Women in Computing & Technology M. Galante, July 2015 Hurdles to entry Support & recruitment Careers opportunities
Hurdles to entry Society prejudices about women M. Galante, July 2015
Hurdles Society prejudices about women Headline – June 2015 “Girls aren’t gamers” “Girls don’t like coding” M. Galante, July 2015
Hurdles Not enough people like me in IT Reference: pxlnv.com/blog/tech-company-diversity-stats/ M. Galante, July 2015
Support and Recruiting Start: 0:21 Stop: 3:45 Girlswhocode.org M. Galante, July 2015
Support and Recruiting NCWIT Aspirations Lots of big and small opportunities Go to aspirations.org – check your interests to see what’s out there! M. Galante, July 2015
NCWIT Aspirations Examples of what you can find: M. Galante, July 2015
Sit With Me – supporting girls in computing and IT M. Galante, July 2015
Sitwithme.org Intuit corporate conference video M. Galante, July 2015
Reason #1 – Low Unemployment In 2013 the overall unemployment rate in the U.S. was 7.4% the overall unemployment rate for computing occupations was a low 3.6% and for women in computing, it was only 4.2%
Stability Expected to Continue This relative stability in IT is expected to continue, which is good news for women – and men – who are considering the field.
Growing Faster than Other STEM Fields
Computing Salaries are Highly Competitive
Computing Helps Close the Gender Wage Gap A woman earns $0.77 to every $1.00 a man earns. Women who work in computing- related occupations earn a median income that is 81% of men’s median income. Dice.com salary survey suggests there is no wage gap for tech workers with comparable experience, education, and position.
So let’s get learning! M. Galante, July 2015