{"id":13817,"date":"2021-09-24T09:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T08:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/?p=13817"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:54:44","slug":"solution-to-staff-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectglobal.tdwdev.co.uk\/?p=13817","title":{"rendered":"Why women are the solution to your staff shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13817\" class=\"elementor elementor-13817\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e174864 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e174864\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b66a153 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b66a153\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the world of tech finds it\u2019s new normal, staff shortages are causing delays in development.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the right talent has never been easy. But in today\u2019s world we have hit a talent shortage in tech. We need to branch out.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women represent 50% of the available workforce. For the past ten years they have represented 17% of the staff in science, engineering, and technology (SET). With increasing staff shortages, perhaps it\u2019s time we looked at why staff in SET seem to fit a certain stereotype.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard Business Review research has shown that companies in the US that have carried out female focussed recruitment drives, have seen an increase in their female staff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we can\u2019t find high calibre staff in our usual pool of talent, we need to branch out. Perhaps it\u2019s time to focus on the female talent pool?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are holding a webinar on women in technology, it covers everything from recruitment, to retention, and promotion. If you\u2019d like to attend you can sign up<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/how-do-we-get-more-women-in-tech-practical-steps-for-leaders-tickets-163971387835?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the world of tech finds it\u2019s new normal, staff shortages are causing delays in development. 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