Episode 003: Hiring People For Diversity with LaToya Allen of SheNomads




Greater Than Code show

Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CoralineAda"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coraline Ada Ehmke</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/jessitron"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessica Kerr</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/geeksam"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Livingston-Gray</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/dbrady"><span style="font-weight: 400;">David Brady</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ianthro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astrid Countee</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/HashtagLaToya"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LaToya Allen<br> </span></a><a href="http://www.shenomads.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SheNomads<br> </span></a><a href="https://www.bigcartel.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Big Cartel</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p><b>00:16</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Welcome to “Well, Technically…” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”<br> </span><b>01:34</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – </span><a href="http://www.shenomads.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SheNomads</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> LaToya Allen’s Introduction<br> </span><b style="font-size: 1.8rem;">03:18</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – </span><a style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1.8rem;" href="https://www.wired.com/2016/09/dear-tech-companies-focus-diversity-not-foosball/">Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball<br> </a><b>08:14</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – How does “the team photo” reflect on you and your company?<br> </span><b>10:33</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Article Backlash; Interviewing/Hiring People for Diversity</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mental health Bechdel test for women in male-dominated fields: Have *I* talked to another woman today about something related to my work?</p> <p>— amy nguyen (@amyngyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/amyngyn/status/785532779106754560">October 10, 2016</a></p> </blockquote> <p></p> <p><b>15:11</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – The Talking-Over-People Culture</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rubydcamp.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruby DCamp</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>We are (currently) listener supported! Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b>!<br> </b><b>Thank you, </b><a href="https://twitter.com/rydertimberlake"><b>Ryder Timberlake</b></a><b>, for your support!</b></p> <p><b>17:37</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Improving Job Postings; How do you find a company to work for that’s good?</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>“Save your ninja moves for the alley!” ~ Jessica Kerr</b></p> <p><b>23:16</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – What is something that your company or coworkers or someone at work did that made you feel included?<br> </span><b>26:18 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– “Signaling”<br> </span><b>30:54 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– </span><a href="http://www.shenomads.com/job-board.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The SheNomads Job Board</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and the Vetting Process</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Commitment to diversity inclusion</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Provide meaningful work</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Offer reasonable pay</span></li> </ul> <p><b>33:33 </b></p>