Employee benefits and perks play a major role in reducing employee turnover, which can cost employers tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Countless research has determined that happy employees are more productive, engaged, and willing to stay at a…
Forbes ranking of ‘America’s Best Startup Employers’ include 13 Seattle-area companies, Seattle tech giants attempt to bridge divide by paying hourly workers during coronavirus recess, and more in this week’s Seattle in the Spotlight. Forbes Ranking of ‘America’s Best…
Washington lawmakers approve changes to business tax to fund college affordability, Seattle ranks in top 20 cities for direct commercial real estate investment in 2019, and more in this week’s Seattle in the Spotlight. Washington Lawmakers Approve Changes to Business…
On May 18th, we held our third annual Giving Gala to raise money to help underrepresented groups transition into the tech sector via the WTIA Apprenti Program. Approximately 350 people attended, among them were Apprenti hiring partners Microsoft and F5,…
Part of the WTIA’s mission is to grow a strong and sustainable workforce, which means we’re passionate about keeping local talent plugged into our state’s technology industry. Every other week we’ll be keeping you connected to Washington’s job market with…
We are pumped to officially announce our new logo. It may seem weird to announce the logo a few weeks after it went live on our site, but we’ve been busy scrubbing away all vestiges of the former logo from…
This month marked the beginning of 41 promising tech careers. On May 5th, the first cohort of apprentices in the Apprenti™ program gathered at the World Trade Center, where they were honored by Governor Jay Inslee with a pinning ceremony.…
WTIA led a group of a dozen tech leaders to the annual CompTIA D.C. Fly-In organized by CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association and the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA). More than 180 technology executives and business owners from…
We’re proud to announce the appointment of John Suk as the new Chair of the WTIA Board. He was elected at the December 2016 board meeting after Bill Richter, his predecessor, ended his term early to become CEO of Qumulo.…
These are The Top 18 Washington Colleges Ranked by Salary after Graduation Puget Sound Business Journal | Emily Parkhurst | January 5 http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/01/05/washington-state-colleges-graduate-salaries-ranked.html “The U.S. Department of Education has released its annual list of the top schools based on how…