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International Women’s Day, I’m reflecting on the transformative journey our team is on and the important role that all of us need to play in driving meaningful change and accelerating progress. Both personally and professionally, I've learned firsthand how both commitment and resilience are critical factors in shaping an inclusive culture—one that fosters remarkable team growth and innovation.

The technology industry has made incredible strides in gender diversity over the years. While there is still room for growth, the progress we’ve witnessed is nothing short of inspiring. As we mark International Women’s Day, I reflect on my own journey in the IT sector and celebrate the remarkable advancements shaping a more inclusive future.

In an industry that prides itself on innovation and forward-thinking, it's ironic that the leadership tiers of Information Technology remain strikingly homogeneous. Despite years of discussions and initiatives aimed at promoting diversity, the upper echelons of IT still lack representation from women, people of colour, and other marginalised groups. This disparity isn't just a social issue—it's a business problem that could be stifling innovation and growth.

COMPANY NEWS: RICOH AUSTRALIA, a leading provider of smart workplace technology, today unveiled its inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) reinforcing the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainably and strategically take meaningful action to advance reconciliation.

Investigative analytics and intelligence software provider Nuix, has warned that the lack of diversity in AI is providing biased data relating to issues such as gender, race and culture.

GUEST OPINION:  There’s lots that companies can do to create workplaces that appeal to ambitious, high performing women.

Investment in technology has returned to pre-pandemic levels with 45% of senior technology decision makers still saying they are expecting tech budgets to increase in the next 12 months, according to a new survey and report by one global digital services consultancy.

COMPANY NEWS:

• New hiring category prioritises potential, skills and interests over traditional methods as Global Survey shows more than one in three Australian employees and candidates reject resume led approach
• One in five Australians admit to exaggerating important details in their CV to improve chances of success
• HireVue launches the Find My FitTM application enabling skill-based job matching for a more dynamic and inclusive hiring experience

FEATURE - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: International Women's Day 2023 is upon us and to mark the occasion iTWire is pleased to present comments from some of the leading lights in the Australian tech industry.

Equinix Foundation, digital infrastructure Equinix’s charity organisation, has awarded a multi-year grant worth US$100,000 for over three years to woman-led non-profit organisation World Pulse.

GUEST RESEARCH: With lasting global impact from the pandemic and growing expectations for hybrid work, diversity, equity and inclusion has been brought to the forefront of every business agenda.

The Commonwealth Bank's CommBank Cyber Community Awards are intended to recognise people who work hard to make the community more secure.

Over 1.2 million people are expected to join the tech workforce by 2027, according to the ACS Australia’s Digital Pulse 2022 report.

GUEST OPINION: I joined Zscaler in early 2022 in part because I wanted to work with a diverse APJ organisation which embraced collaborative thinking while providing the technology that allowed customers to interact securely in their world.

GUEST OPINION: Trellix, the cybersecurity company delivering the future of extended detection and response (XDR), conducted new research into the talent shortage afflicting the cybersecurity industry. Among the key findings, 85% of those surveyed believe the workforce shortage is impacting their organisations’ abilities to secure increasingly complex information systems and networks. Of the current workforce, 30% plan to change professions in the future.  

Consultancy services giant Deloitte and Salesforce have teamed up to develop a national talent development program aimed at boosting diversity in the technology industry and help close a growing skills gap in Australia.

Companies’ efforts to attract and recruit from a diverse talent pool are proving more successful than internal efforts to sustain diversity within the organisation, highlighting the complex challenges businesses face in order to build a diverse workforce—from a junior hire to tenured leadership, according to research by specialised talent solutions provider Robert Half.

Australian technology consultancy Mantel Group's 2021 traineeship program aims to simultaneously address the talent shortage and the lack of diversity in the sector.

To solve labour shortage woes in the Australian cyber sector, Tesserent has teamed up with Uniq You to encourage girls and expose them early to industries underrepresented by women. Tesserent and Uniq You are committed in the development of future women cyberleaders and will teach girls that a career in cybersecurity is possible.

Diversity and representation is a hot topic – not before time, some would say – so it's not surprising that a fresh spotlight has been turned on human emojis. A survey conducted for Adobe suggests Australians want a more diverse and inclusive range of emojis.