Attitudes to Women in Tech are not Keeping Apace with the Digital Revolution

Martha Lane Fox, who delivered this year’s Dimbleby Lecture on the theme of “Dot Everyone,” is the co-founder of lastminute.com, a website that spawned many just like it. Created in 1998, it was an unreserved success for her and co-founder Brent Hoberman, as it was sold in 2003…

One of the first things new consultants are taught during most recruitment training is ‘candidate control’ – i.e. how to make sure your candidate stays in communication with you, attends your interviews, and accepts the offer you get them. Old school recruitment trainers will tell you that ‘you should never present an offer to a candidate unless you know they are going to accept.’ This concept isn’t as mechanical as…