Microsoft director will push female recruitment
Fri 14 Nov 2008
Microsoft's director of human resources has said she wants to recruit more women into male-dominated roles.
Sarah Fisher replaced Dave Gartenberg five weeks ago. She told Personnel Today she wants to improve opportunities for women in the firm's tech jobs.
"Our [female:male] profile is positive, but it needs to improve without any shadow of a doubt. It's an area I want to delve into, to encourage females to apply, and I am personally very committed."
Ms Fisher went on to say the government could do more to encourage companies to increase their diversity.
Currently Microsoft is well ahead of its sector in employing women - more than a quarter of its staff (28 per cent) are female and 27 per cent are in positions of senior management.
The British Computer Society recently claimed women in IT needed to better promote themselves to progress in their careers.
Chair of its women's forum, Rebecca George noted: "Women do not seem to be as good at self-publicity. We tend to think that if we put our heads down and get on with it we will be recognised for doing a good job."
Women are well represented in office jobs in Manchester and in call centre jobs in Leicester.
