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Best of ELEVATE 2024: Successful Leadership & Followership, GenAI for Job Search & Career Growth, Mid-Career Transitions & Burnout Recovery

September 5, 2024
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September 4, 2024 – Girl Geek X: ELEVATE Conference and Career Fair for mid-to-senior women in tech hosted over a thousand women & allies globally, with 89% attendees interested in hearing about jobs, over two dozen speakers, 2 resume workshops & recruiting at virtual 18C Booth. Help a girl geek land her next job in tech!

Here are the most-watched 15 sessions from ELEVATE 2024 Conference & Career Fair! Videos are publicly shared to Girl Geek X’s YouTube channel – see our Fall playlist:

  1. From Developer to CTO – Leadership Lessons to Accelerate Your Career – Rachel Laycock (Thoughtworks Chief Technology Officer)
  2. Harnessing the Power of Generative AI for Career Growth and Innovation – Jayeeta Putatunda (Fitch Ratings Senior Data Scientist, Emerging Technology)
  3. Traits of a Successful and Effective Leader – Haibei “Happy” Wang (AuditBoard Chief Technology Officer)
  4. Resume Review for Mid-To-Senior Women in Tech – Tal Flanchraych (ApplyAll Chief Executive Officer & Founder)
  5. From Chaos to Clarity: Building My Ultimate Productivity Framework – Thamara Andrade (Cadence Principal Software Engineer)
  6. Influencing as an Individual Contributor – Roojuta Lalani (Slack Staff Backend Software Engineer)
  7. Leveraging AI Tech for Effective Job Search – Nirmayee “Nemo” Dighe (Delaware Life Senior Analyst, Data & Strategy)
  8. Navigating the Career Lattice: Building Your Path to Success Florence René (State Farm IT Product Owner)
  9. Career Fair Kickoff – 18C Intro – Danielle McLaughlin (18C Chief Executive Officer & Founder)
  10. Self-Confidence in the Face of Failure – Magda Miu (Adobe Senior Engineering Manager)
  11. Building Bridges: How Data Engineering Powers Up Analytics at Scale – Sreyashi Das (Netflix Senior Data Engineer)
  12. So You Want To Be a Leader BUT Are You a Good Follower? – Kenya Simmons (Gilead Sciences Senior Manager, IT Project Mgmt)
  13. Resume Review for Early Career Women in Tech – Jenée Smith (Microsoft Software Engineer)
  14. Mid-Career Transitions: From Program Manager to Product in Trust and Safety – Ruby Yuen (Career Coach)
  15. From Balance to Burnoutt: Prioritizing Mental Health in the Workplace – Bhavana Ramachandra (Yelp Staff Machine Learning Engineer) 

About Our Partner: 18C is a boutique engineering search firm specializing in connecting exceptional technical women leaders with transformational opportunities. By blending strategic executive recruitment with passionate advocacy, we’re creating more equitable environments at the top companies in tech. Watch 18C’s Intro for insights on product, teams, hiring process, open remote & hybrid jobs!

18C IS HIRING – REMOTE, NYC & SF!

Check out open jobs at 18C!

If your company is looking to recruit more women this year, please don’t let them miss out on our next ELEVATE Virtual Conference & Career Fair sponsorship opportunity on December 4, 2024.

We also partner monthly with companies on Girl Geek Dinners in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, booking now for 2024 and 2025. Please email us sponsors@girlgeek.io and we’ll be in touch!

Thank you in advance,

Angie Chang, Sukrutha Bhadouria, and the
team at Girl Geek X 

OUR PARTNERS ARE ACTIVELY HIRING!

Check out these featured career opportunities from our mission-aligned partners, and visit our open jobs page to view even more opportunities!

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