After two years of steep declines in the ranks of women across all workplaces and fields, 2022 must be a year of rebuilding. The tech sector, which has long trailed most industries in the effort to achieve gender balance, has its work cut out and little time to get it done.
Women are planning to exit — soon.
A November 2021 survey of women in tech from New View Strategies revealed that 38% plan to leave their job within the next two years. Will tech businesses and organizations find ways to retain talented women and attract more? Perhaps demographic changes will force the issue.
Women are embracing the knowledge economy. Are businesses embracing their knowledge?
In the U.S. today, of the adults over 25 who have bachelor’s degrees, 39% are women and 37% are men, according to the results of research by the Pew Research Center. If you look narrowly at the recent pool of college grads, the gender gap widens. Of graduates ages 25 to 34, 46% of them are women and only 36% are men. With a knowledge economy that runs on data and the technology that maneuvers it, getting more women in the door and into tech jobs is more than a good idea. It’s a necessity.
Continue reading: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/01/27/how-businesses-can-make-the-four-great-hopes-for-women-in-tech-a-reality/?sh=596f110e7365
Women are planning to exit — soon.
A November 2021 survey of women in tech from New View Strategies revealed that 38% plan to leave their job within the next two years. Will tech businesses and organizations find ways to retain talented women and attract more? Perhaps demographic changes will force the issue.
Women are embracing the knowledge economy. Are businesses embracing their knowledge?
In the U.S. today, of the adults over 25 who have bachelor’s degrees, 39% are women and 37% are men, according to the results of research by the Pew Research Center. If you look narrowly at the recent pool of college grads, the gender gap widens. Of graduates ages 25 to 34, 46% of them are women and only 36% are men. With a knowledge economy that runs on data and the technology that maneuvers it, getting more women in the door and into tech jobs is more than a good idea. It’s a necessity.
Continue reading: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/01/27/how-businesses-can-make-the-four-great-hopes-for-women-in-tech-a-reality/?sh=596f110e7365
