Career Readiness Bootcamp
An experiential business and tech-focused career readiness bootcamp for Indigenous, Black, and racialized women.
Why Join the Career Readiness Bootcamp?
Turn Your Hands-On Learning Into Action
The program is designed to help you turn what you learn into action with industry career coaches, recruiters, and mentors. You’ll apply the learnings right away in the bootcamp’s interactive, experiential sessions. Apply your insights into action.
Learn From Experienced Professionals
It makes a huge difference to learn from people who have lived experience, professional expertise, and understand your unique needs. Our facilitators and career coaches are experienced in recruitment, and career and leadership development.
Connect and Grow Your Professional Network
A strong network is there for you as you grow in your career. Meet peers and industry professionals through group discussions, speed networking events, and more. You’ll leave with the seeds of meaningful relationships to kickstart your career.
What To Expect
Career Readiness Bootcamps are experiential and interactive. These powerful experiences run over a weekend in a virtual setting. Each weekend bootcamp focuses on a specific career development theme, such as:
- Creating resumes and cover letters that help you stand out
- Using Linkedin, Github and portfolios to market your value
- Creating your brand through storytelling
- Interviewing and negotiating with confidence
- Building authentic relationships and networks
You’ll hear from speakers, attend engaging virtual workshops, and participate in working groups with career coaches, peers and mentors.
You’ll put your newly gained skills to practice through mock interviews, resume feedback sessions or speed networking with industry professionals and career coaches depending on the bootcamp theme.
Our Impact at a Glance
150+
Participated in AHF’s Career Readiness Bootcamp, with 96% satisfaction rating*
*Rated 8-10 on a 10-point scale.
95%
Better strategies for writing a high-performing resume
94%
Better understand what imposter syndrome is and how to alleviate it
97%
Greater self-awareness and impact on career development
95%
Better aware of factors involved in job search as an Indigenous, Black or racialized woman
92%
Self-care and emotional regulation strategies to help you through the job search
I wanted to upskill and start earning top dollars for my skills. I enjoyed coming for the group mentorship sessions and Career Readiness Bootcamp because I learned tips for navigating my career roadblock.
Accelerate Your Career
We believe everyone deserves to get a good start in their careers, and do it in a way where they can be their authentic selves. The Career Readiness Bootcamp fosters courage, compassion, and justice in its space, and we welcome Indigenous, Black and women of colour from all cultures, religions, and intersecting marginalized identities.
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