A male-dominated IT industry is problematic to a workforce that faces skills shortages in technology. Women are crucial to keeping up with the demand in an ICT workforce that DEEWR predicts will grow by 33,200 workers or 7.1 per cent from 2012 to 2017. The problem is there’s not nearly enough women entering the industry as there should be. The Australian Computer Society’s … [Read more...] about Gender Gap in IT stays wide: What’s stopping young women?
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Gender Diversity In the Workplace Issues: It’s Time to Wake up !
https://youtu.be/2H0vv2TXKQs Multimodal Project(2013) for Writing 102 at The University Of Mississippi. … [Read more...] about Gender Diversity In the Workplace Issues: It’s Time to Wake up !
Gender diversity is about more than equality – here’s why
A recent 12-country study of 393 companies found that women are still largely outnumbered in the non-executive director community, but found that the gender mix is improving. Promoting diversity is not only morally positive, it makes perfect business sense. To draw on different backgrounds and experiences is to challenge the notion that one culture, behaviour, structure and … [Read more...] about Gender diversity is about more than equality – here’s why
64% of UK women have been bullied or harassed at work
According to a new research report, more than 60% of women at work have been bullied or harassed in the workplace, 12% of whom considered they were sexually harassed. The high incidence could be one of the reasons why women's careers falter in the surveyed age group - 28-40. Despite all the well-intentioned HR policies, there seems to be little impact on the occurence … [Read more...] about 64% of UK women have been bullied or harassed at work
Women Work Harder and Earn More Than Their Moms, But…
"The median — or midpoint — of hourly wages for working women today is still lower than it was for their fathers, after adjusting for inflation." Not so for the boys though. Economically, women are still behind in the pay stakes. Curated from www.nbcnews.com … [Read more...] about Women Work Harder and Earn More Than Their Moms, But…