It’s no secret that there is a significant shortage of women working in the Australian tech sector but is the answer to increasing gender diversity simply a matter of hiring more females?
Financy recently spoke to Sally Wallace of the global trip planning website, Rome2rio, who is hiring 40 people this year, many of them will be women but they won’t necessarily have tech backgrounds.
In this Q&A Sally explains how to think outside the box to achieve diversity in workplaces:
1. There has been a lot of conversation around the talent and skills shortage across industries, especially in tech. How can we solve this?
Hiring talent is a major challenge for all businesses in Australia right now. The country is suffering the second worst skills shortage in the developed world, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). There are a few ways we can solve this crisis though, starting with education.
We need to be in schools and universities sharing the opportunities available in tech.
The industry needs to be working with educational institutions to ensure their curriculums and programs are catering to the skills needed for the future of work. This is a long-term solution though.
In the short to medium term, there are two options I believe companies need to focus on. Firstly, upskilling talent.
Continue reading: https://financy.com.au/how-to-increase-gender-diversity-in-tech/
Financy recently spoke to Sally Wallace of the global trip planning website, Rome2rio, who is hiring 40 people this year, many of them will be women but they won’t necessarily have tech backgrounds.
In this Q&A Sally explains how to think outside the box to achieve diversity in workplaces:
1. There has been a lot of conversation around the talent and skills shortage across industries, especially in tech. How can we solve this?
Hiring talent is a major challenge for all businesses in Australia right now. The country is suffering the second worst skills shortage in the developed world, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). There are a few ways we can solve this crisis though, starting with education.
We need to be in schools and universities sharing the opportunities available in tech.
The industry needs to be working with educational institutions to ensure their curriculums and programs are catering to the skills needed for the future of work. This is a long-term solution though.
In the short to medium term, there are two options I believe companies need to focus on. Firstly, upskilling talent.
Continue reading: https://financy.com.au/how-to-increase-gender-diversity-in-tech/
