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Women pass men in IT pay scale
News Female IT managers are for the first time earning more than their male counterparts and women are also climbing the corporate ladder faster, according to the annual salary survey from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
[September 19, 2005, 14:15]
Women in IT paid 20 percent less than men
News Women in IT and telecoms careers now typically earn £30,940, compared with £38,800 for men. If we're not placing women in those roles, it will give an artificial gender gap. However, some leading figures in the IT industry have pointed out that...
[February 27, 2008, 14:27]
Women in IT: Problems and solutions
Talkback It has been said that women are more social beings than men and IT can, in some sectors, be very unsociable work. I am sure it is a point that has been raised already but in trying to attract women to *certain* roles in IT we may, in certain cases...
[June 29, 2005, 13:21]
Women in IT: Problems and solutions
Talkback RE the statement "Moving into the new millennium, companies that can learn to recruit, develop, and retain women CIOs and managers will be far ahead of the others. Surely with any job these days, and certainly in any company I've worked in, the...
[June 27, 2005, 13:56]
Women in IT: Problems and solutions
News When asked in a recent survey if their IT jobs were meeting expectations, 52 percent of women said they worked more hours than expected. My belief is that it is important to take a closer look at why IT is unfriendly to women, what IT is losing by...
[June 22, 2005, 16:00]
Government calls for more women in IT
News Women are being encouraged to enter the IT industry in a new initiative by the Government. I want to see more women in interesting, well paid jobs and IT is a great way to get there. Next month a report entitled Women Participating in IT...
[October 18, 2001, 16:01]
Why are women in IT an endangered species?
News Why are women in IT an endangered species? The numbers of women in IT has never been high, but the numbers in the industry and doing related courses are dropping off rapidly. As reformers work to make the computer science field less guy-centric...
[February 7, 2005, 16:35]
Google recognised for promoting women in IT
Blog Google has been recognised as the employer who has done the most to promote the careers of women in IT. Al-Noor Ramji, BT's chief information officer and the man charged with heading up the design of all BT's networks - including the often...
[December 10, 2007, 14:43]
Less women in IT than 1989
News Microsoft's Debbie Walsh yesterday told a press briefing that the number of women going into IT was down from 30% in 1989, to around 15% today. Walsh said "It is an image thing".compared to South East Asia where 55% to 60% of the IT workforce are...
[January 30, 1998, 11:58]
The myths and reality of women in IT
News This year's silicon.com Skills Survey has thrown up a number of surprising results, but one area where it was difficult to make predictions was with the role of women in the IT workplace. While it is clearly true that fewer women are working in IT...
[April 2, 2003, 8:47]
Why are women in IT an endangered species?
Talkback Scientific, Technical and related commerical fields have a rigor that often quickly exposes inadequate, 2nd rate or inappropriate (all be it good) solutions . I have often found my own skills and abilities lacking in comparison to others.
[February 15, 2005, 9:56]
Why are women in IT an endangered species?
Talkback What I read is a gross over-simplification. For instance, Germans are known deservedly as the greatest producer of music software. The fact that the original German companies who produced such great software as Logic Audio or Cubase have been...
[February 14, 2005, 14:31]
Why are women in IT an endangered species?
Talkback Women's work is stolen by men who then take the credit for it". There's nothing wrong with looking at how IT can be made more attractive to women - it might make it more attractive for men as well. What's wrong with the simple idea that men and...
[February 10, 2005, 11:23]
Why are women in IT an endangered species?
Talkback In answer to Ian Lincoln, I think that's totally it! However, when I was taking my A+ practicum several years ago, another young lady came into the shop I was working in, having freshly completed her MCSE at a university in Nova Scotia, where she...
[February 24, 2005, 17:34]
Why are women in IT an endangered species?
Talkback It is sad that your attitude is very typical of the one I have seen evidenced against females, again and again and again, in the UK, both in academia and in industry. Superior work turned in by a female will be stolen and the ensuing credit...
[February 8, 2005, 12:27]
Why are women in IT an endangered species?
Talkback Well the woman who said monoculture is bad in IT was wrong. Now that we have fragmented it, split it up, thrown in every other culture and race from the world, there has been no innovation in the past 7 years.
[February 7, 2005, 21:17]
Google recognised for promoting women in IT
Blog Comment He was a Member of Corporate Risk Control Committee of HBOS plc.He was a Member of Corporate Risk Control Committee of HBOS plc.wow i take it BT is in safe hands then!
[February 20, 2009, 19:48]
Why are women in IT an endangered species?
Talkback I think its more to do with the loner/geek personality that has dominated IT. Sitting in your bedroom alone for hours learning to program or build your own pcs is unlikely to appeal to the young female.
[February 15, 2005, 18:29]
IT pay: Women get short end of stick
Talkback i wonder if you would be able to tell me any information about women and men in the workplace and how they cannot brake the glass ceiling for my extended essay i would be most greatful for any information.
[February 13, 2004, 10:46]
Women working in technology
Blog Comment And on the button issue with my shirt .you think it was a mistake. It was actually a ploy to standout as different.
[November 13, 2006, 20:28]
