<div dir="ltr">James, <div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck!</div><div><br></div><div>Maria Bracho</div><div>Senior Product Manager</div><div>Red Hat OpenStack</div><div>301.775.4015</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:47 PM, Nithya Ruff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Nithya.Ruff@sandisk.com" target="_blank">Nithya.Ruff@sandisk.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">James<br>
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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.<br>
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To: James Dempsey <<a href="mailto:jamesd@catalyst.net.nz">jamesd@catalyst.net.nz</a>>; <a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org">women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Subject: Re: [Women-of-openstack] Writing better Job Descriptions<br>
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Well, (and only if it's true), letting the job seekers know you have<br>
* an open, collaborative environment<br>
* Open door policy with regards to work, questions, issues, etc<br>
* 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)<br>
* Diverse, friendly, open, supportive team<br>
* looking for problem solvers<br>
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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<br>
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HTH<br>
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From: James Dempsey [mailto:<a href="mailto:jamesd@catalyst.net.nz">jamesd@catalyst.net.nz</a>]<br>
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Subject: [Women-of-openstack] Writing better Job Descriptions<br>
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Hello, Women of OpenStack!<br>
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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?<br>
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Cheers,<br>
James<br>
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