[Womoz] [womensenews] IT Jobs Offer Growth, But Women Are Bailing Out

[Majken Connor]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Majken Connor <majken at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:54 PM, theo <theocrite at theocrite.org> wrote:
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>> Information technology is one of the fastest growing professions, yet
>> women are leaving the field in huge numbers. One woman who is now on a
>> job search said men in her company often expect her to play a
>> secretarial role.
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>> http://www.womensenews.org/story/women-in-science/100623/it-jobs-offer-growth-women-are-bailing-out
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>> --
>> librement,
>> theo
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> Interesting read. It went back and forth between anecdotes and data. I'd
> have liked to see a bit more data to go with the anecdotes, but it had a
> good tone and raised some interesting points.  I wonder if we could contact
> The National Center for Women and Information Technology and see if they'd
> be willing to give advice or data they've already obtained to help towards
> our efforts.
>
> -Majken "Lucy" Connor
>

Oh and comment #1 on the article is very interesting as well. Just noticed
it now.
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