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In the current climate, it’s important that companies foster inclusive cultures to broaden their tech candidate pool and inspire talent of all ages and genders in order to cope with the increased demand for tech skills.
Let’s take a closer look at how diversity and inclusion can help bridge the UK tech skills gap:
In the current climate, it’s important that companies foster inclusive cultures to broaden their tech candidate pool and inspire talent of all ages and genders in order to cope with the increased demand for tech skills.
Let’s take a closer look at how diversity and inclusion can help bridge the UK tech skills gap:
Building diversity into your company culture
According to McKinsey’s recent Delivering Through Diversity report, gender diverse teams are 21% more likely to outperform on profitability and 27% more likely to have superior value creation. Likewise, ethnically diverse teams are 33% more likely to have industry-leading profitability.
For companies to benefit from the increased productivity that comes from hiring diverse teams, inclusion needs to be integrated into their culture. Gender and ethnic minority groups need to have a platform that provides the opportunity to discuss how aspirations and challenges can be addressed on a company-wide level.
To further our advocacy of promoting gender diversity, we’ve partnered with Tech Talent Charter. We appreciate the importance of their work and we are looking forward to contributing to the development and retention of an inclusive and diverse workforce in the future.
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