Workshop Wednesday Archives | Women's Tech Hub~Bristol

9th May 20219th May 2021

TrustRadius 2021 Women in Tech Report

We spotted this which may be of interest to companies with EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) groups and looking for some information on how the women are faring during the current pandemic.

The Women in Tech Report includes 50+ new statistics and quotes on gender equality in the workplace. Topics include barriers to promotion and unconscious bias.

57% of women in tech feel burned out at work this year, compared to 36% of men.
Women in tech are nearly twice as likely as men to have lost their jobs or been furloughed due to the pandemic.
Women are divided on whether remote work has helped or hurt women in tech. 42% say it’s had a negative impact, 41% say the impact has been positive, and 17% say there’s been no impact.
72% of women in tech have worked at a company where bro culture is pervasive. That average includes 83% of women in sales, 80% of women in marketing, and 63% of women in IT/engineering.
The majority (72%) of women in tech are regularly outnumbered by men in business meetings by at least a 2:1 ratio. 26% of women report being outnumbered by 5:1 or more.
78% of women in tech feel they have to work harder than their coworkers to prove their worth.
Women in tech are 4X more likely than men to see gender bias as an obstacle to promotion. 39% of women see gender bias as a barrier to promotion in 2021.
Women of color are less confident than white women about their promotion prospects—and that gap has increased by 3X over the past year.
37% of women of color in tech feel that racial bias is a barrier to promotion.
To help support women in tech, 78% of women say companies should promote more women into leadership positions. Other solutions include:
- Providing mentorship opportunities (72%)
- Offering flexible scheduling (64%)
- Conducting unconscious bias training (57%)
- Offering equal maternity and paternity leave (55%)

2nd May 20212nd May 2021

Interesting Insights

We found this piece this week of interest – it’s a key piece of research and we really need to involve the whole of industry to fix it. (apologies for a picture of a guy with an iPad as its theirs). You can download the research on the link!

Key findings

70% of employers anticipate a shortage, with almost a quarter (24%) expecting it to greatly impact their recruitment
The greatest shortages will be felt in Yorkshire (73%), London (62%) and the North (55%)
According to CTOs, Cyber Security (56%), BI & Data Management (41%) and Software Development (35%) are the most sought after skills this year.
Two-thirds (36%) of technology hiring managers believe the recruitment process takes too long, with more than a quarter (27%) facing competition for candidates who receive multiple job offers
Nearly 8 in 10 technology candidates search for their next opportunity on online job boards, however only 28% of employers are currently adopting this recruitment strategy
More than half of employers find candidates lack the right technical skills necessary for technology positions
Over 20% of technology employers highlight they need to encourage more females into the sector

25th April 202125th April 2021

Meet our new candidate of the week

Candidate of the week

After some discussions in the early days of Women’s Tech Hub we found out that many of our members do not have linkedIn profiles. We were interested to find out why, so after some preliminary research i.e. we asked them why they didn’t use the platform, we came to the conclusion that they mainly saw it as a job search site. They feared that being on it whilst in a job may make it appear to their company that they were looking to leave and therefore risk their job security.

We were then asked by a company why the men were on linkedIn, to which we said “do you want to google that or shall we do that for you?” (we can be a bit sarcastic at times when we feel that getting us to google something when they can’t be bothered is akin to asking us to make the tea). The answer we came back with, after yet again not a very thorough or convincing piece of research, was that the men said they liked their boss to know that they are always available for other opportunities as it makes their bosses value them and pay them a competitive rate.

So there we have it – a non-exhaustive or very wide-ranging not really research questioning basically informed us that women would prefer an anonymised version of LinkedIn hence our candidate’s page was born. They may have mentioned something negative about annoying recruiters and being hit on also btw, but the anonymity solves that too.

We’ve decided that we want to start showing off about the great women we have as members who are looking to change companies/careers/city or returning to the industry after a family career break. So here’s this weeks Candidate of the week

Black Lab — Candidate picture replaced with random Dog pic .. cute isn’t it?

18th April 202118th April 2021

Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Day – April 26, 2021

Every April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity.

Every business starts with an idea. Each of the millions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that operate across the globe every day started with an idea that took shape in someone’s mind and made its way to market.

UWE have teamed up with I’m an Engineer to connect local school students with engineers

During this month-long ‘Meter Zone’ (all the engineering zones are named after different units of measurement!), several local engineers from the West of England region joined chat sessions with secondary school students, answering questions on a variety of topics, ranging from why they chose engineering as a career, possible new technologies for carbon neutral cars, the impacts of Covid_19 on working life, working internationally and much more.

7 Pieces of Bad Career Advice Women Should Ignore

Young women entering the workforce are typically inundated by a wide range of career tips to help them succeed. Although most of this advice is probably well intended, that doesn’t necessarily make all of it helpful.

Decades of Failing to Recognize ADHD in Girls Has Created a “Lost Generation” of Women

Girls are closing one gender gap we don’t want: diagnoses of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Between 2003 and 2011, parents reported an increase of ADHD diagnoses of 55% for girls, compared to 40% for boys…