Today, Perficient colleagues are excited to welcome 25 new women to the tech industry as the first Perficient Bright Paths training program kicks off at an online pop-up campus in Detroit! The Perficient-sponsored Hackbright Academy offers 25 women a fully-paid, customized coding bootcamp over the next ten weeks. This all-women coding bootcamp and software engineering […]
Current & Future Leaders – Practice Empathy for Effective Leadership
We all know the importance of leadership and the responsibility that comes with it. Many skills are important for leadership, but that is not all. The missing crucial aspect is “EMPATHY.” So, let’s explore it further and see what Empathy is all about. So as we begin our exploration, let us first get aligned on […]
Building a Virtual Culture is the Key to Success to Becoming an Award-Winning Workplace
Awarded as an employer of choice through designations including “Top Workplaces,” “Best Places to Work,” and others is an inspiring tribute to the workplace culture we have at Perficient, one that we continue to build upon each day. In 2020, Perficient saw seven workplace wins — two more than the year prior — which proved […]
Do you want a more engaged team? Here is an approach
How To Increase Team Engagement If you are reading this, you are most likely a leader that sees value in teams with a high level of engagement. Personally, I have been passionate about employee engagement throughout my entire career, but I have had varying levels of success mobilizing efforts that really move the needle. Gartner […]
Four building blocks of an employee onboarding process for remote workforce
My previous blog covered how HR and technology can help improve your employee engagement through artificial intelligence. This blog explores how leadership can help kick off their commitment from the new hire’s onboarding stages. The passage from a candidate to employee is a momentous occasion for both the worker and the employer. Helping bridge the […]
Colleagues Donate Over $10,000 to Animals in Need
Working remotely means more time with our pets, an added benefit for many of Perficient’s colleagues around the world. The CDC reports, “Studies have shown that the bond between people and their pets can increase fitness, lower stress, and bring happiness to their owners. Some of the health benefits of having a pet include decreased […]
A Cultural Celebration Happy Hour
At Perficient, we value and champion diversity. We believe that our individual differences make us stronger as a team. Perficient Champions Our Diverse Community In September 2020, Perficient colleagues gathered for the month’s highly-anticipated social event: A Cultural Celebration Happy Hour. This event, planned by the Cultural and Social Committee, highlighted the rich diversity of our […]
Six Ways to Protect Yourself and Your Family on Data Privacy Day
This article was co-written by Iman Watson, senior solutions architect, and Kailey Hughes, lead development representative. As we mostly are working remotely these days, securing your space when you’re not in the safeguards of the office walls are critical. Perficient places a high value on data security and has several processes and tools in place […]
Be a Sitecore Architect at Perficient
Why do people love working on the Sitecore team at Perficient? If you ask our colleagues, you might hear words like “teamwork, trust, and fun.” Learn more about our Sitecore Architect role. (And, pssst! We’re hiring!) Working On Sitecore at Perficient is a Winning Work Day Perficient has been partnering with Sitecore for more than […]
Perficient Colleague Fights Food Insecurity in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Community
One of the great things about Perficient is the chance to work with people from all over the world; it’s this diversity of perspectives that lead to our ultimate innovation. Here, you could be working on a client project with people on another continent or sitting in the office next to someone who came from […]
Growing My Professional Experience with Communication
Welcome to the third and last blog in my blog series about my personal and professional development during my Perficient internship. The first blog in this series discussed a little about me and my internship goals while the second blog focused on how I achieved my first goal of improving my writing. This blog will […]
Colleagues Come Together to Donate Over $20,000 to Support Those in Hunger Around the World
According to Feeding America and the USDA, in 2019, more than 35 million Americans struggled with food insecurity; and this number has risen to nearly 50 million people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coming Together to Support Food Security During our “Make a December Difference” initiative, we gave each colleague $100 to simply do something kind. […]