Careers for Women, Trades and Veterans in Tech and Data Centers

Carrie Goetz
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Careers for Women, Trades and Veterans in Tech and Data Centers

This podcast series discusses jobs within and supporting the data center and tech industry with a focus on trades and opportunities for women, trades and vets that may or may not require a 4-year degree. Episode 1 discusses what trades are applicable and provides brief descriptions of the types of data centers and moves on to the trades and possible jobs once the facility is built. Further episodes include interviews with people that are currently working in the industry giving listeners a view into the daily duties of the jobs. We cover diversity, inclusion and fixing the talent shortage through certifications, schooling, and apprenticeships. We also discuss various places to get scholarships and some of the organizations working to fill the talent gap.

  1. 5 JUN

    Jessa Brixius, Emily Seward, and Anita Johnson discuss starting a new industry

    Jessa Brixius, Emily Seward, and Anita Johnson discuss joining the tech/data center industry from outside and how anyone can start learning tech and contribute.  Brogav Solutions is a data center and telecommunications equipment supplier and a women owned enterprise.  Brogav is leading the way with women in tech and helping more women join the fold supplying customer driven solutions.  The ladies discuss starting technical careers, how they learned and are continuing to learn, and the benefits they are seeing as members of the technology industry.

    28 min

  2. 24 APR

    Joseph Alvararez GBA - Trades, Data Centers, and Football

    Joseph Alvarez is a Navy Veteran, the director of mission critical for GBA Builders and an advocate for women and veterans in business. He serves on several boards, including a director role for the 7x24 Exchange Midwest Chapter and is the Greater Kansas City AFCOM treasurer. In this episode, Joseph and I discuss increasing the presence of veterans and women in the data center market, the significance of having a career in the trades, what’s happening in Kansas City (home of the Super Bowl Champions!) and AI’s impact on the industry.

    31 min

  3. 19 MAR

    3.18 Casey Hasten VIP Recruiting

    My favorite question to ask to accomplish this task is "what will make you happy to go to work everyday?"  Casey is a VP with VIP consulting  and the author of "Awaken Your Potential."  Casey discusses how to find your "dream" job and steps people can take to unlock their employment potential.  We discuss trades, apprenticeships, and how the right way to learn is TO learn.  Casey discusses her journey to finding her dream career and how she mentors others to do the same.

    33 min

  4. 21/12/2023

    Sabine Gedeon - Workforce and Talent Development

    Welcome Sabine Gedeon with the SheLeads network, champion of the next generation and outside the box career development.  "It's time to reimagine how we train and educate our young women."  Sabine discusses tips for workforce develpment, mentorship, apprenticeships, and how education is changing with the growth of tech and competition for people.

    34 min

  5. 05/12/2023

    Sara Martin HED Design

    12.5.23 In this episode we welcome Sara Martin Associate Principal | Market Sector Leader at HED Design.  Sara discusses her journey and steps to success.  She discusses the learning curve realized when you jump into a new industry and how her architectural degree spurned her career in data center project management.  #womenintech #womenindatacenters #vetsintech #vetsindatacenters #tradesintech #tradesindatacenters

    26 min

  6. 19/10/2023

    Molly Rose Speed

    10.19.23 Meet Molly Rose Speed, an advocate and champion helping #militaryspouses gain remote work with training.  Molly discusses her own journey and the programs she has created to help military spouses enter the workforce as virtual assistants creating employment opportunties regardless of location.  Her company offers a training academy fostering growth opportunties, business ownership blueprints, and others for spouses all while providing. businesses with fractional or full time virtual assistants.   We discuss #parallelskills and #skills they bring to their table with a vast variety of expertise amongst miltary spouses.  #veteranshelpingveterans #vetsintech #vetsindatacenters #womenintech #womenindatacenters #tradesintech #tradesindatacenters  #remotework

    22 min

  7. 12/09/2023

    Celina Berglund She-E-O Brogav Solutions

    9.12.23 Celina Berglund, CEO (She-E-O) of Brogav Solutions, discusses starting her own tech business, challenges, finding her niche, and being graciously aggressive on your way to success. BROGAV provides new, surplus, and refurbished products for within the data center, along with installation and warehousing capabilities. They bring innovative and out-of-the-box solutions to their customers to improve lead times and options.

    27 min

  8. 09/08/2023

    Kayla Bix OSP Engineer at Bluebird Network, LLC

    8.8.23 Kayla Bix, OSP Engineer at Bluebird Network,  discusses fiber optic lines and how the engineering takes place along with her career so far.   She discusses routes and pathways and how that science works, as well as how she ended up in outside plant engineering at such a young age.

    25 min
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This podcast series discusses jobs within and supporting the data center and tech industry with a focus on trades and opportunities for women, trades and vets that may or may not require a 4-year degree. Episode 1 discusses what trades are applicable and provides brief descriptions of the types of data centers and moves on to the trades and possible jobs once the facility is built. Further episodes include interviews with people that are currently working in the industry giving listeners a view into the daily duties of the jobs. We cover diversity, inclusion and fixing the talent shortage through certifications, schooling, and apprenticeships. We also discuss various places to get scholarships and some of the organizations working to fill the talent gap.

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