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

00:16 – Welcome to “Well, Technically...” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”
01:34 – LaToya Allen’s Introduction
03:18 – Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball (https://www.wired.com/2016/09/dear-tech-companies-focus-diversity-not-foosball/)
08:14 – How does “the team photo” reflect on you and your company?
10:33 – Article Backlash; Interviewing/Hiring People for Diversity

Mental health Bechdel test for women in male-dominated fields: Have *I* talked to another woman today about something related to my work?

— amy nguyen (@amyngyn) October 10, 2016

15:11 – The Talking-Over-People Culture
Ruby DCamp (http://rubydcamp.org/)
17:37 – Improving Job Postings; How do you find a company to work for that’s good?
“Save your ninja moves for the alley!” ~ Jessica Kerr
23:16 – What is something that your company or coworkers or someone at work did that made you feel included?
26:18 – “Signaling”
30:54 – The SheNomads Job Board and the Vetting Process
Commitment to diversity inclusion
Provide meaningful work
Offer reasonable pay
33:33 – #talkpay (https://twitter.com/hashtag/talkpay)
Salary Negotiation with Ashley Powell (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQUSLEapSfY)
Use Google / Indeed.com
Talk to recruiters
Talk to your peers
35:56 – SheNomads and Remote Work
 
Reflections:
Dave: Thinking more about signaling.
Astrid: I’m not the only person turned off by ninja-stuff.
Coraline: Bringing marketing personas into the recruiting process.
Sam: Recognizing the impulse to interrupt and taking a step back.
LaToya: Thank you for Greater Than Code!
Jessica: Gratitude for remote work and diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Listener Call to Action:
If you are not a remote worker, talk to management and see if you can work from home one day per week to introduce the idea of remote work and prove that you are effective and efficient even if you are not present in the office.
If you are in a management position, go work from home yourself at least one day per week, so you can build some empathy for what it’s like to be on the other side of those tools and that divide, so you can more effectively incorporate your more distributed teammates.
This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode).
To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.
Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: LaToya Allen.

00:16 – Welcome to “Well, Technically...” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”

01:34 – LaToya Allen’s Introduction

03:18 – Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball

08:14 – How does “the team photo” reflect on you and your company?

10:33 – Article Backlash; Interviewing/Hiring People for Diversity

Mental health Bechdel test for women in male-dominated fields: Have *I* talked to another woman today about something related to my work?

— amy nguyen (@amyngyn) October 10, 2016

15:11 – The Talking-Over-People Culture

Ruby DCamp

17:37 – Improving Job Postings; How do you find a company to work for that’s good?

“Save your ninja moves for the alley!” ~ Jessica Kerr

23:16 – What is something that your company or coworkers or someone at work did that made you feel included?

26:18 – “Signaling”

30:54 – The SheNomads Job Board and the Vetting Process

Commitment to diversity inclusion
Provide meaningful work
Offer reasonable pay

33:33 – #talkpay

Salary Negotiation with Ashley Powell

Use Google / Indeed.com
Talk to recruiters
Talk to your peers

35:56 – SheNomads and Remote Work

 

Reflections:

Dave: Thinking more about signaling.

Astrid: I’m not the only person turned off by ninja-stuff.

Coraline: Bringing marketing personas into the recruiting process.

Sam: Recognizing the impulse to interrupt and taking a step back.

LaToya: Thank you for Greater Than Code!

Jessica: Gratitude for remote work and diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Listener Call to Action:

If you are not a remote worker, talk to management and see if you can work from home one day per week to introduce the idea of remote work and prove that you are effective and efficient even if you are not present in the office.

If you are in a management position, go work from home yourself at least one day per week, so you can build some empathy for what it’s like to be on the other side of those tools and that divide, so you can more effectively incorporate your more distributed teammates.

This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks!

Special Guest: LaToya Allen.

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