Our annual conference experience designed to keep our community of University Recruiters, Early Career Talent Developers connected, inspired, and moving forward.

Hidden Talent: Hiring Beyond Traditional Colleges

From the 2025 URx Conference: Explore how to connect with overlooked CS talent from accessible colleges, with insights from ColorStack, Mentors in Tech, faculty, and employers.

Discover how you can reach overlooked and underserved CS talent from smaller, less, well-known, but affordable and accessible colleges in your backyard. Learn about the unique strengths of these CS students, their lived experiences, and how they can help to meet your talent needs. Hear from student service organizations ColorStack and Mentors in Tech, faculty working with these students, and employers hiring them.

The panel will offer perspectives from student serving organizations: ColorStack and Mentors in Tech, employer: Lowe’s, college: Cal State Monterey Bay’s Computing Talent Initiative.

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