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AGR CONFERENCE 2013 Is the shortage of stem women keeping you awake
1. Is the shortage of STEM women
keeping you awake at night?
Chris Phillips and Sandi Rhys-Jones OBE
RhysJones
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• 3 x Exclusive “invitation only” technology careers event held in October and November
• For high calibre, pre-screened female STEM undergraduates from top universities
• Significant face to face engagement throughout the day between attendees and the
employer representatives
• Student data & CVs provided post event
• Limited spaces remaining for employers
Contact Kirsty Drummond for further details.
kirsty.drummond@targetjobs.co.uk
07772 020207
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Part One – What students think
Chris Phillips, Research and Information Director,
GTI Media
Part Two – What can you do to
make you sleep better at night?
Sandi Rhys-Jones OBE
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STEM women undergraduate survey
• Survey online for three weeks in May/June 2013
• Female undergraduates studying STEM subjects
were invited to participate from targetjobs.co.uk
database and female TARGETjobs events
• 551 responses from a wide range of universities
• The universities providing the most responses were:
Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Birmingham, Manchester,
UCL and Nottingham
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Degree Background
• 30% life sciences
• 20% engineering
• 16% physical sciences
• 14% computing/IT degrees
• 12% medical science degrees
• 4% civil/structural engineering and construction
• 4% other subjects
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Will you be applying (or have already applied)
exclusively for jobs that are directly relevant to your
STEM degree?
62%
27%
11%
Yes
Maybe
Maybe not
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If you answered ‘maybe’ or ‘maybe not’ to the previous
question…….Which of the following statements best describes
your position?
25%
66%
8%
I am fairly certain that I will be end up in a
relevant STEM job but I am looking at
alternatives
I have an open mind and will look at
everything that is available
I definitely plan to look for a non-technical
or non-scientific career
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If you answered ‘maybe’ or ‘maybe not’ to ‘Will you be applying (or have already
applied) exclusively for jobs that are directly relevant to your STEM degree?’
For each of the following, can you indicate how seriously interested you would be in
pursuing a career within these areas?
2
3
3
3
4
4
12
14
15
12
10
8
7
6
11
18
26
31
32
23
26
16
22
20
36
37
34
55
65
63
73
69
65
34
24
20
Retail
Accountancy
Banking or Insurance
Investment Banking
Law
Armed forces or police
Consulting
Management
Public sector and
charities
Seriously interested Interested Possibly interested No thanks
Other:
• Teaching
• Marketing
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Do you have any of the following concerns about
engineering, science or technical jobs?
21
32
46
41
51
44
42
33
43
34
35
26
21
16
15
Career progression
The status of
jobs/employers in this
field
That the work itself will
not be interesting enough
The level of starting salary
compared with other
careers
The gender balance (ie
joining a predominately
male workplace)
Not a concern Possibly a concern A big concern
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Do you think that STEM employers can make
themselves more attractive to women applicants?
53%
47%
No, they are doing the right things Yes, they could do more
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Which of the following statements do you agree
with the most? Please select one only
36%
41%
16%
6%
more than 80%
around 50%
around 30%
fewer than 20%
On my degree course what percentage of women are planning
to use their degree knowledge directly in a career?
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• Women’s concerns about STEM careers:
– Having to relocate/move every few years
– Achieving a work/life balance suitable for their future families
– Job security
– Cost of studying for further qualifications
• How can we encourage more women into STEM careers:
– More encouragement at school
– More work experience opportunities
– Female role models would be helpful, preferably in senior positions
– Women don’t want positive discrimination
– Lack of confidence – support female personality traits
– Explain qualities women bring to the work place that will enhance STEM
companies
– Need to be careful that STEM events encourage more women without alienating
them
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Summary of survey
• No evidence of widespread dissatisfaction with
careers related to their degree
• 38% of respondents may indeed look at other career
areas but only 11% with any conviction
• No evidence that they would rather work in the City
• Just over half think that employers are doing the right
things to promote themselves to women
• But they do have concerns and they do have
suggestions…
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Part Two - The menu
• Who - a bit about me
• Why - the business driver
• Where - we are now
• What - some companies are doing
• How - you might do more
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Who
In no particular order
• Career in engineering, construction, technology
• Speaker, trainer, facilitator
• Non executive director
• Wife, mother, grandmother
• Mediator and arbitrator
• Employer
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Why
Between now and 2020, engineering
companies need 87,000 people with
engineering degrees
Currently the UK produces 46,000
So we need to double the numbers
– and start fishing from the whole pool.
EngineeringUK 2013
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Why choose women?
“Eight out of 10 women who apply to us will
be made job offers. They are focused,
flexible and determined. They bring more of
the softer and transferable skills too.”
Lisa Tyler, WSP
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Doing better business
“I enjoy developing people, having high
expectations of them. If you do this, then
people will generally deliver.”
Lisa-Jane Risk, BizSpace
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Where are we now?
• UK’s graduation rate for women engineers is 15%
compared with 20% in Europe and 19% in the World
• The UK has the lowest proportion of female engineering
professionals within EU countries
• Only 13% of all STEM jobs in the UK are occupied by
women
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What some companies are doing…
• 6% of surveyed organisations claim to have a
positive attitude to flexible/part time working
• 3% of employers offer structured career paths with
breaks
• 36% of organisations do nothing at all to improve
workforce diversity
The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Annual Skills Survey 2013
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What other companies are doing
Actively engaging in attracting more women
Offering bursaries
Supporting awards (WISE, Aspire, First
Woman etc)
Consider non-cognates
Sponsoring the Big Bang Fair
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Big Bang: filling the hopper
• 90% of 8-11 year olds learned more about
science by coming to the Fair
• 76% of 12-14 year olds viewed engineering
more positively as a result of their visit
• 75% of 15 to 16 year olds knew where to go
next for more career information
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… and what’s more
54% of young people visiting the Big Bang
Fair were female
52% of the winners National Science and
Engineering Competition 2013 were female
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How to do more
“There is a philosophy at interview at not
only getting the best but those who are a bit
different. This year we took on a greater
proportion of women than there were in the
pool of applicants.”
Julie Wood, Arup
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Personal communication
“One in five of our engineers is a woman, so
we are well above the average. And of the
last graduate intake, 30 per cent were
female. This is largely down to our process –
we telephone interview everyone on the long
list before inviting them to assessment day.”
Lisa Tyler, WSP
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Broaden horizons
“We are such a multi-disciplinary
organization there is a whole range of
opportunity, rather than a narrow and linear
career profile.”
Kate Hall, Director, Arup
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Pressure points
“You are very visible as a female in the
industry, which creates a pressure for
constant performance.”
Kate Hall, Arup
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Pressure points
“I have worked within five different
companies as an engineer and believe that
the first two months are the most critical.
This is where I believe a mentor can be
invaluable.”
Claire Jones
IMechE Mechanical Engineers Young Member of the Year
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Progression paths
• “There are more women but I believe
that many do not understand the politics
– or simply don’t want to dance around
with the politics.”
Julie Wood, Arup
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Reality test
“I visited HeathrowTerminal 2B construction site,
thanks to the National Student Awards and
sponsor Byrne Bros. The experience was unique
and put into perspective the information I had
gained over my two years at University; it makes
me even more eager to begin working in such a
challenging and diverse industry.”
Alexandra Pares, Loughborough University
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Inclusive development
“There is a lack of support for the softer, career
progression type skills. Rather than having a
woman’s network or young engineer’s network,
institutions could think about having sessions on
negotiation, mentoring, networking, leadership
etc which would attract more young female
engineers without being exclusive.”
Roma Agrawal, Associate, WSP
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How you might do more
• Real work experiences and placements
• Targeted outreach
• Inclusive leadership training
• Networks
• Mentoring
• Broader career development training
• Tell a good story – with the right storyteller
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Send the right message
“If females are discounting engineering as a
'cold and calculated' industry, with a chilly,
technical exterior, we need to make them
aware that it does in fact have a warm and
humanitarian core too.”
Sakthy Selvakumaran, Ramboll
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Thoughts and discussion
• Which is more challenging for your organisation:
recruiting STEM women or retaining them, and why?
• If recruitment is more challenging, and you only have
the budget/resources for 2 activities, what would you
do?
• If retention is more challenging, and you only had the
budget/resources for 2 activities, what would you do?
