This fireside chat will explore why companies are looking at different hiring initiatives for engineering staff, especially leaning in on non-linear career pathways and the benefits of modern apprenticeship programmes.

Shalini will share her experience leading REACH, LinkedIn’s engineering apprenticeship program. She’ll also discuss how to identify and develop potential, and the benefits that transferable skills and diverse backgrounds can bring to your engineering team.

Speaker:

Shalini Agarwal, Senior Director of Engineering at LinkedIn

Moderator:

Anna Dick, CTO at Hiring Hub

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