Equal pay is your right to receiving the same wage as someone doing the same or broadly similar work as you and someone in the same job role as you. The most common reasons for pay differences is gender and generally women being paid less than a man in the same job as her. There […]
What is International Women’s Day? International Women’s Day is a globally recognised event that celebrates all of women’s achievements alongside fighting for gender equality. It all began in the early 1900’s when 15,000 women marched through New York demanding equal rights for women such as voting, better pay and shorter working hours. Why do […]
You have the qualifications, you have the experience and you know your profession inside out, but how do you make that first step from employee to freelancer, how do you start out? There is a lot of advice I can share on how to become a successful freelancer, however, I’d like to focus on the […]
everywoman is the expert for the advancement of women in business. With an active network of over 20,000 members and presence in over 100 countries, everywoman is recognised as the professional organisation which is a tech forum for women that drives development of women at all levels. On February 9th, everywoman are holding the UK’s […]
Many people find the job interview the most daunting part of the whole application process as there is a lot of pressure involved. This is made worse when you have not prepared yourself for the interview. We’ve taken a look at a list of the ways that you can prepare in order to be confident […]
What does the future for women in IT hold? Proportional representation? Equal pay? More female CIOs? Boundless opportunities? The current stats aren’t particularly optimistic. Only one-in-six tech specialists in the UK are women, only one-in-ten are IT leaders and, worse still, despite significant growth in the number of women working in IT roles, female representation […]
Women in IT The tide is turning. Organisations are slowly starting to recognise the benefits of employing more women in the technology sector. Only one-in-six of tech specialists in the UK are women, compared with 47% of the entire workforce, research from the Tech Partnership’s Women in IT scorecard reveals. Worse still, fewer than one-in-ten […]
Why work in technology? What do you want from your career? Whether you’re motivated by money, want to make a difference, passionate about a specific cause or industry or crave fast-paced career development, the technology sector will bring all of these benefits, and more, your way. Yet, as it stands, a major gender imbalance remains. […]
Victoria’s Secret model, Karlie Kloss is one of the most famous and highest paid models in the world, but modelling isn’t her only skill. As well as mastering her runway walk, Karlie Kloss is eager to close the gender gap in technology and encourage women to become tech professionals. After making headlines in 2015 with […]
The Information Technology or IT sector has been one of the industries which were historically heavily male dominated, but now this situation is reversing as more and more women see this as a viable career. Nowadays women are taking up roles as Programme Managers, IT Directors, CIOs and more technical positions as Developers, Enterprise Architects […]