HR professionals whose work is concentrated in workplace learning and development manage an array of practical day-to-day learning objectives to build individualized and institutional knowledge, with an eye toward the future and a plan to stay a step ahead.
Melike Aydin, chief learning officer and co-founder at UP School, has served in marketing roles at multinational companies Nestle, General Mills and Danone, but she said her true passion was in understanding the principles of learning and development and improving education for all.
UP School leaders Aydin and Mina Ilkoz, co-founder and CEO, met through youth training organization Young Guru Academy, where Aydin, then president of the organization, led learning and development programs with a global annual reach of more than 10,000 young people.
Then they “decided to do something about the drastic gender inequality in tech,” Aydin said.
Now at UP School, the pair deploy education and empowerment to women online through a culture of “Sisterhood.” The edtech company touts a 98% graduation rate — 80% of whom are hired by tech companies within just a few months of graduation.
Aydin discussed successes and challenges of her work at UP School in an email exchange with HR Dive, which has been edited for clarity.
HR DIVE: Up School, located in Istanbul, Turkey, is an interesting model of L&D to produce greater numbers of women in tech. Please share more about the organization and your perspective on the necessity for this model.
MELIKE AYDIN: UP School students learn technical skills like web and mobile development, data science and robotic process automation, as well as life skills like resilience, creativity and collaboration.
A recent report from the World Economic Forum shows that we need 135 years to close the gender gap. Women deserve better than that. Female workforce represents only 30% of the tech sector globally and in developing countries like Turkey, it is even worse — 10%.
Continue reading: https://www.hrdive.com/news/female-tech-job-training-learning-and-development/623765/
Melike Aydin, chief learning officer and co-founder at UP School, has served in marketing roles at multinational companies Nestle, General Mills and Danone, but she said her true passion was in understanding the principles of learning and development and improving education for all.
UP School leaders Aydin and Mina Ilkoz, co-founder and CEO, met through youth training organization Young Guru Academy, where Aydin, then president of the organization, led learning and development programs with a global annual reach of more than 10,000 young people.
Then they “decided to do something about the drastic gender inequality in tech,” Aydin said.
Now at UP School, the pair deploy education and empowerment to women online through a culture of “Sisterhood.” The edtech company touts a 98% graduation rate — 80% of whom are hired by tech companies within just a few months of graduation.
Aydin discussed successes and challenges of her work at UP School in an email exchange with HR Dive, which has been edited for clarity.
HR DIVE: Up School, located in Istanbul, Turkey, is an interesting model of L&D to produce greater numbers of women in tech. Please share more about the organization and your perspective on the necessity for this model.
MELIKE AYDIN: UP School students learn technical skills like web and mobile development, data science and robotic process automation, as well as life skills like resilience, creativity and collaboration.
A recent report from the World Economic Forum shows that we need 135 years to close the gender gap. Women deserve better than that. Female workforce represents only 30% of the tech sector globally and in developing countries like Turkey, it is even worse — 10%.
Continue reading: https://www.hrdive.com/news/female-tech-job-training-learning-and-development/623765/
