Can I still say Happy New Year in February? Anyone knows about the rules here? 🤔
Anyway, it’s 2023 and January is in the books already. Time for an update on what we’ve been cooking up at Imagine 🍳. We’ll talk about our qualification test for the German opportunity card and the launch of Imagine Women in Tech. You’ll get an update on Student Airlift Afghanistan and Imagine Nigeria. Plus we’ve added three new roles to our program.
Let’s dive in! 🐳
FYI: We just wrote this without ChatGPT, I promise!
⚫ Do I qualify for the new German Opportunity Card?
An Opportunity Card allows you to come to Germany for up to 12 months to look for work, even if you don't have a job offer yet. It's not the law yet, but it’s an important step in the right direction and will eventually benefit both, companies and job-seekers. If you want to find out if you qualify, take our 5 minutes quiz.
⚫ We (finally) launched Imagine Women in Tech
We're excited to announce the launch of ✨Imagine Women in Tech✨, our new initiative to increase representation and opportunities for women in the tech industry. At Imagine we’re at ~ 70/30, which is better than the industry, but we can do more! 💪 This is why we give direct and free access to all female applicants.
We connect you with one of our amazing coaches. You’ll get career advice, access to our firms’ network, and more! If you are a woman in tech seeking new opportunities or know one, please contact one of us via email or LinkedIn.
⚫ Imagine Student Airlift Afghanistan: We received ~250 qualified applications and interviewed 40+ students
Quick recap: Last March, we opened applications for our Imagine Student Scholarship. Since then over 200 amazing, intelligent, and inspiring Afghan women applied. After interviewing 40 of them, we could now select 10 to support in continuing their education here in Germany.
Talking with the students and hearing about their current situation since the Taliban banned all women from universities was - I think it's fair to use that word here - heartbreaking.
It is needless to say that all women deserve the right to pursue their dreams and continue their education and we will continue to work hard to support more students in the future. But for now, we are happy to kick off the journey with our 10 ✨rockstar✨ Imagine girls.
“Education is the right of every human being. Today, when the Taliban issued this letter to close the universities for all Women in Afghanistan,I felt that me and all the girls of my country are moving into a world full of despair and an unclear future where we dont know where it will end. An advanced society needs an educated generation for its future. But I am sorry, for myself and the women and girls of my country that we have been deprived of our most basic right like go to school, go to sport gym, go to work, travel ,go to park and …. 😓😞😞
Abida, 22 - on the closure of her university on Dec. 20
“I am sincerely honored to have been accepted to Imagine Student Scholarship. I am really grateful for the wonderful opportunity that you have given me. I will do my best to use this opportunity to improve my knowledge and you will not be disappointed in opportunity you have given me. I hope to be helpful for my society and fulfill my responsibilities as a member of this society. I really appreciate your concern about my country situation and thank you for everything you do for us. Thank you again for making this happen to me.
Shila, 23 - on receiving 1 of 10 stipends on Dec. 23rd
⚫ Happy to announce: We are live in Nigeria
Afghanistan, Egypt, Algeria, Syria, Iran, Jordan, Libanon, Pakistan... and now 🇳🇬.
We're excited to announce that the Imagine Boot Camp is now open to all Tech and Product Enthusiasts from Nigeria.
We're looking forward to meeting new talents, learning from each other, and together making the global job market a more equal and fairer place.
Learn more about the program here: Imagine Nigeria
Feel free to spread the word and share it in your community! 📣
⚫ Last but not least: We’ve added three new roles to our portfolio
Imagine welcomes all Product Managers, System Engineers and Engineering Managers to join our Boot Camp 🤗. You’ll get: 360° degree feedback, career coaching, CV & LinkedIn feedback, access to Imagine Jobs App & more.
We now support 9 tech and product roles. More to come!
⚫ And what’s next?
🔛 Today: At 5.30 pm our very own and wonderful Marisa will host a webinar on “How to deal with rejections and even benefit from them?”. » Sign up here.
🔜 02/22/2023: N26 will come to visit us to give insights into the recruiting process » More info will follow here.
🔜 02/25/2023: Imagine Winter Part is around the corner. » Let us know if you’ll make it here.
💔 Our hearts and thoughts are with all of those from #Syria and #Turkey who are now suffering after the terrible earthquake. May you and your families be protected! 😔 🙏
We try to be in close contact with our fellows from Syria and Turkey. If you are one of them we'd love to hear from you and know that you are safe.
Your Imagine team —Marisa, Olívia, Fernanda, Emma, Romina, Jeanette & Johann