Having been ingrained in the field of HR and talent acquisition for a number of years, now in the role of tech recruitment consultant, I believe wholeheartedly that we can provide our client partners with strategic consultation around the importance of not only recruiting and retaining
more women in tech leadership roles, but as a means to help companies pursue diverse, truly inclusive and equality - driven cultures.
«Employers should proactively speak to their interest in seeing
more women in tech, whether it's in a company blog post, on social channels, through internal newsletters, at networking events, or at career fairs,» Cullen says.
Yes, we need
more women in tech and leadership roles.
If there are
more women in tech, there will be less prejudice because suddenly, they end up teaching children that women can do technology.
From a lack of visible mentors and role models to underrepresentation in startup communities and pontification about including
more women in tech, without much action, the challenges that women face in the tech field are well - known.
Not exact matches
For
more than five years, researchers have been able to demonstrate that
women - led
tech businesses, though rare
in the industry, tend to outperform their male - led competitors.
Millennials and
women are figuring
more prominently
in Canada's
tech workforce, too.
However, she hopes
more will join the ranks and acknowledges the pioneers that came before her: «I stand on the shoulders of a lot of
women working
in the
tech space.»
According to a study conducted by Baloonr, about 35 percent of respondents said the best way to addressing the issue
in the startup
tech worldis to put
more women in leadership roles.
He hoped his modest set of requirements would make a small impact, lead to
more visibility for
women in tech and,
in turn, change the ratio.
«The conflation of STEM experience with ability to be «
in tech» is something that seems to happen far
more frequently (and reflexively) where
women are concerned — yet it's a standard that is not similarly imposed on the many, many male entrepreneurs and VCs who participate
in the industry,» wrote Rachel Sklar, founder of TheList.
It's been
more than two years since Facebook and others
in tech committed to hiring
more women and underrepresented people of color, and so far, there is very little to show for it.
By investing
in the education of
women in tech, the company is not only creating a
more diverse applicant pool but also attracting female engineers through its exemplary commitment to education and inclusion.
At Lever, one employee posted on LinkedIn about the need for
women in tech sales which garnered
more than 12,000 views and inspired the company to organize a San Francisco meetup.
More and more women are actively engaging in the tech industry in hopes to spur leadership opportunit
More and
more women are actively engaging in the tech industry in hopes to spur leadership opportunit
more women are actively engaging
in the
tech industry
in hopes to spur leadership opportunities.
You are better than anyone else
in that room and that's the attitude I want to see
more women go into
tech with, and go into whatever it is they're trying to achieve with.»
A new study revealed the most diverse players
in the
tech sector as major companies make public efforts to hire
more women and minorities.
I know you say you're trying, and that it's not all men
in the
tech industry, that
women need to «lean
in»
more, but come on — if a problem keeps coming up again and again and again, maybe the problem is you.
I believe the best thing we can do for
women in tech is to devote
more time and energy via mentorship.
In a blog post, co-founder Evan Sharp noted that most big
tech companies — including Pinterest — have made little progress on hiring
more women and minorities, a failure that he attributes largely to the fact «that companies haven't stated specific goals.»
Having spent much of last spring touring the remarkable and little - reported - on
tech startup communities
in the Middle East — from Cairo to Amman to Beirut to Dubai — I was excited to see that no one is rocking this scene
more than the
women entrepreneurs.
The
more stories we can tell about the success of
women in tech, the
more diversity we can attract to the field.
Women - led private technology companies are
more capital - efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and, when venture - backed, bring
in 12 percent higher revenue than male - owned
tech companies.
Women Who Tech has hosted six previous Women Startup Challenges, connecting women - led startups with more than $ 1 million in prizes, crowdfunded dollars, and investm
Women Who
Tech has hosted six previous
Women Startup Challenges, connecting women - led startups with more than $ 1 million in prizes, crowdfunded dollars, and investm
Women Startup Challenges, connecting
women - led startups with more than $ 1 million in prizes, crowdfunded dollars, and investm
women - led startups with
more than $ 1 million
in prizes, crowdfunded dollars, and investments.
They are also seen as being critically important to helping
more women land top spots
in tech companies and bring
more diversity to the overwhelmingly male workforces at these companies.
Yet Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, who started TheBoardlist
in 2015 to highlight
women qualified to be directors of
tech companies, says she spots glimmers of hope as smaller firms begin to add
more female directors.
As the founder of the
Women In Tech community I witness countless individuals desiring an upgrade from the traditional path to a richer,
more empowering one.
«I knew the financial outperformance of companies with
more women in leadership, being the executive sponsor of the global
women's forum at my Fortune 500
tech company,» Brand told Crunchbase News
in an email.
If we have
more successful female
tech entrepreneurs, we'll also see
more women going on to invest
in other entrepreneurs later
in their careers.
They are also seen as being critically important to helping
more women and minorities land top spots
in tech companies and bringing
more diversity to their overwhelmingly white - and - Asian male workforces.
The event was co-produced by
Women Who
Tech and Craig Newmark's craigconnects, and awarded
more than $ 400,000
in cash and cloud services.
The vast majority of births
in Ireland take place
in hospital, either
in a dedicated maternity hospital or
in the maternity unit of an acute hospital, but some
women choose to have their baby at home and others choose a
more low -
tech approach
in which they are cared for primarily by midwives rather than obstetricians.
The vast majority of births
in Ireland take place
in hospital, either
in a dedicated maternity hospital or
in the maternity unit of an acute hospital, but some
women choose to have their baby at home and others choose a
more low -
tech approach such as a birth centre or a midwifery led unit
in which they are cared for primarily by midwives rather than obstetricians.
It might make sense that, say, technology bloggers would be disproportionately male, since many
more men than
women work
in high -
tech (and obsess about it), but politics is a different animal —
women may still be underrepresented
in top elected offices, but at least as many
women as men work as political activists and political staff or as volunteers.
The FCC vote; a proxy Democratic primary battle
in Chicago; Gov Andrew Cuomo begins deleting all state employee emails
more than 90 days old; men talking about
women in tech; and much, much
more.
This is
more of a dressed up look, for sure, but a common one among
women in tech — think Sheryl Sandberg.
In a study aptly titled «The Elephant in the Valley,» researchers polled more than 200 women in top positions at Silicon Valley tech firm
In a study aptly titled «The Elephant
in the Valley,» researchers polled more than 200 women in top positions at Silicon Valley tech firm
in the Valley,» researchers polled
more than 200
women in top positions at Silicon Valley tech firm
in top positions at Silicon Valley
tech firms.
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The diverse team of matchmakers come from backgrounds
in sales,
tech, and psychiatry, but they all share a passion for helping men and
women become
more confident
in the dating arena.
10: How can
women create
more genuine connections with men when dating
in a busy - fast - paced -
tech world?
Now
in its third year, Mind the Gap is a festival - wide celebration and call to action, focused on the intersection of
women in film and
tech, featuring films, panels, conversations and
more.
The IGNITE program, which costs member schools $ 500 per year, provides mentoring and job - shadowing programs with successful
women working
in various fields so that these role models will inspire girls to take
more tech - related courses at school.
On Wednesday afternoon
in Radcliffe Yard, before a tent packed level full with degree candidates
in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, keynote speaker Reshma Saujani, M.P.P.» 99, was telling a story about the classroom visit a few years ago that got her angry enough to launch Girls Who Code, a nonprofit that, by doing just what its name says, aims to send
more women into
tech.
Christen Thomas and Laura Brady surveyed
women working
in all levels of digital publishing to get a sense about why they love doing it, the challenges
women face, and how the industry and education initiatives could be doing
more to encourage
women to choose a
tech career path.
Shortly after finding out that she was making thousands less than her male colleagues, the
woman pictured above left her company for another role
in tech where she now feels she is being compensated
more fairly.
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While not overtly political (though it could be argued that, with the underrepresentation of
women in tech, just working with technology as a
woman artist is a feminist act), these works act as historical precedents to the
more biting commentary by younger artists.
We need
more women speaking at
Tech Show, LegalWeeK, and other conferences, a professional association of
women lawyers with technology expertise or an interest
in learning, and
more recognized female legal technology experts.
People who were
in a law firm but left, wanted to start their own company and I am seeing that even through your own
Women of Legal Tech Series with LTN, how more women are seeing a path for
Women of Legal
Tech Series with LTN, how
more women are seeing a path for
women are seeing a path forward.
«We believe that by improving the success of
women in the venture - backed
tech ecosystem, we can build a
more accessible community that reflects the diversity of the world around us.»