Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jotux 3736 days ago
Even if this was a problem for potential female candidates how could you possibly fix it? Hide the gender identity of your team from the public?
1 comments

Anecdotally this is absolutely something women take into account when evaluating places to work.

The solution isn't to hide the problem but it does mean that the later you try to fix your diversity problems the harder they will be to fix. As for how to actually solve that problem, you might try looking at what others (especially women) have written on the subject already:

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/HOWTO_recruit_and_retain_... http://www.hiremorewomenintech.com/