"We filled the vacancy the next day"
Drive to attract more women into IT
A new group is set to be launched in Scotland with the aim of attracting more women into the technology sector.
Lena Wilson, the chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, will preside of the launch of the Scotland Women in Technology (SWiT) group, supported by Dell, IBM, HP, Cisco, Scottish Enterprise and Oracle.
The body will seek to redress the balance in IT, where the number of women seeking careers has declined.
At present, Scotland is trailing the rest of the UK by 30 per cent in terms of its productivity gains from the IT industry, and some experts believe this could partly be down to the fact that not enough women are working in IT.
Silka Patel, an executive assistant at Cisco, is the woman behind the idea and she told the Scotsman: "This sector is a brilliant place for women to work and progress, yet we are very much in the minority.
"With this group we hope to encourage more women into this exciting area, to develop their skills and so maximise the contribution to our economy."
Industry commentator Sarah Martins recently said that there were no barriers to prevent women from entering IT.
Posted by Wayne Gray
Lena Wilson, the chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, will preside of the launch of the Scotland Women in Technology (SWiT) group, supported by Dell, IBM, HP, Cisco, Scottish Enterprise and Oracle.
The body will seek to redress the balance in IT, where the number of women seeking careers has declined.
At present, Scotland is trailing the rest of the UK by 30 per cent in terms of its productivity gains from the IT industry, and some experts believe this could partly be down to the fact that not enough women are working in IT.
Silka Patel, an executive assistant at Cisco, is the woman behind the idea and she told the Scotsman: "This sector is a brilliant place for women to work and progress, yet we are very much in the minority.
"With this group we hope to encourage more women into this exciting area, to develop their skills and so maximise the contribution to our economy."
Industry commentator Sarah Martins recently said that there were no barriers to prevent women from entering IT.
Posted by Wayne Gray