IT firms in London need to do more to reduce a gender bias and increase diversity in the workplace
Nearly half of London-based IT companies have human resources (HR) policies that are designed to increase the diversity of staff, but a lack of diversity and a gender bias remains an “Achilles heel” to the sector.
Research of 210 London-based companies by SurveyMonkey for Tech London Advocates (TLA) , a network of thousands of tech experts that promote London, found that around 46% of them have such a recruitment strategy.
The same survey also found that just over 49% of companies think the industry is actively biased against women.
According to the findings, the companies surveyed are more focused on attributes such as professional expertise (41%) and cross-sector professional expertise (30%) rather than gender diversity (6%) and multicultural diversity (9.
