If there are 5 million information technology jobs in the u.s., and roughly 4.5 million qualified professionals, it doesn't take an economist to figure out that the industry is short a half-million warm bodies. Women have to step up and empower themselves.
Women are more available for jobs and are joining the job market at a faster pace than men.
And they are better prepared for high-tech jobs than ever before. Also, women are entering the work force at a quicker pace than men. Education and training level reports also show women seem to be preparing better for high-tech jobs. The rate of women going on to college is about 69 percent, while men are holding at 64 percent. According to Lenore Blum, distinguished career professor in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, only 8 percent of their computer science majors in 1995 were women.