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09 Dec Diversity In Tech Needs Less Buzz And More Action

Posted at 09:44h in News, News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 0 Comments

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I am smart. I am hardworking. I am a logical, ordered thinker. I am gay. I am brown. I am a woman. I am looking for a job in the tech industry.

08 Dec As Tech Firms Come To Oakland, So Do Hopes Of Racial Diversity

Posted at 09:40h in News, News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 1 Comment

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Adan Faudoa, 24, grew up in the Bay Area, near Silicon Valley, but he didn't always think he'd be a tech guy. His dad had other plans for him.

07 Dec Austin tech exec launches diversity-focused crowdfunding portal

Posted at 10:16h in News, News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 1 Comment

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An Austin serial technology entrepreneur has launched a crowdfunding portal for investments in LGBT and minority-led businesses.

04 Dec Diversity in Tech: Microsoft Announces ‘Modest’ Progress, But Female Representation Slips

Posted at 10:03h in News by DigiStaff 0 Comments

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Silicon Valley has a diversity problem. Mostly white men work in technology, and white men hold the vast majority of leadership positions as well. In the past couple of years though, many influential technology firms have been working to fix the dearth of underrepresented minorities in their workforces.

03 Dec Monster launches Tech Talent Charter for IT industry diversity guidelines

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Recruitment firm Monster has launched a Tech Talent Charter to provide the IT industry with guidelines for diverse hiring

01 Dec Tech community facing an ethnic diversity problem

Posted at 09:38h in News, News 2, Tech Talk by DigiStaff 0 Comments

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Working in Toronto’s tech community for the past five years, Saadia Muzaffar has overheard racist jokes only to be told, “I didn’t mean all brown people – you’re cool.” Born and raised in Pakistan, the 38-year-old entrepreneur has been told it’s a good thing she doesn’t have an accent – in other words, it’s a good thing she sounds white.