DEI
Helping Neurodivergent Employees Succeed in Data Engineering
By Riccardo Duberry Diversity has always been a subject close to my heart. During my university days, I immersed myself in numerous modules focused on understanding and appreciating the multifaceted nature of diversity. This passion naturally extended into my professional life when I embarked on a career in recruitment. It was here that I began…
Read MoreDiversity, Equity and Inclusion: How Data Leaders Can Take Action on DEI
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are principles aimed at ensuring fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all people within the workforce. Through employing an effective DEI strategy, companies can look to identify and eliminate barriers that have previously prevented the full participation of people from certain genders, races, genders, sexualities, ethnicities, ages, or socioeconomic…
Read MoreDiversity in Data Report | A Deep Dive: fewer women in entry level data positions in 2023
Our 2023 Diversity in Data Report has just gone live, revealing a range of interesting trends, and not all of them positive for the data industry. While it is important to celebrate our successes as a sector, it is also vital that we use reports such as these to shine a light on our weak…
Read MoreDiversity In Data Report 2023: Summary
We have compiled and published the sixth edition of our Diversity in Data Report, which once again reveals a varied picture across the data industry but with some fascinating developments over the past 12 months. In this article we provide a summary of the headline findings across the data industry. The report is compiled based…
Read MoreThe Practical Steps Businesses Can Take To Improve their DEI Strategies
It’s well known that diverse and inclusive companies are the most innovative and successful, and history has taught us that the best employees don’t necessarily come from the same socioeconomic backgrounds, universities, or ethnicities. But with so much buzz around the DEI subject, as a business owner or HR manager, it can sometimes be difficult…
Read MoreWhy Diversity is Important in the Workplace
October marks Black History Month in the UK. Every year, Black History Month is an opportunity for people and communities to celebrate Black heritage and culture, and the crucial impact that people of African and Caribbean heritage have had on our society. The long-standing occasion has been celebrated for a century in the US and…
Read MorePride Month: LGBT+ role models in STEM that you should know about | Harnham Recruitment post
Inclusion across all sectors should be something not only strived for but required. In a disruptive innovative sector like STEM, anything less will threaten to…
Read MoreHow to Create More Inclusive Data Teams
June is Pride month, a reminder of how far the LGBTQ community has come, and that there is still room to grow. As many businesses focus on making sure their DEI…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day 2023: 12 Unsung Women in Tech
Women have been a force in tech since the 19th century. And though we know some of their names now, there are many more whose names that aren’t so well known. But what they’ve done, what they’ve worked on, and the products and services they’ve created and contributed to are household names. From video game…
Read MoreHow Can Organisations Tap into the Huge Pool of Neurodiverse Data Talent?
Ensuring that our workplaces are thriving with a diverse range of talent is, rightly, a topic that many organisations are focussing on. Yet, for the most part,…
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