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Story: Berners-Lee challenges 'stupid' male geek culture

Posted by: wydeboi (Friday 28 September 2007, 1:42 PM)

your policy sucks!

Sam you exemplify exactly what Tim was talking about.
I am desperate to hire a female developer, to keep the mix and balance in the studio interesting and dynamic. Unfortunately, both from personal experience and casual feedback from contractors and others in the industry, too few go into IT degree courses, leading to fewer available for recruitment. IT just isn't on their horizon in general.
But to say you chose candidates for interview that did not meet the mark, and then to say you are going to investigate the women applying in a different way to the men applying is asinine, stupid and, frankly illegal. I suspect your original briefs and job adverts were misleading, and your short-listing procedures ill-thought-out. Surely you would set criteria for the candidates and see how they meet those criteria.

Or have I missed something?

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