One of the most meaningful ways we engage with our communities is through career development and business mentorship. From mock interviews and resume reviews to classes and workshops that teach coding and technical skills, we provide training and mentoring to help our neighbors expand their professional skills and succeed as entrepreneurs.
In Newark, Audible employees work with small businesses, like Newark Venture Partners startups and Newark Working Kitchens restaurants, lending their experience and skills to hone strategic plans, marketing and communications, technical infrastructure and more. We also collaborate with organizations like Makerhoods, which supports microentrepreneurs with limited resources, to provide workshops on topics like goal-setting.
Engineers in our Cambridge, MA, office, focus on how our employees’ technical skills can have the greatest impact. Cambridge employees have volunteered at local schools to mentor students with interest in STEM and to provide workshops, such as hands-on Alexa skill coding. They also work with the Resilient Coders program that aims to equip young adults in underserved communities with the skills needed to become developers. Together, they’ve launched a pilot program that has select coding boot camp graduates join Audible Cambridge tech teams for a one-year apprenticeship with the goal of conversion to a full-time software development engineer.
These efforts help diversify the tech talent pipeline and give our employees the chance to grow their own skills while helping our communities.