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🔈 HOT OFF THE PRESS! We're very excited to share the article by @workshiftnews and Colleen Connolly - thank you for covering this story - about Basta expansion and ambitions, announcing the generous gift from MacKenzie Scott and @yieldgiving that supports the next stage of Basta’s growth. We are deeply grateful for this gift, which will unlock opportunities we could not have imagined when we launched in 2016. We look forward to reaching more communities and deepening our impact across the country. Read the full article here https://lnkd.in/erCcTcWE #Philanthropy #Nonprofit #CommunityImpact #YieldGiving #MacKenzieScott

Happy First Job Friday and congratulations to Sada Sallaj on receiving a full-time offer to join Kroll as a Consultant in their Solicitation team. 🥳🥳🥳 Sada said: "I really want to thank Claudia M. Esteva for all the support she’s given me from the start. She was so dedicated in helping me land a first full time role and was always there for me when I needed help with interview practice and apps. She’s taught me so much and I can’t thank her enough. I also really want to thank Nicolette Cabbell for taking her spot and being a star at it! I really appreciate Nicolette for all the talks we’ve had and believing I can secure a role soon. ➡️ I want to thank Mohamed Barry so much for giving me the interview prep I needed before I headed into my interview. It was an immense help and I learned so much from him within the 2-3 hours he spent with me on Zoom. Shania M. Carroll Thank you so much for pinging me when you shared this opportunity and thank you for always organizing amazing events for us Basta fellows you put in so much work to make sure we succeed in our careers and I’m forever grateful for that. ☺️ Lastly thank you to Sheila Sarem for creating Basta! Without Basta, I honestly would’ve been lost. I’ve never received support like this throughout my college career until I joined Basta and I’m so happy there’s Basta to help first gen like me land their first full time role and change their lives." We are so excited to see all of the wonderful things you accomplish, Sada! 🌟 👀 If you are interested in learning more about Basta and what we do click this link: https://lnkd.in/e7rMQh6k

🚨The Basta team is heading to the Unite 2024 UNCF Summit for Black Higher Education from July 28 - August 1 in Atlanta! As we expand our work nationally, Basta is committed to collaborating closely with HBCUs and MSIs to close the racial wealth gap and increase college retention by connecting education to employment. ➡️ If you’re attending Unite, connect with Dr. Amber Field, Ed.D., Basta’s Head of Learning and Experience, who has been at the helm of our career readiness model, and Christina Chinnici, Basta’s Director of Growth and Partnerships. 👀 DM them to learn how we’ve supported HBCU undergrads in their career readiness journeys! Discover if students from your school are benefiting from Basta’s programming! #bridgethegap #firstgengrads #unite #atl #highededucation #dei #hbcu #firstgenmagic #uncf

🔥 Hot-Off-The-Press! We're excited to announce that Maggie Raible, Head of Impact and Innovation at Basta, has been featured in a guest post on ImpactAlpha, where she shares her valuable perspective on how generative AI can transform career navigation. Read Maggie’s full feature "Giving first-generation college grads the (artificial) intel to launch their careers" on ImpactAlpha here https://lnkd.in/ecejqV8p 💡 While artificial intelligence is often feared as a job killer, Basta is using it to empower first-generation college students in their job search. Basta's Seekr survey provides personalized advice to job seekers, optimizing their chances of being hired. As Maggie Raible puts it, “When used strategically, the technology can be a game-changer, with the potential to drive economic mobility through richer and more customized career navigation.” 🔈 Maggie also emphasizes the responsibility of organizations working with first-generation college students to harness AI for creating an equitable economy. “We need to use generative AI to categorically transform how first-gen students navigate the start of their careers.” 💫 A big thank you to the editors of ImpactAlpha, Angelena Lufrano, and Kyle W. Kempf from Caliber Corporate Advisers for helping share these important insights on AI and the future of career navigation. #GenerativeAI #CareerNavigation #EconomicMobility #FirstGenStudents #CareerGuidance #FutureOfWork #ImpactAlpha #Basta #JobSearch #TechForGood #AIRevolution

🔈 PSA - Check out the insights shared by the Basta team from Jobs for the Future (JFF) Horizons conference on career mobility! If you are at the conference, connect with Sheila Sarem, Amber Field, Ed.D. and Christina Chinnici.

Excited to be at Horizons today.

Want to be a Basta fellow? Today is the LAST DAY to apply! If you are a... ✅ A first-generation college student or graduate seeking full-time employment after graduation, with no plans for grad school. ✅ Commuting distance from NYC. ✅ Able to commit to a 4-6 month commitment- consisting of two phases: an 11-week career readiness intensive followed by weekly career coaching for up to a year until you secure your first job. ✅ On track to obtain a bachelor’s degree between Summer 2024 and Fall 2026. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/etvuXrkP ➡️ All majors are eligible, and applicants should be open to a variety of career paths. Share widely and comment for reach! #firstgenstudents #careerhelp #jobopportunities #applicationhelp #fellowship

Happy First Job Friday! Congratulations to Stephanie Jimenez Reyes who accepted a full-time offer at SSCG Media Group to be an Assistant Media Planner! 🥳🥳🥳 ➡️ Stephanie said: “Thank you to everyone who helped me in my journey at Basta to get me here! Tatiana Soto, thank you for teaching me what STAR stories were and how to read job descriptions in the first place, and always making those sessions fun, interactive, and just enjoyable all throughout. Shania M. Carroll thank you for organizing all the events that you do. At many of these, especially in-person events, I was able to practice my networking skills, and connect with professionals, and other fellows. ➡️ Through these events, networking became less intimidating and more exciting. Mohamed Barry, thank you for being my career coach for this past month, for being really honest, clear, and providing me with all the support I needed. @Chante Chambers, thank you for the interview prep. If it hadn’t been for that, I don’t think I could’ve positioned myself as well as I did in the interviews, so thank you for all your feedback, it truly helped. ➡️ The most meaningful thing I got out of the Basta Fellowship is the sense of community, seeing other first-generation students going alongside me in the job search journey, through the hurdles of interviews and how to best tell a story to an interviewer. 💡 Advice to First-Gen Job Seekers: 📝 Reframe your thinking when it comes to the job search process. Think of job applications as increasing your chance of getting an interview, then think of interview prep as increasing your chance of getting that second interview.” Keep on thriving, Stephanie!🥳☺️ 👀If you are interested in applying for the Basta Fall 2024 Fellowship applications are now open apply by 7/22 here: https://lnkd.in/etvuXrkP #basta #firstgenmagic #bridgethegap #firstgengradadvice #careertips #interviewing #interviewadvice

🔈 Who’s going to the Horizons Conference, presented by Jobs for the Future (JFF), on July 22-23 in Washington D.C.? We’re excited to announce that Basta will be at the conference to share insights and more. If you’re attending, catch up with us! ✨ Sheila Sarem, Basta CEO and Founder, will be joining Rachel Danielle Latimore, Ed.D., Vice President of Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Antwon Foreman, Director for LaunchPad at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and Camilla Collins, Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Ellucian, for an insightful session on “Cultivating and Recruiting for Entrepreneurial Skills for Career Mobility.” When? July 22, Breakout session from 11:00-11:45 am. More info here https://lnkd.in/e4hUTrEB 🌟 In between sessions, connect with Sheila, Amber Field, Ed.D., Head of Learning and Experience, who has been at the helm of Basta's career readiness model, and Christina Chinnici, Director of Growth and Partnerships. DM them to meet up! #HorizonsConference #JFF #CareerMobility #EntrepreneurialSkills #HigherEd #InnovativeEducation #SkillBuilding #MeetupInDC