{"id":4249291,"date":"2022-11-08T16:41:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/insight\/helping-displaced-individuals-find-their-place-in-tech\/"},"modified":"2022-11-11T18:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T16:15:22","slug":"helping-displaced-individuals-find-their-place-in-tech","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-nl\/insight\/helping-displaced-individuals-find-their-place-in-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping displaced individuals find their place in tech"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBack to all articles\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n<\/button>\n\t\tHelping displaced individuals find their place in tech\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t<\/div>
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\n\t\tWhen immigrants and refugees leave their home countries, they leave behind their jobs, networks, support systems, and oftentimes their credentials. \t<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n
\n\t\tTheir ability to find good jobs is stunted which can harm their confidence, happiness, and assimilation into society.\u00a0

In 2018, Nick Broekema (Salesforce Partnership Lead at DEPT\u00ae) and his partners saw this problem firsthand, with many immigrants moving to the Netherlands unable to secure quality jobs. At the same time, the industry was dealing with another problem: a lack of Salesforce professionals.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0

So that year, with the desire to solve both problems with one solution, Blue Road Academy<\/a> (formerly RefugeeForce) was born. Over the past few years, this program has helped over 180 individuals receive Salesforce training in a community-oriented atmosphere. From the initial cohorts, 60% of graduates have landed jobs at technology companies with positions in development, marketing, sales, and administration.\u00a0

DEPT\u00ae is a proud recruitment partner, and has hired two individuals from Blue Road Academy since its opening! We also support with an annual monetary donation and use of our offices in Berlin for the training. Learn more about some of the impact this program has had by hearing from some of its graduates below.\u00a0\t<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t