The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.

  • serial_crusher@lemmy.basedcount.com
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    1 year ago

    If recruiters are trying to discriminate, and you have the attributes they’re discriminating in favor of, getting a face-to-face with them can be a way to get your foot in the door that doesn’t leave a paper trail.

    Which really highlights how bad the job market is now. All the recruiters at this job fair are going to share the sentiments the organizers are expressing in this article. They’re there to hire women and are pissed at all the men who showed up, so significantly less likely to hire them… but those dudes are so desperate they still gave it a shot.

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      1 year ago

      I’m a woman and wasn’t even at the event. No clue it was going on, and it seems like it’d be far too expensive for me to attend in the first place. If they’re looking for women who are eager to work for them, they’re looking in the wrong place.

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      Which really highlights how bad the job market is now

      I think we should specify, “in tech”. The greater job market is doing fine. Tech has been over hiring and over compensating for years.