For example, if 20% of engineering grads in your area are female, but only 5% of your job candidates are female, there's something filtering out women. You'll get better candidates and a better workplace is you figure out what that is and rectify it.
If 99% of your engineering applicants are male, but your workforce is 10% female, does this mean there's something filtering out men? Because in all the hiring I've been involved in in software we rejected easily at least 10 times as many male applicants as women who applied.
A second principle is that teams that better represent your customers will better understand your customers, and thus better serve them. This strength of this effect varies based on the job, of course.
If the customer base is 100% male, should we hire only men? I don't think you've really thought either of these points through.
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If 99% of your engineering applicants are male, but your workforce is 10% female, does this mean there's something filtering out men? Because in all the hiring I've been involved in in software we rejected easily at least 10 times as many male applicants as women who applied.
If the customer base is 100% male, should we hire only men? I don't think you've really thought either of these points through.
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