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Re:I’m a woman in tech, and this is what I want in a company by 8note on Sunday April 30, 2017 @03:27AM (#14230543)
it's a competitive advantage in hiring.

say there's five companies attracting just men, and there's one company attracting both men and women, all six are competing for the men, but only one gets the best women

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Re:I’m a woman in tech, and this is what I want in a company by user5994461 on Sunday April 30, 2017 @07:09AM (#14230999)
There might very well a 10 men to 1 women ratio. The first company is not missing out much by missing 10% of the candidates.

The second company might however have a really hard time hiring if it's limiting itself to a small subset of the hiring pool.

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