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MARS Returnship: 2-Year Anniversary Spotlight
Valerie BuchmanReturnship Coordinator MARS Solutions Group has many reasons to celebrate. On September 1, 2022, their MARS Returnship Program turns two years old. MARS founder and CEO, Rashi Arora Khosla launched the program in the middle of the pandemic with...
MARS Returnship next cohort begins September 13th
MARS Returnship next cohort begins on September 13th Cohort Details Application deadline: September 6, 2022Cohort start date: September 13, 2022Tracks offered: Full Stack Development What you get from the program Over a 3–6-month period, you will receive training and...
How Can We Better Support Working Moms of Color?
Working mothers across the world always work a ‘double shift’. After a full workday, they must take care of the children and put food on the table. The pressure has become magnified since the pandemic began. Almost 42% of U.S women with children left the workforce,...
How Moms Are Getting Back Into the Workforce
Women’s employment globally has been significantly impacted by the pandemic. Oxfam International reports that women lost almost 64 million jobs in 2020, that equates to nearly 5% of women in the workforce. According to a 2020 study by Women in the Workforce Report,...
MARS Returnship next cohort begins May 17th
MARS Returnship next cohort begins May 17th Cohort Details Application deadline: May 9, 2022Cohort start date: May 17, 2022Tracks offered: Full Stack Development, Project Assistant, Business Analyst, DevOps Engineering, and Test Engineering What you get from the...
New Cohort: Associate DevOps Engineer
The MARS Returnship program is designed to pave a path for professionals in technology that are looking to restart their career. We believe that taking time off for family, or other reasons, should not be a barrier to employment. MARS Returnship is here to be your...
AI is contributing to biased hiring processes
Companies across the world have been implementing AI into their hiring processes, and the use of AI is only gaining momentum. This technology can have its benefits, such as the ability to quickly analyze hundreds or even thousands of job applications. However, there...
How to explain a career gap in employment
In your journey to return to work, you will inevitably be asked about your career gap in an interview. This doesn’t need to be a daunting question; there are many ways to go about answering that can improve your interview instead of hurt it. Firstly, it’s important...
MARS Returnship One-Year Anniversary: Alumni Spotlight
September 1st, 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of launching MARS Returnship. Once a passion project of MARS Solutions Group CEO, Rashi Arora Khosla, the program has formally expanded to assist even more individuals return to their careers in technology. Over the...
Return to your career as your kids return to school
Female employees have struggled in the last 18 months, especially mothers. According to a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, “one in ten working mothers with children under 18 said they quit a job due to COVID.” Half of this group reported that school and...