Here at Commvault, we’re passionate about investing in and mentoring the next generation of leaders. This is why we started the new year by partnering with Bahnbrechende Technologien to sponsor internships through their Sprinternship™ program in January.
Break Through Tech setzt sich dafür ein, Studentinnen und nicht-binäre Studierende zu Informatikstudiengängen und Karrieren in der Tech-Branche zu motivieren, mit dem Ziel, die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter in der Tech-Branche zu erreichen. Das „Sprinternship“-Programm wird in dreiwöchigen Kursen während der Semesterferien angeboten und hat bereits Tausende von Studierenden erreicht. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt dabei darauf, schwarze und lateinamerikanische Studierende, Studierende aus einkommensschwachen Familien, Studierende der ersten Generation sowie nicht-binäre Studierende einzubeziehen und ihnen den Einstieg in eine Karriere in der Tech-Branche zu ermöglichen.
Throughout their time with us, the “Sprinterns” tackled real business challenges and were engaged in our day-to-day operations and company culture while demonstrating their skills. We were proud to sponsor two Sprinternship Programs in January: HR Data Analytics and UX Development, with each program having a unique challenge project.
Gemeinsam mit meinem Kollegen Scott Bice, dem globalen Leiter für HR-Operations und -Services, haben wir das „HR Data Analytics Sprinternship“ geleitet. Dieses Programm bot den Studierenden die Möglichkeit, gemeinsam mit unserem Personalteam eine HR-Scorecard zu entwickeln, Daten im Data Warehouse zu testen, neue und kreative Wege zur Darstellung von Daten und zur Vermittlung von Geschichten zu finden sowie Anregungen und Entwürfe für KPIs beizusteuern. Im Laufe des Projekts lernten sie, wie das Engagement neuer Mitarbeiter mit ihrer Einarbeitungserfahrung, ihrer Erfahrung im Team und der Zeit, die sie mit ihren Vorgesetzten verbringen, zusammenhängt. In nur drei Wochen lernten die Studierenden, wie man Tools wie den Data Cube einsetzt, mit Power BI arbeitet, Excel-Pivot-Tabellen zur Datenanalyse nutzt und die Geschichte des Engagements neuer Mitarbeiter erzählt.
“The Sprinternship program was truly a sprint; a compact three-week internship focused on challenging each other, mentoring for success in the workplace, and providing experiences in the technology space,” said Scott Bice, “The Sprinterns went above and beyond to embrace the opportunity, drive change, and extract value from the experience, which made it a win-win!”
The UX Development Sprinternship enabled students to develop example product pages within our design system site using our React components. Throughout their three weeks, they also acquainted themselves with our suite of products and design system, referencing existing example pages within our design system site codebase and contributing to the design system codebase. These Sprinterns worked as UX developers and gained a newfound understanding of UX and the vital role it plays in STEM. The experience certainly piqued interest in front-end in those that may not have considered a career in this field. And get this – one of our UX Sprinterns even contributed to our code base, which was published on our design system site!
It’s exciting to see the progress these students make within the three-week program. They not only learn from us, but we learned from them as well! Parisa Bazl, Director of User Experience, said, “The Sprinternship program was helpful for us because not only did it make us really create and polish an efficient onboarding process because of its timeframe, but it also offered valuable management experience to our team members.”
Our Chief People Officer Martha Delehanty was ecstatic about the opportunity to get involved and support Break Through Tech’s mission, saying, “Break Through Tech’s Sprinternship program is fueling next-gen-tech talent around the country! This has been a fantastic way for companies like Commvault to invest in future talent AND get fantastic support to drive current business challenges, a win-win! Shout out to all our amazing Sprinternship participants, as well as Judy Spitz, Founder & Executive Director of Break Through Tech, for her pioneering spirit and leadership.”
We continue to always inspire our next generation of leaders and give them an exceptional experience during their time with us – however long that may be. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Break Through Tech. These opportunities make me excited about our future as we continue to bridge the gap of gender equality in technology and incorporate diverse viewpoints into how we deliver for our customers and partners!
