Open Stack

James,

Thanks for asking that question and your interest in growing a team that
includes women. You've received great feedback so far. I wanted to mention
that you probably already have access to the best way to hire women in tech
and, also important, keeping your current women employees happy. Ask your
female coworkers for a referral to a particular position and make sure you
interview every single one. Having another woman friend in the organization
is key. Women supporting women and contributing to the team is a win-win.

Best of luck!

Maria Bracho
Senior Product Manager
Red Hat OpenStack
301.775.4015


On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:47 PM, Nithya Ruff <Nithya.Ruff at sandisk.com>
wrote:

> James
>
> Thank you for asking this question. Rocky's input is very good.  Here is
> additional information from NCWIT.org which works on checklists and best
> practices for creating gender parity in technology.  This will add to what
> Rocky provides below.
>
>
>
>
> Thank You,
> Nithya A. Ruff
> Director, SanDisk Open Source Strategy, CTO Office
> WIN Board Member
> SanDisk |a Western Digital brand
> 951 SanDisk Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035
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> Nithya.Ruff at SanDisk.com        Twitter: @nithyaruff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rochelle Grober [mailto:rochelle.grober at huawei.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 6:12 PM
> To: James Dempsey <jamesd at catalyst.net.nz>;
> women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org
> Subject: Re: [Women-of-openstack] Writing better Job Descriptions
>
> Well, (and only if it's true),  letting the job seekers know you have
>  *  an open, collaborative environment
>  *  Open door policy with regards to work, questions, issues, etc
>  *  Family friendly (meaning the company/team/management works with
> employees to deal with all family related emergencies such as sick family
> members, school demands, etc)
>  *  Diverse, friendly, open, supportive team
>  *  looking for problem solvers
>
> That's some of the stuff *I* look for.  But I also look for honesty, so if
> you don't have all those things yet, say "looking to build" that
> collaborative, open, diverse work environment
>
>
> HTH
> --Rocky
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Dempsey [mailto:jamesd at catalyst.net.nz]
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 5:13 PM
> To: women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org
> Subject: [Women-of-openstack] Writing better Job Descriptions
>
> Hello, Women of OpenStack!
>
> I could use some help.  We will be looking to hire one or two OpenStack
> Operations Engineers soon, and I want to make sure that our postings are
> inclusive and attractive to current and future women of OpenStack.  Does
> anyone have any tips or reference job descriptions that might help me
> ensure that we are attracting great female candidates?
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
> --
> James Dempsey
> Senior Cloud Engineer
> Catalyst IT Limited
> +64 4 803 2264
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