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In doing research for a diversity case study, I came across an IBSA report on the Australian ICT industry<\/a>. \u00a0The female participation rate in the ICT industry was noted\u00a0in the 2010 report<\/a>\u00a0at 29 percent, while female participation in all industries averages 45.3 percent.<\/p>\n Segments within the sector where females are between 30 percent to 50 percent include:<\/p>\n Two segments that where females have a higher representation than men include:<\/p>\n I currently have a greater proportion of female to male managers, while applications for developers reflects the ICT averages noted above. \u00a0As one who participates in the recruitment process, I ask whether the issue of equality is about availability, opportunity, and\/or structure of our society.<\/p>\n Is it a matter of making the industry more attractive or more accessible to females looking for their future career? I’ll add more thoughts after my assignment.<\/p>\n I would be interested in your input in the interim…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In doing research for a diversity case study, I came across an IBSA report on the Australian ICT industry. \u00a0The female participation rate in the… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[184,186],"tags":[35,57,77,97],"ecosystem_role":[],"class_list":["post-1654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-organisations","category-about-society","tag-culture-diversity","tag-gender-diversity","tag-it-industry","tag-organisational-culture","bwp-masonry-item","bwp-col-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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