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An all-female recruitment cycle could also be called a no-male recruitment cycle, but I suppose that wouldn't sound good. Direction from the top of the company
by jfv 10y ago
An all-female recruitment cycle could also be called a no-male recruitment cycle, but I suppose that wouldn't sound good.
Direction from the top of the company followed by accountability from everyone will probably move toward any desired outcome, but I contend that the main issue is that most companies secretly don't believe that "percentage of female engineers" is a goal worth pursuing to the exclusion of hiring as much top talent as possible.
My guess on this experiment is that the company didn't hire as much talent as they could have otherwise because of such strict quota measures, and that this isn't something most companies are going to jump to do. Most companies just want to succeed.
- alehul 10y agoCompletely agree with this, and I don't think there's anything wrong with the notion of companies wanting success, and they should be allowed to pursue that. The increased female applicants seems to show that many still don't believe they're capable in the field due to their gender, though, and it seems like a great case for more female-only code camps or lessons. This would likely draw more female applicants as well, and thus entice more into the field while still hiring by talent. Hiring should be purely meritocratic, though, both for company success and often societal.