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Innovative Nonprofit “Pay It Forward” Program Celebrates One Year Anniversary

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On August 28, The Job Hackers, a nonprofit providing free training and workforce development, will celebrate the first-year anniversary of its ground-breaking Pay It Forward program which is responsible for adding over 1200 hours of community service for local nonprofits. The idea was the brainchild of Co-Founder and Chief …

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The Surprising Value of The Job Hackers Free Agile MBA Class

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On August 6, 2019 over 100 people will attend a free class called The Agile MBA. Larry Apke, Co-Founder and Chief Agile Officer, will call the class to order, marking the beginning of a series of twelve classes, spread out over six weeks (every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:00am Pacific).

The Job Hackers Announces Inaugural Summer Class of 2019 Scholarships

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Job Hackers is pleased to announce the first two Professional Scrum Master Scholarships winners, Revathi Kollegala and Karla Nema. Both have graduated from the Job Hackers Agile MBA Class and were given a cash award that covers the cost of the Professional Scrum Master Certification (PSM I) from Scrum.org.

Scrum Master Continues to Be a Hot Job

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I am often asked why we train people on Agile and Scrum. There are a number of reasons, not the least being this is what I know and the one thing I am qualified to teach (and this probably includes the year I spent teaching high school English). However, this answer alone is unsatisfying. The …

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The Job Hackers Featured on Agile FM Podcast

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On February 13, Larry Apke sat down with Jochen (Joe) Krebs to record his most recent installment of the Agile FM podcast. The interview lasts nearly 20 minutes and Joe does a skillful job of asking questions. We at The Job Hackers have always enjoyed Joe’s interviewing style so it was a great pleasure to …

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Job Hackers on the Radio

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At The Job Hackers we are always looking for new ways to get exposure to reach possible participants, partners and donors. We recently came across a really nice deal on radio advertising so we took the leap. Our radio ad will be heard multiple times on iHeart radio over the next few weeks. The first …

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Job Hackers Meetup January 24

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The Job Hackers will be having a meetup on January 24 from 5:30-8:00 PM at 680 Folsom in San Francisco at the new Microsoft Reactor. This meetup is a chance for alumni, current participants, partners and friends of The Job Hackers to meet and mingle. Though networking and helping find work is the number one …

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Restart Your Career With Path Forward

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I had the good fortune of speaking with Barbara Golub of Path Forward last week. Path Forward helps people to restart their careers after time spent focused on caregiving. Since our missions are similar, it is my hope that The Job Hackers will be able to help Path Forward participants interested in Agile Software Development …

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More Reasons To Give Thanks

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As President and CEO of The Job Hackers, I am happy to announce that I have recently setup a personal GoFundMe page to capture donations to help us to further our cause. I am even more thrilled by the response it has received so far with donations from a number of friends and former participants. …

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The Job Hackers is Live!

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After many years of thinking, planning and working, the website you see now is live. It is the culmination of a dream I have had for almost a decade – helping people who are looking for work to find meaningful work. The fact we choose to do so with Agile software development is almost secondary. …

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