Simple Steps Community Connection

Simple Steps encourages all of our members to thrive and keep moving forward toward their career goals. Our programs are designed to boost self-esteem and determine what your career goals are by supporting through exclusive career development programs and personalized coaching. With Simple Steps, you will have access to various, in-depth development programs and on-going professional and social support.

1. Self Development
Deciding to return to work or change a career path is difficult and stressful for everyone. Simple Steps' Self Development Programs support our members in promoting mental health and self-esteem, understanding personal strengths and needs, and figuring out a suitable career path. From free webinars to training courses, our programs help our target audience understand themselves, their career needs, and renew their confidence.

2. Career Development
Simple Steps' Career Development Programs provide tailored approaches to sourcing and training specially designed for immigrant talents: equip field-relevant information and knowledge, polish resume and LinkedIn profile, and improve interview skills. We offer Career Seminar series to share experiences and expertise from professionals in various fields. They can also build concrete pathways to their desired career by participating in intimately designed career development programs.

3. Building Networks
Simple Steps focuses on training skills and building strong networks for immigrant females who have limited professional connection opportunities. We have presented career conferences for female professionals in the Bay Area and host occasional Happy Hours for casual conversations. We organize Interest Groups to find a supportive and warm peer group to keep them motivated and engaged.

4. Job Matching
Simple Steps understands the reality and needs of our target audience, who have care-giving responsibilities. Our champion recruiting partners believe that a more diverse and inclusive team contributes to the success of the company.

1. Partnership with startups and mid-sized corporations that support Simple Steps mission and goals
2. Partnership with nonprofit organizations and social enterprises who have similar mission with Simple Steps
3. Collaboration with local government agencies and community organizations for developing new initiatives with collective actions

Simple Steps was established from our founder’s first-hand experience as an immigrant working mom. She was the mom of a one-year-old when she started her master's degree in public policy. After having her second child, working full-time became more challenging - the physical and emotional cost gradually grew out of control. To face up to her new reality, she navigated various employment options, including part-time jobs and remote work. She met many talented immigrant women and heard that they had either discontinued their careers or barely managed to stay in the workplace. She realized that their challenges came from limited support networks as well as the language and cultural barriers. Our team consists of 100% of immigrant women dedicated to helping other women in similar situations. Each staff member comes from a wide range of expertise, including law, engineering, design, education, program management, and nonprofit management. The board members and advisory group are also foreign-born professionals who carved their careers as an immigrant. They provide in-depth and broad knowledge and experience in technology, marketing, partnership, and fundraising.

- Developed a community of 1000+ people composed of talented immigrant women, volunteers, corporate partners, and nonprofit partners organizations
- Organized 40+ in-person meetups and networking events for 500+ immigrant women
- Built strong partnerships with 25+ corporates and nonprofit organizations who share our mission
- Recruited 40+ volunteers to help fulfill the Simple Steps mission annually
- Successfully launched online programs to continuously serve our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic; helped 500+ individuals to participate in the pilot programs for five months