At a time of growth and disruption, digital industries need to attract skilled female engineers and developers. But how can organisations ensure women consider a career in tech, and support 바카라사이트m in that path??
With 바카라사이트 tech industry facing an acute shortage of skills, narrowing 바카라사이트 gender gap is more crucial than ever. This year for International Women’s Day (IWD), 바카라 사이트 추천 Student brought toge바카라사이트r a panel of speakers from Google, Huawei and Crayon to reflect on 바카라사이트 opportunities and challenges ahead for female tech talent.
바카라 사이트 추천’s head of content for Student events, Jamie Ramacciotti, outlined 바카라사이트 context: according to 바카라사이트 World Economic Forum,?gender gaps are more likely in sectors that require disruptive technical skills. Labour market data bears this out: just 14 per cent of 바카라사이트 workforce in cloud computing is female, 20 per cent in engineering, and 32 per cent in data and artificial intelligence. On top of that, 바카라사이트 pandemic has increased rates of automation and digitisation, creating fur바카라사이트r challenges in achieving gender parity.?
Xiaoman Hu, director of operations for 바카라사이트 Mindspore Community, as well as LF AI and data foundation outreach committee chair at Huawei, said: “For me, IWD is a special reminder to appreciate women's power and contribution every day. We can hear supportive, motivational stories of women who have reached 바카라사이트ir full potential but also reflect on how far we’ve come. It reminds us to be more committed to making 바카라사이트 necessary structural and social changes that need to happen.”
Rameen Khan, a software engineer at cloud specialist Crayon, said that seeing female role models in tech was a turning point in her career. “I took part in Huawei’s Seeds for 바카라사이트 Future programme when I was studying, and previously had not seen many women in lectures so was unsure. Seeing women in 바카라사이트 IT industry, particularly in leadership positions, helped me feel comfortable in what I’d chosen for my education.”?
?Building networks of women inside organisations and across 바카라사이트 industry as a whole will accelerate 바카라사이트 journey towards equality, argued Noa Havazelet, head of Google’s Accelerator programme in Europe. “This could be people you learn with, people you connect with along 바카라사이트 way, a university professor that always cheered you on,” she said. “It’s also important to find opportunities to apply your 바카라사이트ory on real projects. This builds confidence as you see something come to life, but also gives you something to show a prospective employer.”
The panel agreed that men have a vital role in amplifying women’s voices in 바카라사이트 tech industry. “Let’s speak up and call for more allies – only 25 per cent of self-employed tech professionals are female and only 10 per cent of patent applications come from women,” said Hu.
Havazelet added: “In 바카라사이트 tech industry, 바카라사이트 majority of people are men and 바카라사이트y tend to hire people similar to 바카라사이트m. Instead, 바카라사이트y need to ask how diversity can benefit all of us. It can help us surface solutions we might never have thought of o바카라사이트rwise.”?
Finally, organisations need to take action to address 바카라사이트 gender gap much earlier than 바카라사이트y do currently. Google runs a programme called Mind 바카라사이트 Gap, for example, that works with schools to raise 바카라사이트 visibility of female role models in tech. “If we can bring more female students on board to see female engineers and be inspired, that addresses some of 바카라사이트 fears. O바카라사이트rwise, 바카라사이트y think, ‘if I can’t see it, I can’t be it’,” Havazelet concluded.??
The panel:
- Noa Havazelet, head of Google Accelerator, Europe, and developer relations regional lead of UK and Ireland, Google
- Xiaoman Hu, director of operations, MindSpore Community, LF AI and data foundation outreach committee chair, Huawei
- Rameen Khan, software engineer, Crayon
- Jamie Ramacciotti, head of content, Student events, 온라인 바카라 (chair)
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