Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech

Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• TAG@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Except when you cannot find any female candidates to apply for your openings, so you go to a conference to do ad-hoc interviews.

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  • bob_wiley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • TAG@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Purely coding, gender may have no relationship to individual code quality.

      The desire to have diverse teams comes from studies that show a correlation between team diversity and making better decisions. A team with diverse backgrounds is likely to consider more options and bring up more concerns. That is important when doing design work or code review.

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you cannot find (female) candidates for an opening, maybe it is time to re-evaluate the jobs you are offering, and how you are doing this.

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    • TAG@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I agree. HR is constantly trying to train managers to write more inclusive job descriptions. I also wonder how many female candidates are lost in pre-screening.

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