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17 Aug Lack Of Diversity In Tech Companies Still An Issue For Millennials

The lack of diversity in Silicon Valley is still a major and noticeable issue. Last year, when various tech companies released statistics on the racial and gender makeup of their employees, which until that point had been kept largely secretive, the numbers didn’t add up. According to the Wall Street Journal, for companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, and Twitter, minority employment in leadership and technology roles is hardly progressing.

14 Aug TechGirls Canada Leading Way in Diversity and Tech

It’s no secret that the technology industry is a boy’s club—and a white boy’s club at that—but TechGirls Canada is challenging this.

12 Aug 5 WAYS TO FIX THE TECH INDUSTRY’S DIVERSITY PROBLEM

The tech community has a well-documented diversity problem, and the sense within Silicon Valley that something needs to be done about it is getting more acute. But if you look at any of the diversity reports coming out of Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and other major tech companies, it's clear there's a long way to go. Company demographics have changed little over the past year, and I’m frankly not surprised.

01 Aug Boardlist aims to add more women to tech boards

Silicon Valley is targeting the chronic shortage of women at the top of the technology industry with a new service called Boardlist. Boardlist is a database that privately held technology companies can search to find female candidates to fill open board seats.