Elizabeth Edwards' Blog

Tech and STEM fields are historically male-dominated, but women have been involved from the beginning. From Victorian computer visionary Ada Lovelace to Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg, women in technology show girls that their contributions to science and technology can and should be valued. If you’re thinking about going into a tech industry, or if you already work in one, diverse and female tech hubs like ours can help encourage you to keep working toward your goals, even when it gets tough. Further your career with a professional  diploma in Data Science /Artificial Intelligence  in association with IOTWomen, IBM, and Microsoft. This  learning  helps you build knowledge of in demand skills such as  Data Analytics ,  Data Visualization ,  Machine Learning,  through online learning & real-world projects. Top Skills You Will Learn Statistics, Predictive Analytics using Python, Machine Learning, Data Visual...

Do you experience the imposter syndrome? Here’s a real story about Ijeoma. Three hours into my first big tech project, I broke down crying. I was helping re-code several functions on a website, and it was hard. I felt inadequate and way out of my comfort zone; I was getting tripped up on very basic features. Was I really cut out for this? I thought. Couldn’t someone else do a way better job anyway? The nitty gritty of tech can already be difficult enough without the self-doubt and constant feelings of rejection. These feelings are amplified for women, but I didn’t have to let them eat away at me and keep me from working. You are not alone. If you’re thinking about going into a tech industry, or if you already work in one, diverse and female tech hubs like ours can help encourage you to keep working toward your goals, even when it gets tough. We are now accepting applications at our Girls Slay Code Academy, cohort 5. This learning helps you build kn...

SELECTION:   Eisenhower Fellowships’ Women's Leadership Program seeks talented women leaders with a proven track record of achievement to join its influential global network of over 1,600 active Fellows. We seek diverse, dynamic doers with the vision to make the world a better place as well as the ability to create and implement a concrete plan to make that vision a reality post-fellowship. Fellows represent all professional sectors – private, public and nonprofit – and hail from any number of careers, from journalism to the military to higher education to private corporations to the theater and beyond. What all Fellows share, regardless of their professional background or nationality, is a desire to make meaningful positive change in the world in collaboration with peers across sectors and borders. Successful candidates are eager to leverage the global network of Eisenhower Fellowships and engage, over their lifetime as an Eisenhower Fellow, in constr...

If you’ve worked long and hard on your resume only to find that it’s not getting the response you hoped for, it may be because you have made one or more common mistakes. Over my career, I’ve seen tens of thousands of resumes and I’ve seen just about every mistake you can imagine. But some are more common than others. If your resume isn’t working for you, check whether you have made any of these frequently seen errors. 1. Focusing on Yourself Rather Than on the Employer Think of a resume as an advertisement for a product, only the “product” is you. Just like any other advertisement, positioning is everything. The person who receives your resume will scan it quickly – perhaps for no more than 20 seconds – to determine whether you can help her company. Your job is to say quickly, clearly and loudly that you can! Don’t just launch into a chronology of your career history. Instead, determine your own positioning by spelling out your message at the start of the resume and giving...