Paid Parental Leave in Tech

Paid Family Leave: Maternity, Paternity, and Other Parental Benefits in Tech

With open enrollment season upon us, companies are reviewing their total rewards packages and possibly reevaluating what benefits they offer. One employee benefit that has been making recent headlines for its uncertain future is paid parental leave.  Championed by the tech sector as a key employee benefit, 2022 has seen many companies significantly reduce the duration […]
TechPoint partners with InnoPower to help Black Hoosiers in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Gary launch tech careers

TechPoint partners with InnoPower to help Black Hoosiers in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Gary launch tech careers

Too few Black Hoosiers are working in or working toward a career in the Indiana tech sector. TechPoint and InnoPower, a community development organization that works to increase opportunities for Black Hoosiers, are working to change that.   Through a series of grassroots-based gatherings, the two organizations will facilitate “Design Thinking” sessions focused on developing Black […]
Tech 25 winner Dean Dube is helping new pilots take off with tech

Tech 25 winner Dean Dube is helping new pilots take off with tech

Indiana has a wealth of tech talent and these playmakers are having a big impact as they build the technology and tech companies that are driving economic growth in the Hoosier state. Join us in celebrating the Tech 25 class of 2022 through this profile series and learn a bit more about each winner. Dean […]

Adult Apprenticeships: The Skills-Based Channel Driving the Future of Tech Talent

With a high demand for skilled workers in tech, professional development is essential for companies and job seekers alike. However, as technology continues to reshape our society as a whole, it changes job requirements. Apprenticeships are growing to be the desired pathway to a career in tech while attending to the recent shortage of tech […]
Xtern and Orr Fellowship partner for joint-finalist day events at Lucas Oil Stadium

Deadlines fast approaching for first-ever combined Xtern and Orr Fellowship Finalist Day at Lucas Oil Stadium

For more than two decades, Indiana’s entrepreneurial and tech community has relied on the Orr Fellowship and TechPoint’s Xtern program to find and develop young talent. For the first time, those initiatives will come together Friday, November 18, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium to make it easier for more than 100 Indiana companies to find […]

Tech 25 winner Becky Copple helps nonprofits expand their missions through technology

Indiana has a wealth of tech talent and these playmakers are having a big impact as they build the technology and tech companies that are driving economic growth in the Hoosier state. Join us in celebrating the Tech 25 class of 2022 through this profile series and learn a bit more about each winner. Becky […]
Xtern Finalist Day

Startups tap unique tech internship program to speed, advance growth 

Being proactive and thinking long term for talent needs is a crucial strategy for today’s tech leaders, and programs like TechPoint’s Xtern program are proving value by addressing talent needs for companies large and small. Recruitment is already underway for the internship program’s 10th summer. We spoke with three first-time employers from the Xtern class of […]
Launch Mission41K

Launch Mission41K kickoff conference will help employers create new tech hiring pathways

One-day event serves as official launch of effort to create 41K new Indiana tech jobs  TechPoint will host a one-day kickoff conference — Launch Mission41K — where it will work with up to 250 early adopters of the organization’s new Mission41K movement: a plan to grow the state’s tech workforce by 41,000 by 2030 and […]