Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
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Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
Send us a text In this episode of the Data Career Academy Podcast, I sit down with Jennifer Jaurequi, a newly hired staff accountant with a data edge. Jennifer’s path to her current role at Coast Hills Credit Union is anything but linear. With a background in math, a season of teaching, and multiple data bootcamps under her belt, she’s proof that you don’t need the title “analyst” to leverage data and break into a stronger career path. Jennifer shares how she went from teaching math to workin...
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Send us a text Vicky Torres sent over 1,000 job applications in 12 months. She got four interviews—every one through referrals. Zero came from job boards. This wasn’t about weak credentials. Torres holds a B.S. in IT and an M.S. in Data Analytics, founded a women-in-tech org, and built real projects. What changed everything: she stopped playing by the old rules. Here's what actually got her hired: She stopped playing by the old rules entirely. Traditional job hunting advice tells you to polis...
