Why the IT sector needs women’s skills ...
and doesn't even know it.
The empathy and communications skills that many women can use better than men are sorely lacking in the information technology industry, according to two recent reports, but a third report suggests that employers are unaware of that shortcoming, with many of them unable to say why they are losing talented professionals of either gender.
IT WEEK 22/05/2008, Feminine skills thrive in IT market
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A Call from the EU
As EU information minister then, Viviane Reding introduced the EU study “Great Jobs for Great Women,” in which she notes that the EU depends on its skilled and educated population — and yet women are greatly underrepresented in IT, both in absolute numbers and relative to their presences in other fields.
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