Posted by A CIO Magazine story from 2023 says that only 28% of the people who work in computing and math are women. Even worse, about half of the women who start working in tech leave the field. Those aren’t very good numbers, but they shouldn’t stop you.
Women who love everything to do with tech can go in so many different paths. But first, they have to get a foot in the door. If you are in a leadership position and can help women in tech. You’ll be helping smart, skilled women interested in tech and all the fields that need them.
Here are 3 ways for employers to uplift women in tech:
1. Get rid of unfair hiring methods
Several experts looked into the number of organizations open to everyone in 2021. These businesses cared about being different. Even so, they still found a lot of unfair hiring going on. In one case, women who majored in STEM had to have perfect GPAs to compete with men with lower GPAs.
The people in charge at those companies didn’t know they were making it harder for women in tech to get hired. They might have thought that everyone was getting a good deal. Work with your human resources head and hiring managers to avoid repeating the same mistake. Find out if your hidden bias might affect how you judge tech job applicants.
One way to eliminate gender bias is to remove names and other identifying details from applications. Also, save face-to-face talks for the end of the decision-making process. Using digital tools that are powered by AI can also help, especially at the beginning of the screening process.
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2. Allow women employees to be promoted into tech roles.
Let’s say you have a woman working in an area that doesn’t involve technology. She says she’d like to learn more about tech and work in tech one day. Could that happen? It is possible if you set up programs for career growth and mentorship at your company.
You can’t just assume everyone who works for you wants to stay there forever. Many people will want to move laterally at some point in their careers.
You shouldn’t risk losing a good worker just because she wants to try something new with her job. Qualtrics says that the average number of people leaving is 10.6% across all organizations. You don’t have to eliminate your employees if you can keep your change rate below 10%. At the same time, you can help a woman on your team get a tech job. She’ll stay with your company, which means you’ll hire more women in tech. No one loses.
3. Choose a women-friendly tech vendor.
People often judge you based on who you spend time with. It’s true in both work and everyday life. When you work with companies that care about gender equality, even in places where women in tech have been underrepresented in the past, you send a strong message. You tell the world you will be the change you want to see.
For example, you need a tech service and are looking for a new source. The companies you’re looking at differ in some ways, but not too much. Only one has made it easier for women to try their hands at tech jobs.
Should you do business with that last company? You’ll show your support if you do this. You could inspire the women at work who have thought about going into tech at some point. You and your new vendor could work together on other projects, like providing tech jobs for young women.
Women who want to work in tech shouldn’t be stopped. By fixing the problem of gender inequality in the tech field now, we can all make it easier for people in the future to have a tech career.
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