Sometimes, folks overlook Detroit as a cosmopolitan city. I am originally from Connecticut and spent a lot of time in New York City, Washington DC, and Boston, so I understand the sentiment. However, I think Detroit can hold its own. I’ve never felt more Detroit pride than when I attended an amazing event for the […]
Posts Tagged ‘mentoring’
How Tyre Sellers Found His Passion Through Mentorship
At Perficient, we’re proud to offer leadership opportunities for all colleagues to make a difference. Our Bright Paths Program gives colleagues the opportunity to serve as a mentor to students as they complete a 16-week custom coding bootcamp and kickstart their careers in tech. Taking a leap to grow your professional skillsets can be daunting, […]
Rachel Boyd Pays It Forward Through Mentorship
Perficient provides our colleagues with the support and resources they need to grow both personally and professionally while enabling them to make a difference for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Rachel Boyd, a business consultant on our Detroit team, is a great example of building a career at Perficient and taking on opportunities to thrive […]
Recent Giving ERG Events Inspire Action Among Global Colleagues and Showcase Passion for Giving Back
Our Perficient Giving ERG reflects our long-standing commitment to being a philanthropic organization with colleagues who are passionate about giving back to the communities in which we live and work. This group is driven by colleagues who join together based on common interests or backgrounds, all focused on making a positive difference in the world. […]
With A Passion for Learning, Toni Milushev Paves His Way to Career Success
Meet Toni Milushev, Director of Product Engineering Perficient is committed to Growth for Everyone, and colleague Toni Milushev is a great example of how we’re helping our people grow professionally. He takes the initiative to go above and beyond his role and is quick to lend a helping hand to assist those around him in […]
Who Teaches Who?
This “Socio Formador” journey began way before this year in my scenario. Somehow I knew eventually that I would become some sort of teacher. It is not my dream job but, I remember back when Inflection Point hired me, I was a 21-year-old kid who knew nothing, and thanks to the great support that I […]
“Socio Formador” Project: Mentoring Students, Learning from Students.
Some weeks ago, I received an invitation to participate in a big project named “Socio Formador” with one of the biggest universities in the country, Tecnológico de Monterrey. This big challenge involved guiding 50 students to complete 2 software development projects in 15 weeks (3 blocks of 5 weeks). From the planning to the implementation […]
Minneapolis Colleagues Support Technovation
Colleagues give their time and skills to help girls become the next tech entrepreneurs and leaders by mentoring at Technovation. Setting the Stage for the Future Did you know that engineers are the second-largest STEM occupational group, but that only one in seven engineers is female? This US Department of Commerce statistic is one of […]
Mentoring: The Vital 20 Percent in Individual Learning and Change
On December 16, 1675, scientists of the Royal Society gathered to hear Isaac Newton’s new latest theory on the properties of light. Robert Hooke, the Society’s Curator of Experiments was in the audience and proclaimed that the essence of Newton’s paper was already captured in Hooke’s published book and that Newton would benefit from additional […]