Lack of Women in Tech, Bias in Recruiting

March 8 marked International Women’s Day, when the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women are celebrated. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.

And nowhere is that acceleration needed more than in the tech industry.

Two-thirds of recruiters admit that bias, either unconscious or deliberate, is an issue when it comes to tech hiring. So says a joint survey by developer recruitment platform CodinGame and online technical interview platform CoderPad. CodinGame and CoderPad surveyed 4,000 tech recruiters from 131 countries around the globe.

Despite efforts to attract more women into the tech sector, and make it more inclusive, less than 20% of employees working in tech are female. And it’s clear that talented women are missing out on tech positions because of ingrained bias during the recruitment process.