Age discrimination in IT: my take as a woman in tech
in OpinionBeing older than the mum of the agent interviewing you doesn’t usually bode well for your CV’s chances.
Being older than the mum of the agent interviewing you doesn’t usually bode well for your CV’s chances.
A COBOL programmer says female IT contractors were like hen’s teeth. But in her 40 years, prejudice has been rare too — not that ‘dinosaurs’ are extinct quite yet.
Inclusion. Productivity. Talent. Each suffers when the choice of where we women in tech can work gets removed.
Half a dozen strategies women techies can put in place right now to ensure 15.7% is just a number.
AI, Blockchain, AR/VR and Cyber Security. None will develop in a way we’ll be proud of if women remain the missing link.
From a trainee preferring to be a teacher, to becoming a firm’s first-ever female director, Danielle Keegan of IT jobs agency VIQU shares her career journey.
With not even 3 in 10 tech roles filled by women parity remains painfully elusive. But there’s grounds to be optimistic for 2025.
A look from the recruitment coalface at the opportunities and challenges for women in IT, as 2025 comes into sight.
Last month saw Labour unveil some seminal changes for the female tech workforce. But the measures aren’t without their risks.
Please mind the (visibility) gap. And while you’re at it, do your bit to close it for women in tech — by going beyond tokenism.