetsinTech
hackathon at Facebook on Monday 8/25!!
Congratulations to the winners:
1st place - Bohdi,
2nd place Vets Helping Vets TV,
3rd Place: Clear PR and My Estate Vault
Read more from Techcrunch (click here) and SF Chronicle (click here)
Join Vets in Tech for one of our best events ever!! The 1st EVER Women-VetsinTech hackathon @ Facebook will be a shortened version of our popular weekend event but will be action packed with goal of getting to a MVP (minimum viable product) or demo/pitch by the end of the day. In partnership with the SBA and V-WISE, VetsinTech has an exciting day planned exclusively for women veterans.
Facebook will be bringing in some of their best advisors and fellow veterans to support the teams as well as leading a “LeanIn” session during the day. More information will be announced leading up to the event (keynotes, judges, prizes, etc) so be sure to keep checking back here: http://www.vetsintech.co/women-facebook-hackathon/
