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Looking for a New Job? Here are our Top 3 Tips for your Job Search Strategy
If you knew how to leverage recruiting trends and technology deployed by employers for your job search benefit, would you do the work? Reading time: 10 minutes Thinking through your approach ahead of time will enable you to generate a less stressful and more efficient...
5 Proven Tactics for Women Programmers to Hack Gender Bias and Get Coding Jobs
One Woman’s Success Story about How to Crack the Code of the Male Tech World, Apply for Coding Jobs & Get Hired as a Web or Software Developer. Reading time: 12 minutes There is an unfortunate reality facing non-male tech job seekers: often invisible but...
Coding Bootcamp vs. Degree – How to Compare and Choose
Want to get a job as a developer but can't decide between a coding bootcamp or a computer science degree. Here is some data to help you choose. Reading time: 8 minutes In recent years, many new options have become available to develop job-specific skills through...
The Top 6 Skills You Need to Become a Software Developer
A study of 728 software development and coding job descriptions and 31 technical skills from MentorWorks Insights to help you land a well-paying job as a software developer Reading time: 5 minutes Landing a job as a software developer or software engineer requires...
What is Northeastern University’s Career Accelerator Studio in Data Analytics?
Thinking about data analytics bootcamps? Worried about quality and job outcomes? Check out this certificate program offered through Northeastern University's top-ranked business school. Reading time: 6 minutes The Career Accelerator Studio (CAS) is the ideal education...
Will a Data Analytics Bootcamp Get Me a Job? Is It Worth It?
Wondering if you'll be able to get a data analyst job after completing a Data Analytics Bootcamp? Read our study of market and graduate income data; signs point to Yes. Reading time: 6 minutes Data Analytics is quickly becoming a generally applicable skill. You can...
The Top 2 Skills You Need to Become a Data Analyst – and How to Get Them Fast
A study of 683 data analytics & data science job descriptions and 36 technical skills from MentorWorks Insights to help you land a well-paying job as a data analyst Reading time: 4 minutes If you’re reading this, you are likely seriously considering a career in...
Certificate Programs | How To Skill Up Without Breaking The Bank
Reading time: 6 minutes In recent years, school options for students in America have increased rapidly with the number of higher educational institutions, certificate programs, and skill-based learning initiatives that have come to market. With so many avenues...
TAP Outcomes Report: Measuring the Impact of MentorWorks’ Online Career Coaching Platform
At a time when a global pandemic has led to the worst U.S recession in history leaving millions of people without jobs and those employed to rethink their career paths, career coaching and up-skilling are more important than ever. This report provides data and...
MentorWorks Mission: Celebrating 1 Year of TAP
When Founders Karthik Krishnan and Mark Bernfeld set out to make MentorWorks, they wanted to solve two main problems: the first was to better prepare job seekers to find employment, and the second to provide a flexible alternative to the private loan. At our core we...
Charting Confidence and The Growth Mindset
The thing with confidence is that sometimes it arrives when you don’t need it - and then is nowhere to be found when you do. It’s infuriating! Sometimes you look around and wonder how so many others could possibly be so headstrong - so sure of themselves and their...
How To Budget: A Student Guide To Financial Wellness
Whether you’re going off to school for the first time, or heading back to finish your undergrad degree, there are a number of ways to stay financially responsible as you're making one of the most important financial decisions of your life. The key to success is...