Comments on: 2 reasons why there aren’t more women in tech

By: Julie Croft

Julie Croft — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 23:00:44 +0000

Finding gender balance in any industry is important, because it brings diversity of thought and experience it allows problems to be solved in new and creative ways. We know that women are generally underrepresented in Leadership, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Construction, and males are underrepresented in Health and aged care, Administration and HR. This introduces financial inequity too, because so many women are in lower paying jobs and casual employment. Diversity of thought has been proven to increase problem solving, innovation, employee satisfaction and ultimately profitability, its a game changer and strategic advantage. I agree that building an inclusive culture is key to attracting more women but, its also essential to help retain the best talent, regardless of their gender. A non-inclusive culture is also likely to impact cultural and linguistic diversity, people with disability and much more, even when they are the best person for the job. Other contributors include a lack of role models and encouragement for young women to choose appropriate subjects in early education, resulting in a lack of supply. In Australia, our Workplace Gender Equality Agency recommends that organisations aspire to reach a 40% male/female target, and to hire on merit. This means that organisations need to adjust their talent processes to remove bias, improve their advertising footprint to reach and appeal to women and commit to outreach activities to change attitudes and attract women in Entry Level Talent.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:16:22 +0000

In reply to CJT. Only if we are seeking diversity, I guess.

By: CJT

CJT — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:28:40 +0000

I can only imagine that there would be a myriad of reasons as to why women don’t seek positions within tech jobs? One simple reason could be that women simply don’t aspire to technical positions? If the recruitment process is fair and equitable, does it really matter if we have less women applying for tech jobs?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 01:46:46 +0000

In reply to sam. I guess you've not heard of Margaret Hamilton or Katherine Johnson, two of many women in tech prior to the mid 1980s when female involvement dropped, partly due to home computers being predominately marketed at boys. To hold the view that women need to be spoon fed and not wanting to do the actual work is one of the many reasons why women don't go into tech.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:40:19 +0000

You know truth hurts, And when you have to continually learn and apply said knowledge that you cant get spoon fed to you to begin with is why there is not more women in tech. They treat it as a fad because of the nice pay packet but don’t want to do actual work. An example from University would be 2 students getting the same qualification, but the end year projects would be baking cakes vs synthesizing crude oil components with a 3 stage synthesis using chemicals that are as dangerous as chemical weapons. One is alot harder than the other but they got the same grade….. OH yeah that’s a true story! ……. I wonder which work the female chose, it was baking cakes.

By: Loga

Loga — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 04:21:19 +0000

Women are leaders in tech industry – Pamela Maynard (New CEO for Avanade), Julie Sweet (Accenture). Unsure why we are debating, I am a women too.
I disagree with quota system , it just implies we are given a previlege.

We have to provide equal opportunities and strive hard to reach these positions, implies equality.

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 09:18:04 +0000

Gender diversity is definitely a hot topic for 2018. Luckily, women are starting to have some really incredible role models in male dominated industries like IT. Australia has a number of inspirational women entrepreneurs who have founded, co-founded and who run tech companies like Annie Parker, co-founder of muru-D, Elaine Stead of Blue Sky Funds and Cyan Ta’eed co-founder of Envato. Hopefully, with more and more women like these 3 examples, younger women may feel some hope that there is a place for them in the tech world and that true gender diversity is possible.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:07:17 +0000

Maybe some organisation should develop a quota system!