ThinkProgress: A Creative Idea That Might Actually Help Close Tech’s Gender Gap: Librarians
The tech industry’s education pipeline problem is well established. Companies often cite too few qualified college graduates who are women or people of color as a primary reason for the industry’s diversity issues. But a new report suggests they may be looking in the wrong place.
According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), tech employers could more quickly boost their gender diversity by hiring women in lower paying jobs.
“What we were trying to do is move beyond the way we typically see occupations,” said Ariane Hegewisch, Program Director of Employment and Earnings for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C. “You say you can’t find women, but here they are more likely to graduate from high school and working low-wage jobs….Here are women under your noses who you should train.”