It can be hard for women at the top of the corporate ladder to really drive change. (Its a challenge for men, too.) Moderating a panel at the recent Women in Technology Summit, though, CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle discovered that women outside the C-suite are driving change at many technology companies. Credit a willingness to embrace analytics.
The figures don’t lie: women are overrepresented in relatively unskilled IT occupations such as data entry and less common than men in skilled and managerial IT jobs at all ages.
Group aims to encourage networking
Alma Hong (pictured) still remembers the day she attempted to introduce herself to someone at an industry function and he handed her his glass and asked for a gin and tonic.
200 women have indicated they’ll join
"Young women ... prefer to be undertakers rather than work in IT" - EISA
There has been a mixed reaction to a Massey University study of 20 professional women which found that the “male” culture and perception of a “nerdy” environment puts women off careers in IT.