Females in fintech program launched
Not-for-profit fintech hub Stone & Chalk has launched a program for women working in the financial technology sector.
Not-for-profit fintech hub Stone & Chalk has launched a program for women working in the financial technology sector.
A study of 31 Australian households which have installed smart home technology has found the early adopters are concerned about the potential security threats for women, and the gendered stereotypes reinforced by virtual assistants.
When respondents were asked if their enterprises have specific diversity programs to support women cybersecurity professionals, only 44 per cent responded in the affirmative – a seven percentage point decline on the previous year.
“2014 me didn’t know he was a girl,” recounts Effy Elden, a software developer based in Melbourne. “But then…well, the Internet happened.”
Fujitsu and ThoughtWorks are the only technology companies to be listed in UK advocacy charity Stonewall’s Top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers index for 2019.
If the proposal goes ahead it will lay bare those companies that have the highest gender pay gaps and fewest women in leadership positions.
Australian workers in the IT industry are among the world’s least stressed, according to a global survey by specialist recruiter Robert Half.
The advice often given to women in the workplace, particularly those in the tech sector, is that they should be more assertive if they want to get ahead.
Barely a month goes by without a horror story involving sexual harassment or discrimination emerging from the tech industry.
The majority of employed women have little concern about the possibility of losing their job to a machine or computer, according to a University of Sydney study.
The cyber security industry has an image problem which is turning off capable candidates from pursuing careers in the profession.
Former Telstra CEO David Thodey has shared the story of how he was publicly shamed in front of an arena crowd by world-renowned diversity trainer Jane Elliott in what he calls “one of the most significant moments of my career."
Female CIOs are significantly more positive about analytics and growing IT budgets than male CIOs, but more negative about risk, a Gartner report said.
Gender separation across the ICT industry has had a significant impact on salaries in the sector, with women working in technical roles paid up to 28 per cent less than their male counterparts, according to research by the Information Technology and Contract Recruitment Association (ITCRA).