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viv wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 11:02 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: >> Quoting Clare Shepherd <clareeshepherd@xxxxxxx>: >> >>> I think that it's partly our fault, in that women often, but not >>> always and maybe less so with younger women, see an all male enclave >>> of IT people, bikers, golfers or whatever, as slightly threatening, >>> intimidating etc. I think this is a trait that is improving, in that >>> men are more used to having women included and we are getting used to >>> it too. >> <snip> >> >> I find it interesting that this discussion has come up. We're getting >> a trainee broadcast engineer where I work, I was pleasantly surprised >> to find out that the applicant who was offered the job was a young (I >> think) lady from up north. IIRC we only have one other female >> broadcast engineer in the entire company but two girls on the Helpdesk. >> >> Could it be worth some of the women in IT (or professions that have >> typically been male dominated - plumbing, building etc) going to >> secondary schools and giving talks and maybe encouraging more women >> into these male dominated professions? >> >> Throughout my 12 years working in IT only a couple of the places I've >> worked at have had women working in IT roles, and the majority of them >> have been Helpdesk type roles. >> >> Rob >> > I think this is a great idea and would be happy to do it. However, I am > not working in IT now - was up to 6 months ago. When I was, I wouldn't > have had the time to volunteer for something like this. However, I think > that I could do a good "selling job" as I really enjoyed my time in IT > and believe strongly that women can get a lot out of making this type of > career choice. > > Any idea of how I could go about volunteering my services to the > education sector ? > > Viv > > Not sure how you'd go about it, maybe Paul might be able to advise on this. Possibly try speaking to the ICT Teachers at a local secondary school? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html