Digital Accessibility Developer Training funded by Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act is available for all #Texas residents to become Digital #Accessibility Developers through Helix Opportunity's Digital Accessibility Developer #Apprenticeship Program. Employers operating in the State can leverage the same funding to upskill their #workforce. Just use the link below to contact the Texas Workforce Commission and enroll in our program. Training is provided via Helix Opportunity Institute. https://lnkd.in/gq4iG8q7
Helix Opportunity
IT Services and IT Consulting
San Francisco, California 7,420 followers
Unlock the Power of Human Inclusion
About us
Helix Opportunity is a Hispanic, and disability, owned Limited Liability Company wholly owned by David Fazio, a traumatic brain injury survivor, made possible through Rehabilitation Act and WIOA funding from the California Department of Rehabilitation’s self-employment program. Helix Opportunity specializes in workforce development and inclusive design consulting, training, and staffing. We believe that all human beings are unique. Each of us have our own differing strengths and weaknesses. Yet, there are ways in which all people are alike. The essential aspects of the human experience, such as birth, death, love, struggle, and emotion, unite us all. Products, environments, and services can connect all people through their shared human experience by engaging each person's strongest combination of senses and abilities. This is the essence of our approach to what we call Common Sense Design to achieve Harmony at Work. It is the core of who we are and what we do. All of our work, from organizational development to product design, is driven by this vision. Helix Opportunity provides consulting and training on how to design inclusive products, environments, and services, that meet all users needs, through a shared, and meaningful, experience. We develop accessible and inclusive products, such as our SaaS Learning Management System the Helix Opportunity Institute. We also cultivate workforce cultures that invite, attract, and meaningfully engage employees of all different backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and functional abilities. In addition to training, and consulting, Helix Opportunity specializes in providing supported employment of people with disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, career (STEAM) fields, through our staffing program. We also work with world renowned business accelerator programs to cultivate the next generation of innovative entrepreneurs with disabilities.
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https://helixopp.com
External link for Helix Opportunity
- Industry
- IT Services and IT Consulting
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- user-centered design, Disability inclusion, diversity & inclusion, diversity, inclusion, a11y, accessibility, universal design, workforce development, economic development, design, and inclusive design
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Primary
833 Market St
Suite 421
San Francisco, California 94103, US
Employees at Helix Opportunity
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🚀 **Exciting Opportunity for Summer Interns at Helix Opportunity!** 🚀 Are you ready to dive into a dynamic and impactful internship experience? Look no further! Helix Opportunity is thrilled to offer intern positions where you'll have the chance to work alongside seasoned professionals, contribute to meaningful projects, and gain invaluable hands-on experience. We're on the lookout for candidates with a strong technical aptitude, a knack for creativity, and a genuine passion for building software accessible to all users. If you know PHP, Moodle, or React, consider it a big plus! Your enthusiasm for making a positive impact in the lives of millions is what sets you apart, and we want to hear from you. To make the application process smooth and seamless, we've set up a Google Form where you can provide us with your details and upload your resume. Click on the link below to access the form: 📝 [Apply Now - Helix Opportunity Summer Internship](https://lnkd.in/gnkKH6gg) Please ensure that you complete the form by April 25th, 2024, to be considered for this exciting opportunity. **Position Title:** Summer Intern - Software Development **No of positions:** 2 **Duration:** 2 months **Responsibilities:** - Integrate Moodle plugins into PHP codebase - Craft clean, efficient, and maintainable code - Conduct testing, debugging, and documentation of integration processes - Collaborate with the team, troubleshoot issues, and offer support - Learn about accessibility requirements and their implementation **Qualifications:** - Enrolled in a Computer Science or related program - Proficiency in PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL - Prior experience with Moodle development is advantageous - Strong problem-solving and communication skills are a must **Additional Information:** - Paid internship with flexible hours - Remote work option available - Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in inclusive technology solutions Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to kickstart your career journey with Helix Opportunity! Apply now and be part of something meaningful. #Internship #SoftwareDevelopment #InclusiveTech #HelixOpportunity
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🚀 **Exciting Opportunity for Summer Interns at Helix Opportunity!** 🚀 Are you ready to dive into a dynamic and impactful internship experience? Look no further! Helix Opportunity is thrilled to offer intern positions where you'll have the chance to work alongside seasoned professionals, contribute to meaningful projects, and gain invaluable hands-on experience. We're on the lookout for candidates with a strong technical aptitude, a knack for creativity, and a genuine passion for building software accessible to all users. If you know PHP, Moodle, or React, consider it a big plus! Your enthusiasm for making a positive impact in the lives of millions is what sets you apart, and we want to hear from you. To make the application process smooth and seamless, we've set up a Google Form where you can provide us with your details and upload your resume. Click on the link below to access the form: 📝 [Apply Now - Helix Opportunity Summer Internship](https://lnkd.in/gnkKH6gg) Please ensure that you complete the form by April 25th, 2024, to be considered for this exciting opportunity. **Position Title:** Summer Intern - Software Development **No of positions:** 2 **Duration:** 2 months **Responsibilities:** - Integrate Moodle plugins into PHP codebase - Craft clean, efficient, and maintainable code - Conduct testing, debugging, and documentation of integration processes - Collaborate with the team, troubleshoot issues, and offer support - Learn about accessibility requirements and their implementation **Qualifications:** - Enrolled in a Computer Science or related program - Proficiency in PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL - Prior experience with Moodle development is advantageous - Strong problem-solving and communication skills are a must **Additional Information:** - Paid internship with flexible hours - Remote work option available - Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in inclusive technology solutions Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to kickstart your career journey with Helix Opportunity! Apply now and be part of something meaningful. #Internship #SoftwareDevelopment #InclusiveTech #HelixOpportunity
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We are excited to announce that we will be accepting Summer Interns this year to work on software development projects. This will be an exciting opportunity for up and coming software developers to put their education into practice, refine their skills, and obtain real world experience, in a fast moving, start up environment, under the tutelage of seasoned industry veterans prior to graduating and entering the workforce permanently. The official application announcement will be posted soon.
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We're excited to welcome Aditi Paul, our new User Experience/User Interface (#UX / #UI) Designer to the growing team at HelixOpp. To begin, she will be working on a front-end for our new auditing tool, set to launch later this year, giving some fresh touch updates to our online Learning Management System (#LMS) and beginning a layout for a recruiting tool that we will be adding to our product list. Stay tuned for more exciting things to come... https://lnkd.in/gwjbKR7Q
Meet the team
https://helixopp.com
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We are excited to share these images of our CEO David Fazio, CTO Volker Sorge, and Relationship Manager Lucero Macedo, kicking off the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) and CAMEO - California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity Mesh network with Tara Lynn Gray , Clair Whitmer, Christopher Earl, Shalawn Garcia, MBA, Carolina Martinez, Mihai Pătru, Emily Gasner, and so many others, to support the Technical Assistance for Capital Readiness Program. We are honored to be entrusted with managing the Section 508 (digital #accessibility) compliance, but even more so, injecting our expertise in entrepreneurship for people with disabilities. https://lnkd.in/gHEenj4F
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Founder,David Fazio had a blast sharing the details of our Digital #Accessibility Developer Apprenticeship on today’s SXSW EDU Panel on including people with #disabilities in #apprenticeships with Josh Christianson Michael Hess and Zariah C.. Here are some photos of us sitting on stage, laughing, chatting, and engaging with the audience
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SXSW EDU begins. We are here to talk our Digital Accessibility Apprenticeship on a panel Wednesday. Here are a few pics of Founder David Fazio and Relationship manager Lucero Macedo in front of the conference promo props
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Here is the recording of our Global Digital Accessibility Developer Apprenticeship Fireside Chat with Founder David Fazio at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria for Zero Project #zerocon24: https://lnkd.in/gu-R-WFb
#ZeroCon24: Globalizing Digital Accessibility through Apprenticeship
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Our Digital Accessibility Developer Apprenticeship Program is now approved for Texas' Statewide Eligible Training Providers List for Adult and Dislocated Worker program participants under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). We're thrilled to achieve this milestone. Next up, the State of New York. We are slowly but surely lowering the cost of digital #accessibility by offering government funded apprenticeship training to nearly all interested workers