Tech SF
TechSF Celebrates First Tech Apprenticeship Placement
TechSF Celebrates Its First Tech Apprenticeship Placement! In the Fall of 2015, Mayor Ed Lee announced a Department of Labor (DOL) grant awarded to the City of San Francisco to launch the TechSF Apprenticeship Learning Accelerator to offer residents pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships within the tech sector. BAVC Media and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development are pleased to announce that the first Apprentice in this program has been placed at local tech company, Zendesk. Zendesk, who builds software for better customer relationships, seized the opportunity to host the inaugural TechSF Apprenticeship. Located on Market Street, the company’s commitment [...]
BAVC Media Program Helps Young Adults Leap into Local Tech Workforce
BAVC Media’s Inaugural Emerging Media Makers Program Helps Young Adults Leap into the Local Tech Workforce BAVC Media hosted a small group of young adult media makers this past Spring for its inaugural cohort of Emerging Media Makers. The eight participants were ages 18-24, unemployed, out-of-school, and facing significant socioeconomic barriers to employment. BAVC Media has only intermittently worked with these valuable members of our community. Funded by San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development, this new program, Emerging Media Makers, was experimental in several ways, and in the end was profoundly instructive and impactful. We focused on what [...]
These 5 Tips won’t win you a Tony but they could land you the job
A skilled performer seizes the opportunity to practice before taking their act to the stage by going over the script, meditating for focus, and perfecting techniques to connect with their audience. The same goes for the art of job interviewing; practice can make things pretty close to perfect. Last month, jobseekers from the TechSF program benefitted from participating in a mock interview event with members from the LinkedIn Sales Solutions Team. After the one-on-one mock interviews took place, the group gathered for a debrief session to hear from the LinkedIn team about tips on interviews based on what they observed. [...]
Why our Job Search Success Team works
I wake up early in the morning to run. I put my sneakers by the bed so if I happen to forget it’s a running day, I trip over the shoes when I get up. For a long time I ran past a man sitting on a bench downtown, waiting for his shift to start at the local market. He’d always give me a wave and a happy “Hello.” I could make him out from blocks away and started to look forward to seeing him. Over the months and years, whenever I had an urge to skip the run, I’d [...]
Get a Job through BAVC Media
You know you’ve got the skills. But how you present yourself before you’re hired, and how you adapt after you’ve landed the job, are just as crucial for a successful career path.
Workshift 2020 at the Exploratorium
By the year 2020, 40% of our workforce will be freelancers and contractors. The City of San Francisco is ground zero for this shift in the way we all work, and we want to begin the conversation now about what this shift means: for employers, for workers, for industry, and for policy development. For three years now, with the support of the Department of Labor, BAVC Media and the City of San Francisco have been serving freelancers through the Gig Union program. Join BAVC Media, along with government and industry experts, for a game-changing conversation about the biggest shift in [...]
Gig Union Town Hall 9.19.14 Highlights
Highlights of the Gig Union Town Hall, held 9.19.14 at Avocados and Coconuts. Visit https://bavc.org/gutownhall for event details. Full panel video will be released 10.2.14.
Rachel Frankel
In June 2014, I took a huge leap and left a job I hated to wholeheartedly pursue my goal of being an illustrator and graphic designer. It was the scariest and best thing I've ever done.
Frank Pietronigro
I recall my relationship with Bay Area Video Coalition beginning in 1982 when I produced Art In The Park. BAVC Media was one of the exhibiting artists groups who enhanced the event with their presence. My awareness of BAVC Media's presence and impact in our communities has remained since that time.
Benjamin Marlowe
I began my relationship with BAVC Media through the TechSF scholarship for the Motion Graphic Certificate. I had recently finished my MFA at California College for the Arts, where I created a number of hand animated films.
