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>So, you’re doing all of the above, but you still don’t have any women applying to work at your startup? Well go out and find them. As someone who was recruited

by s_baby 14y ago

>So, you’re doing all of the above, but you still don’t have any women applying to work at your startup? Well go out and find them. As someone who was recruited or referred to each of their last four jobs, I know that most of the candidates you want aren’t out there looking. Take the situation into your own hands and search Github, LinkedIn, Facebook or whatever other networks you frequent. One day, in about two hours, I put together a list of about 50 prospective female candidates. If you can’t find potential female candidates, you’re just Isn't this illegal in America? That would be considered a discriminatory hiring practice.

cristinacordova 14y ago
No, it's not illegal to engage in recruiting efforts aimed at diverse candidates. Many large companies have programs to specifically to recruit historically under-represented candidates: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/sga/undergrad/internships/uscanada/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/sga/undergrad/in...
duaneb 14y ago
It is discriminatory, but that's a pejorative term in the US. It's generally called affirmative action and is somewhat controversial, especially on HN. Personally, it just makes sense to me how valuable diversity is to a healthy company. If everyone comes from basically the same demographic (say, [upper-]middle class white male?), then you're most likely restricting your market, but also internal culture. People often forget that there are other benefits people bring to a company aside from skills directly related to product development, so it makes sense to take that into consideration. It just so happens that it's currently accepted in the US to discriminate benefiting minorities or under-represented groups, so you might as well take advantage of that to build a more representative and diverse work place.

by s_baby 14y ago

cristinacordova 14y ago

No, it's not illegal to engage in recruiting efforts aimed at diverse candidates. Many large companies have programs to specifically to recruit historically under-represented candidates: http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/sga/undergrad/internships/uscanada/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/students/sga/undergrad/in...

duaneb 14y ago

It is discriminatory, but that's a pejorative term in the US. It's generally called affirmative action and is somewhat controversial, especially on HN. Personally, it just makes sense to me how valuable diversity is to a healthy company. If everyone comes from basically the same demographic (say, [upper-]middle class white male?), then you're most likely restricting your market, but also internal culture. People often forget that there are other benefits people bring to a company aside from skills directly related to product development, so it makes sense to take that into consideration. It just so happens that it's currently accepted in the US to discriminate benefiting minorities or under-represented groups, so you might as well take advantage of that to build a more representative and diverse work place.