Editorial
diversity
“I have definitely seen strong commitment
Though the UK performs from the world’s largest companies to echo include Women in
better than most countries, Leadership, Diversity in
the number of women this movement towards diversity and I feel it is Leadership and
employed in the sector has Professional Women in
fallen to 16% and most of being taken quite seriously by them.” Leadership. The forums,
these women are found in found at careers.
lower skilled and lower paid qsnetwork.com/events
areas of the industry instead specialize in training
of the professional technical positions. with offices in London, Washington DC, prospective business leaders and promoting
Women in Technology is an online Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo, Paris, Sydney, diversity (through age, ethnicity and gender) in
recruitment and networking group for women in Boston and Alicante. corporate management. The events provide an
the IT profession. Their job board is specifically In terms of services, the QS Leadership umbrella of opportunity whereby recruiters,
designed for female IT workers as they apply Forums are the company’s way of giving something students and graduates exchange ideas and seek
directly to organizations seeking female staff. back to the educational community. These events advice on career development.
Maggie Berry, Director of womenintechnology. Ross Geraghty, editor of the QS TopMBA Career
co.uk, explains why there is a need for more Guide, says, “Our own success in the education and
women in these industries. “There are many careers industry as a company has come from
exciting careers in technology and women an enormously diverse range of people,
are missing out on these opportunities allowing understanding of and access
and, in turn, the IT industry is to markets that a homogenous
missing out on a wealth of group of employees could not
female talent. Men and aspire too. There are over
women bring different 20 nationalities working
skills to a team and as at QS, and an
women make up enormous range of
nearly half of the backgrounds. I
workforce, [they] have definitely
are important seen strong
consumers of commitment
goods and from the
services. Having world’s largest
a balanced companies to
team is good echo this
for businesses movement
as they will towards
better reflect diversity and I
their customer feel it is being
base.” taken seriously
QS (Quacq- by them.”
uarelli Symonds) The global
is a leading market today is
international career changing and if
a n d e d u c a t i o n firms want to succeed
network, a success built they’ll have to diversify.
on the knowledge of its Though it is clear that
multicultural staff and their diversity can enhance
understanding of the various business performance, it can
challenges facing local and global only do so if there is a culture to
markets. This has allowed the support it. Based on the commitment
company to operate worldwide and shown by so many of the world’s largest
become a respected educational provider MBA recruiters, this culture is on its way.

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