Trying to get STEM business leaders to take gender equality seriously can be so frustrating! Can you relate?
Hear me talk about the 5 things I wish they knew which would finally motivate them to take action:
- No-one in STEM has got gender equality right (yet). So trying something is better than doing nothing.
- Don't focus your efforts on recruiting more women if you can't even retain the women you've already got.
- Don't sit and wait for diverse CVs to roll in. Like anything that's rare and valuable, it takes extra time and effort to seek them out.
- You can't blame it all on the "pipeline issue". It's a known fact that women drop out of the tech industry at a faster rate than men.
- Do not lower the quality of new hires just to recruit a woman. But do look at how your assessment of quality may be biased against them.
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L E T ' S C O N N E C T !
> Instagram: @tiffanydawson_
> LinkedIn: Tiffany Dawson
> Twitter: @_tiffanydawson_
> Website: www.tiffanydawson.co