IRL networking beats online job hunting
In total, Technical.ly’s annual job fair saw about 250 attendees this year as part of Philly Tech Week 2024. That’s a feat considering how much the job market is changing.
Technical.ly took the opportunity to ask attendees what value an in-person job fair still has. From looking for their first opportunity in tech to simply seeing what the market looks like, here’s what they said.
➡️ Meet four jobseekers who came to NET/WORK looking for new connections.
Strategist urges women leaders to “be bold”
Despite studying psychology in college, Donna Meshaka now leads alliance management in the US at KPMG, one of the biggest accounting firms in the world.
The Big Four accounting firm leader discussed with Technical.ly how empowering it is to have a successful career, as well as overcoming resistance to tech, the artificial intelligence frontier and how to be a good manager.
➡️ Read more about Donna’s career journey.
News Incubator: What else to know today
• Hiring new talent costs more than training existing employees in a changing tech landscape. [Technical.ly]
• Context Therapeutics entered into a $100 million private stock sale. The biopharma company is working on a treatment for tumors in gynecologic and testicular cancers. [Philly Biz Journal]
• The University City Science Center is accepting nominations for its Nucleus Awards, recognizing professionals for their work in commercialization, capital, cultivation and convening. [The Science Center/Technical.ly]
• The next webinar in AI at Wharton’s AI Horizons series is focused on Co-Intelligence and will be on May 10. [AI at Wharton/Technical.ly]
🗓️ On the Calendar
Sarah Huffman is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
Welcome to the daily roundup of the latest from Philly's tech and entrepreneurship scene. Want this in your inbox? Subscribe for free.
Before you go...
Please consider supporting Technical.ly to keep our independent journalism strong. Unlike most business-focused media outlets, we don’t have a paywall. Instead, we count on your personal and organizational support.
Join our growing Slack community
Join 5,000 tech professionals and entrepreneurs in our community Slack today!
