Career transition for women in digital professions: let’s get involved!
The Manifesto is accompanied by quantified commitments to increase the presence of women in the digital professions that are recruiting; a subject that is still too little present in public policies and not sufficiently developed within companies.
Women and the digital professions: an alarming finding.
Syntec Numérique and Social Builder are joining forces to get companies in all sectors involved in a worrying issue: the under-representation of women in the digital professions.
At a time when the technological revolution is in full swing, women account for just 27.5% of jobs in the digital sector1 , despite numerous initiatives over the last ten years to change this figure. This situation is all the more alarming given that 50% of women are still concentrated in 10 of the 86 job families identified, jobs that will be the first to be affected by automation.
And yet, the presence of women is strategic in terms of economic impact, business competitiveness and innovation. The increased presence of women in the digital sector could add 9 billion euros to the European Union’s GDP every year.
A Manifesto to enable women to enter the digital professions on a long-term basis.
To remedy this situation, Syntec Numérique and Social Builder have decided to mobilize French companies by inviting them to sign “Le Manifeste pour la reconversion des Femmes dans les métiers du numérique” and make a concrete commitment.
Concrete commitments, the results of which will be communicated at the end of each year.
Through this Manifesto, Syntec Numérique and Social Builder aim to change the way companies perceive internal and external recruitment by proposing that they commit to at least 3 of the 6 commitments below:
- Broaden recruitment criteria – particularly for so-called technical professions – to take into account potential, cross-disciplinary skills, posture and the entire training program, whether initial or ongoing.
- Enhance the value of all types of career paths in the recruitment process.
- Recruit people of all ages, focusing on motivation, aptitude, adaptability and learning ability.
- Set up actions and support systems to welcome and integrate talented employees who are switching to digital technology within the company.
- Support internal mobility by putting in place the resources and training required to ensure individual career development.
- Train employees in practices favoring inclusion and gender equality.
At the end of each year, signatory companies will be required to communicate on a dedicated platform the number of women recruited externally or internally to retrain for jobs in the digital sector, and the actions implemented.
To date, 44 companies have already signed the Manifesto:
Aareon; 1Kubator; ACIAL; ALCYOR; APSIDE; Apteos; Atos; CAFAS; Capgemini; Clavesis; Contractchain; Devoteam; engIT; Groupe Tenor; Ido Data; Infogene; Isahit; Kwalys; Lauralba; Le Bon Coin; lmb venture; mc²i; Netdev; Nexeo; Nokia;Numhelix SAS; One system; OPEN; Openclassroom; Orange; Projets & Performance; Proxival; Salesforce; Sage; Segula Technologies; Siemens; Softcompany; Sopra Steria; Squoring Technologies; Tanu.io;TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGY IT; T System; Use Together; Valsoftware.
How about you? Sign the manifesto HERE.
“We all agree that we need more women in the digital professions, which are currently under-represented. That’s why we created Femmes du Numérique over 10 years ago, to raise awareness of the digital sector among young girls. Through this manifesto, we hope to mobilize companies in all sectors to multiply our actions to welcome women wishing to retrain”, explains Godefroy de Bentzmann, President of Syntec Numérique.
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“Wanting more women in the digital sector is not enough, we need to change the paradigm. We need to change the paradigm. Recruitment policies need to evolve and take into account lifelong learning and cross-disciplinary skills. Technical skills can be acquired throughout life”. emphasizes Emmanuelle Larroque, founder and director of Social Builder.
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