Our copywriter Steph Ryan, explores what tech businesses are doing to help promote diversity within their business.
When it comes to recruiting employees for tech businesses, it has never been more important to foster a strong and diverse workforce. In a world with so much uncertainty, people have an overwhelming need to work for a company that makes them feel secure; that shows them they belong; that allows them to get their ideas heard. It has never been more important for tech businesses to develop and grow a culture that reflects the most positive aspects of British society and provides opportunity and growth for all.
Companies have an extremely big responsibility to become more inclusive and encourage all employees to take on bigger challenges within the workplace. Gone are the days when employees work just to fulfil their managers’ dreams. Times have changed, and you no longer have to be the boss to have a prominent voice within your company. When a company fairly represents different nationalities, genders, ages and areas of expertise, it benefits from a variety of ideas, perspectives and talents. There’s no doubt that British companies are putting blood, sweat and tears into understanding their clients’ needs with a globally connected marketplace. It goes without saying that a diverse range of minds and voices will add to the proficiency and depth of the UK’s tech network.
With this in mind, let’s look at what UK tech companies are doing to foster diversity in the workplace.
1: Guiding Through a Diverse Leadership
For a company to be truly diverse, its staff members (including its leaders), must ne diverse too. While many UK tech companies are hiring diverse leaders, businesses are also seeing the benefits of long-term thinking and investing in mentorship and training programmes for the BAME community and underrepresented minority groups.
2: Understanding the Power of Diverse Networks
Tech companies that encourage the formation of internal diversity networks and peer groups are able to form a collective voice of minority groups. More and more companies are recognising that these communities are crucial for ensuring that inclusion and diversity remains a priority in the workforce. They can also act as a support network that can encourage employees to become voices of positive change within the business.
3: Putting Inclusive Practices in Place from the Start
More and more tech start-ups are considering inclusion and diversity as priorities when considering their business practices. By looking at everything through the lens of diversity and inclusivity, businesses can reap the rewards of a multitude of talents, ideas and viewpoints.
When it comes to fostering diversity in the workplace, perhaps tech start-ups have an advantage over established companies, as Facebook Chief Diversity Officer Maxine Williams explains: “There has been a lot of change. Has there been as much as we want? No. And I certainly think we have the issue of when we started focusing on diversity and inclusion in a very deliberate way. The biggest takeaway is that the later you start, the harder it is.”
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