General Description:
This globally available 1:1 mentoring program is for mentees who are fresh out of school, pivoting from another field, or are in their first technology related job.
Offered by the WiBD India Chapter
General Description: The goal of the program is to support women who aspire to come back after taking a career break to manage other priorities. This program pairs a mentee with a mentor focusing on assisting women looking to restart a data related career.
Logistics: This is a 4 – 6 month virtual program. Mentors and mentees are expected to meet weekly.
Language and Time Zone: This program will be conducted in English, and participants should be available to meet during India Standard Time (IST).
Program Offering: Three cohorts will be formed for this mentoring program – convening in late March 2022, July 2022 and November 2022.
Mentee Eligibility: This program is open to members of the WiBD India Chapter who have 3+ years of technology related employment experience and a break of a minimum of 1 year. They shouldn’t be employed when they join the program. This program is appropriate for anyone looking to restart their career within computational or data technology fields. Each cohort would have a minimum of 1 mentee but not more than 6.
Mentor Eligibility: This program is open to members from any WiBD chapter.
Successful mentor candidates will have 12+ years experience and demonstrate strong technology skills along with good communication and interpersonal skills. There is a limit of 6 mentors per cohort.
Contact mentoring@womeninbigdata.org for more information.
Interested in joining this program – Click on these links to register as either a MENTEE or MENTOR.
Not yet a WiBD Member but interested in this mentoring program? Successful registration in this program will enroll you in Women in Big Data. Membership is free.