AzureBootcamp2022: Hiring Talents and Impacting Lives by Hussam Allaham

This session is one of the sessions of Azure Bootcamp Switzerland 2022.
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Hiring talents is getting harder day by day, by 2028 the ICT industry in Switzerland will lack the expected demand for 117’000 ICT specialists. It is also estimated that there will be over 1.5 million vacant ICT jobs in the EU by 2025, which is a major market failure that will affect the economy of the region as a whole. In addition, the COVID-19 crisis has both accelerated this digitalization trend and opened up new opportunities in the field of remote working.At the same time, the lack of economic opportunities is one of many reasons for forced displacement. Vulnerable groups (mainly local youth, women, refugees, and migrants) in the MENA Region face high levels of unemployment even if they are qualified for digital jobs. As a consequence they leave their countries to secure jobs which leads to brain drain and is a hindrance to the growth of the digital economies in those countries. Remotecoders is a Swiss non-profit association. It was initiated as a spin-off of Powercoders. Through this project, Remotecoders aims to address these challenges with a complementary problem: the shortage of ICT talent across Europe.

🙂 HUSSAM ALLAHAM ⚡️ Co-Founder and Integration Lead @ Remotecoders

Check out Hussam at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hussam-allaham/
Powercoders at: https://powercoders.org/
Remotecoders at: https://www.remotecoders.org/

Transcript

1. Sustainable Development Goals: https://sdgs.un.org/goals
   

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4. WHY
   There are millions of vulnerable people in the MENA region and a major shortage of IT
   talents in Europe. COVID-19 made both challenges worse and our solution more relevant.
   Over 116 million people in the
   MENA region living in poverty
   - ERF Policy Portal -
   1.67M unfilled jobs in EU ICT
   sector by 2025
   - empirica -
   Due to COVID-19 fear and
   insecurity reduces support
   - World Economic Forum -
   MAIN CHALLENGES ACCELERATOR
   

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5. CODING
   SCHOOLS
   We work with the best coding
   schools and will have our own
   hubs in the MENA region.
   At Powercoders we helped
   200 beneficiaries graduate.
   JOB
   INTEGRATORS
   We work with a large IT
   network throughout Europe.
   So far 3 out of 5 participants
   secure a job/apprenticeship.
   IMPACT
   TRACING
   For sustainable success the
   perception has to be changed.
   Starting 2022 we have a North
   Africa project with the SDC.
   WHAT
   We work with local coding schools in the MENA region to find vulnerable IT talents to
   professionally integrate them into the European IT labour market and change their lives.
   

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6. HOW
   A thorough recruiting process, a remote-oriented preparation, a well accompanied
   internship of 6 to 12 months and a carefully evaluated succession are our success factors.
   TRAINING
   by Remotecoders hubs and
   local coding schools
   REMOTE WORK POOL
   by Remotecoders
   REMOTE INTERNSHIP
   with European Companies
   SUCCESSION
   Remote or Local Jobs
   

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7. STORIES
   Abdulkarim Chamout
   Syrian refugee in Istanbul
   2020: Bootcamp at Kodluyoruz (Remotecoders partner)
   2021: Remote internship for 12 months
   at Kiron in Berlin
   Company satisfaction: 10/10
   Baraah Alsaid
   Syrian refugee in Istanbul
   2020: Bootcamp at Kodluyoruz (Remotecoders partner)
   2021: Remote internship for 6 months
   at Amun/ 21Shares
   Company satisfaction: 9/10
   

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8. IMPACT & TRACTION
   BACKED BY INDUSTRY
   MANY MORE ...
   90% >60%
   90% success rate for
   internships placements.
   Over 60% of participants
   find full time employment.
   6 cities in 3 countries Over 200 graduates Over 100 IT companies
   

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9. GROWTH STRATEGY
   The MENA region has large refugee communities and Europe lacks IT talent. We bring them
   together and create an model that empowers refugees regardless of where they live.
   1.
   LOCAL HUBS
   Set up local hubs in the MENA
   region and Europe.
   5+ Talent Hubs
   and
   5+ Integration Partners by 2024.
   2.
   JOB INTEGRATION
   Match talent in MENA region
   with remote work in Europe.
   200+ talents in remote and
   100+ in local jobs by 2024.
   

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10. ROADMAP
    2021
    2 countries (CH & TUR)
    10+ talents
    2022
    4 countries (added: FRA & TUN)
    50+ talents
    2023
    6 countries (added: GER & ALG)
    220+ talents
    2024
    8 countries (added: UK & EGY)
    400+ talents
    2025
    10 countries (added: AUT & MRC)
    580+ talents
    2025: 580+ talents and 5 education and
    5 integration Partners
    green integration partners; red Talent Acquisition partners
    

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11. GET INVOLVED
    Remotecoders need support from motivated companies/individuals who are like-minded and
    eager to hire talents remotely regardless where they come from and make social impact. There
    are different involvement opportunities to be part of this impactful journey:
    Offer remote
    internships for 6, 9 or
    12 months
    Volunteer as a job coach
    and accompany our
    talents on their journey.
    

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12. TALENT ACQUISITION PARTNERS
    

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13. REMOTE PARTNERS
    

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14. INDUSTRY PARTNER
    and many more...
    

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15. JOIN OUR IMPACTFUL JOURNEY
    Christian Hirsig
    Founder & Integration Lead
    +41 79 379 15 41
    christian@remotecoders.org
    Hussam Allaham
    Founder & Education Lead
    +41 77 906 16 27
    hussam@remotecoders.org
    

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