New service aims to drive more women into tech jobs

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Women in Technology has launched a new consultancy service to help match female technologists with prospective employers.

The service is part of the networking organisation’s ongoing commitment to helping more women build successful careers in the IT profession and encouraging companies to attract, recruit and retain more women to their IT teams.

Madeleine Wachman, who recently joined Women in Technology as recruitment services manager with responsibility for the new consultancy, said the launch would answer the demand for more specialised consultancy.

“We launched our online job board in 2005, but found some women with demanding roles didn’t have the time to look for or manage their job hunt. Often they just need someone to discuss their options with,” she said.

“And likewise, some of the companies we work with expressed a need for a more managed consultancy service to help them capture different audiences to the ones the might traditionally have access to through online advertising.”

Maggie Berry, Women in Technology's director, added: “We’re looking forward to this new service complimenting the continuing work with our online job board, networking events and training courses, which all contribute to our efforts towards increasing the number of women working and achieving in the IT profession.”

The new services include contingency recruitment for mid-level and senior positions within the business and retained search for executive and board-level positions, in addition to access to information on attracting, retaining and advancing women’s careers in technology.

The organisation will now also be able to work in a consultancy role with companies to develop their recruitment, employment diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Wachman added that, while the focus was on promoting women in technology, the work for clients and shortlists compiled would reflect the diversity of the market, and so also handle applications from men.

But, with an update to the equality laws expected to be announced by the government sometime this spring, she also said it would be worth every organisation’s while to invest in more diverse recruitment methods, in advance of the introduction of any positive discrimination measures.

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