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There is no right or wrong pathway to fulfilling your dreams. With so many options, from traditional education to finding resources on apps like YouTube and TikTok, people have several ways they can tap into how they begin or pivot into the working path of their dreams. Within this ecosystem are also groups providing traditional education alternatives like accelerators and development programs that allow people from diverse backgrounds to have a leg up in industries. NPower exists within this ecosystem and is doing its part to ensure those who want access to tech have it. According to the company website, NPower’s mission is to “create pathways to economic prosperity by launching digital careers for military veterans and young adults from underserved communities.” However, there are nuanced hurdles that women experience, leading the company to launch Command Shift. The goal is to increase the number of women entering the tech industry by focusing on three key areas: attract and...
Microsoft is now investigating sexual harassment claims after numerous women in the company shared stories of workplace misconduct and discrimination in a 90-page email thread, according to Quartz. “This thread has pulled the scab off a festering wound. The collective anger and frustration is palpable. A wide audience is now listening. And you know what? I’m good with that,” one Microsoft employee in the email chain wrote. The women’s emails told stories of colleagues making sexual advances and requests. One female staffer even talked about how an employee at a partner company threatened to kill her after asking for sexual favors. After bringing it to the attention of her manager and HR representative, she was told to “get over it.” Other female employees in the thread allege that they had been called “bitch” by males on their team. The women in the email chain have been notified by Microsoft’s head of human resources, Kathleen Hogan, that she and her team are looking into the...
The tech industry knows it has some work to do when it comes to gender and racial diversity. It seems like every week there’s a new diversity and inclusion officer appointed to help reshape a company’s demographics and workplace cultures. According to a recent report by Booking.com, 52 percent of women currently working in tech say that their companies are not prioritizing gender diversity. However, the same percentage of women say the tech industry is making gender diversity a big deal overall. Re-entry into the tech sector was also a major issue according to results. More than 60 percent of women respondents said that taking a break from the industry can be important to an individual’s growth. Another 69 percent said that the tech industry needs to do more to help women re-enter the field and make the process easier. Big tech firms like Amazon, Apple, and Google have recently created initiatives to promote and encourage women in the tech space. Amazon U.K. announced Amazon Women...
An event software company used facial recognition technology to analyze the gender diversity of more than 60,000-panel speakers at tech conferences and events in the last five years. The results: tech event speakers are made up of mostly men. Bizzabo today released the Gender Diversity & Inclusion in Events Report compiling data from thousands of the world’s largest professional events across 23 countries. The survey found Internet-focused event speakers were 79 percent male and 21 percent female. Information technology event speakers were 80 percent men and 20 percent women and venture capital event speakers were 82 percent male and 18 percent female. IT services speakers were 80 percent male and 20 percent female. Computer software event speakers have a slightly higher percentage of women speakers at 25 percent female and 75 percent male. “Every event benefits from having greater gender diversity and balance across its speaker lineup,” said Alon Alroy, Bizzabo ’s co-founder and...