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Message to Women: Apply For High Tech Jobs
"These jobs pay more, there is more job security, there are more job opportunities," Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says.
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Despite the difficult economy, companies are still going overseas to fill jobs in computer science and engineering partially because not enough women are applying. Currently, just one in every 10 computer science graduates is a woman, so getting more women on the tech track is becoming a priority for industry leaders. According to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, women can help to close the IT skills gap. Her top priority is to convince more women to join her in the world of high tech, citing the higher salary and increased job security within the tech world. If America wants to stay in the leadership position it has had in the world economy, suggests Sandberg, the country will need to educate the next generation of women in technology-related disciplines.
According to Sandberg, the U.S. education system needs to be revised. Sandberg suggests that kids are not given enough of a chance, and therefore the United States is not setting up for the success it needs going forward. Women still report the shocked feeling of walking into a classroom and being the only woman there. Once girls start seeing women as role models in these fields, it will be a lot easier to feel they belong in that room.
From CBS News
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