Careers for Tech Girls in E-Commerce


Book Description

You can buy anything online these days, but just because you're not taking your shopping cart up to the counter and handing money to a cashier doesn't mean there aren't people behind the scenes making those transactions happen. Since the majority of e-commerce sales are driven by women, e-commerce companies are realizing they need more women working in the industry. This accessible guide introduces girls to the world of e-commerce, describing the different jobs available in the field and providing practical advice on job preparation, as well as tips for dealing with the realities of working in the male-dominated tech industry.




Careers for Tech Girls in E-Commerce


Book Description

You can buy anything online these days, but just because you're not taking your shopping cart up to the counter and handing money to a cashier doesn't mean there aren't people behind the scenes making those transactions happen. Since the majority of e-commerce sales are driven by women, e-commerce companies are realizing they need more women working in the industry. This accessible guide introduces girls to the world of e-commerce, describing the different jobs available in the field and providing practical advice on job preparation, as well as tips for dealing with the realities of working in the male-dominated tech industry.




Careers for Tech Girls in Web Development


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Behind every website that a user accesses, there is a team of web developers writing markup and coding each page to maximize efficiency and the user experience. In our increasingly technological society, jobs in web development stand out as profitable opportunities that may open the door to a range of successful career paths. This book offers tech girls with the urge to code a survey of the various job paths in web development and the coding skills they can already harness to land their dream job. With an emphasis on coding camps and websites, extracurricular activities, and college degrees in coding or related fields, readers can take action now to pursue their dream job. Furthermore, the text offers sage advice for young women entering the professional field, including tips for the job search and interview process and an overview of their rights in the workplace. With such a concise toolkit at hand, any reader interested in web development will be on the fast path to her chosen career and the high salary that comes with it.




Using Computer Science in Marketing Careers


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Today, successful business professionals require both business and technology skills. In the marketing industry, professionals with computer science skills can pursue many career opportunities, from planning a company's digital marketing strategy to managing their e-commerce platform to drive online sales. This insightful book examines careers that combine interests in computer science and marketing, highlighting different jobs, educational requirements, and job search tips. By reading profiles of real jobs in the marketing industry, readers can be inspired by the success stories of people who blend a passion for computer science with a career in marketing.




Careers for Tech Girls in Technology


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STEM careers are one of the fastest growing job sectors globally today, and yet women are grossly underrepresented in STEM industries. This title seeks to break that trend, presenting young women who have a knack for technology with the various career options available in the tech sector. Four primary career sectors are addressed: communications, aerospace and defense, green technology, and biotechnology. Career essentials are also addressed—including job hunting, writing a solid résumé, mastering an interviewing, and networking—as are the challenges faced by women in the workforce (and how to overcome them!).




Control the Narrative


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DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: NYC Big Book Award 2021 - Career Everyone has a personal brand, by design or default. Your reputation is one of the most critical determinants of your career success. Control the Narrative makes your reputation work for you by using the power of personal branding to put you in control of the opportunities you attract. For professionals seeking to grow, change or fix their careers, the book shows you how to capitalize on the reputation assets that are relevant to your goals and shed the ones that no longer serve you. If you have made a career mistake and need help repairing your reputation, you'll discover how to assess the situation, break the crisis down into a series of actionable responses and re-establish career viability. To be effective, a personal brand must be authentic. Through the process of personal branding, Control the Narrative helps you uncover the core values that form the foundation of your strategy for building, pivoting or repairing your reputation. This book also shows you how to measure the success of your brand and provides suggestions for modifying your strategy when results aren't what you expected. Filled with real life examples, Control the Narrative provides you with the strategic advice and tactical assets to consistently and confidently create a positive reputation.




Effective Technology for Gender Equity in Business and Organizations


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Despite decades of activism and efforts in society and government, women still face significant barriers to gender equality and economic empowerment in the business world. However, advancements in modern technology may present an opportunity to upend the systems that support inequality. The industrial revolution may have transformed industries, but thus far, it has failed to eradicate longstanding inequalities. Effective Technology for Gender Equity in Business' and Organizations addresses this pressing issue by offering a collection of original research aimed at professionals, policymakers, and knowledge management experts, and examines how new technology can be integrated into various levels of organizations to help continue breaking down barriers and advancing gender equity. This book brings together relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in gender equity with the aid of modern technology. It targets professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of modern technology's strategic role in contemporary society, including its application at the global economy, network, team building, and information system levels. By offering insights into the recent potential to reduce the gender gap and empower women with these advancements, this book is a valuable resource for those working in healthcare, business organizations, information sciences, and more.




Computerworld


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For more than 40 years, Computerworld has been the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (Computerworld.com), twice-monthly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest global IT media network.




The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on Ethics


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This book tackles the ethical problems of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (4IR) and offers readers an overview of the ethical challenges connected to Artificial Intelligence (AI), encryption and the finance industry. It specifically focuses on the situation of females in these industries, from women lawyers, judges, attorneys-at-law, investors and bankers, to portfolio managers, solicitors and civil servants. As the 4IR is more than “just” a technology-driven transformation, this book is a call to policymakers and business leaders to harness new technologies in order to create a more inclusive, human-centered future. It offers many practical cases of proactive change agents, and offers solutions to the ethical challenges in connection with implementing revolutionary disruptive products that often eliminate the intermediary. In addition, the book addresses sustainable finance in startups. In this context, education, training, agility and life-long learning in financial literacy are some of the key solutions highlighted here. The respective contributors supply a diverse range of perspectives, so as to promote a multi-stakeholder approach.




Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networks and Systems


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This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networks and Systems, NEW2AN 2022, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in December 2022. The 58 regular papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 282 submissions. The papers of NEW2AN address various aspects of next-generation data networks, while special attention is given to advanced wireless networking and applications. In particular, the authors have demonstrated novel and innovative approaches to performance and efficiency analysis of 5G and beyond systems, employed game-theoretical formulations, advanced queuing theory, and machine learning. It is also worth mentioning the rich coverage of the Internet of Things, optics, signal processing, as well as digital economy and business aspects.