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<\/p>\nIn tech, there\u2019s much talk of what we can do to recruit more women. But we rarely talk about that even bigger problem: Once we recruit women into tech roles, they\u2019re more likely to leave the career than men. The good news is, leaders can do a lot to change that.<\/p>\n
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When it comes to retaining more women, the changes you make will likely benefit all staff. Work on these six areas to help keep everyone in your team engaged.<\/p>\n
Karen Holtzblatt of WITOps<\/a> says, \u201c50 percent of women are not clear about what to do to be successful. All new hires need to develop strong connections and knowledge and skill to succeed. Use our Team Onboarding Checklist<\/a> to onboard right.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWomen need to feel belonging and value in their team,\u201d says Karen Holtzblatt. WITOps have engaging, practical activities to foster more supportive workplace behaviors<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMap the full employee experience and identify where bias influences career paths. Use tools and processes that mitigate human and automated biases,\u201d says Dr. Patricia Gestoso, BIOVIA\u2019s Head of Scientific Customer Support in Kaspersky\u2019s Women in Tech report 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mentoring helps more women rise through the ranks<\/a>, says global tech leader Margaret Dawson. Leaders should take opportunities to mentor and encourage team members to get a mentor.<\/p>\n \u2018Always on\u2019 work culture is bad for productivity and health<\/a>, and affects women more because they\u2019re more likely to have care responsibilities. Lead by example: Take regular breaks, switch off after hours and encourage all in your team to do the same.<\/p>\n Are employee benefits male-coded, like tickets to sporting events? Is competitiveness overly encouraged? Do after-work drinks loom large? Review benefits and offer what more women need, like flexible work and good parental leave.<\/p>\n 1 Accenture Resetting Tech Culture report 2021<\/a> Women leave tech careers more often than other careers, but there\u2019s much leaders can do to keep women on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2552,"featured_media":43843,"template":"","coauthors":[3673],"class_list":{"0":"post-43842","1":"emagazine","2":"type-emagazine","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"emagazine-category-leadership","7":"emagazine-category-talent-business","8":"emagazine-category-women-and-diversity","9":"emagazine-tag-careers","10":"emagazine-tag-women"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/secure-futures-magazine\/retaining-women-tech-infographic\/43842\/"}],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/emagazine\/43842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/emagazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/emagazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=43842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Encourage valuing and belonging<\/h3>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use tools to reduce bias<\/h3>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be all about mentoring<\/h3>\n
5.\u00a0 \u00a0Take breaks and switch off<\/h3>\n
6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Identify and challenge ways your business centers men<\/h3>\n
Infographic references<\/h2>\n
\n2 Accenture Resetting Tech Culture report 2021<\/a>
\n3 Pew Research<\/a>
\n4 New study reveals key to the gender gap in C-suite<\/a>
\n5 Karen Holtzblatt, WITOps
\n6 Kaspersky Women in Tech report 2020-21<\/a>
\n7 WITOps onboarding research<\/a>
\n8 WITOps onboarding checklist<\/a>
\n9 Fostering more supportive behaviors<\/a>
\n10 Kaspersky Women in Tech report 2020-21<\/a>
\n11 Mentoring is hard but rewarding, and it\u2019s everyone\u2019s job<\/a>
\n12 ACCA Global: The always-on culture is bad for productivity and health<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"