Did you know that only 19 per cent of the tech workforce is made up of women?
作为这个被选中的群体的一部分——对于来自BAME背景的女性来说，这个比例甚至更低——我想我应该分享一下自己的经历.
我在十大网博靠谱平台一家名为Naimuri的软件开发和数据分析公司从事通信和营销工作.
我认为自己很幸运，能在一家拥有令人惊叹的文化、提供兼职和灵活的工作安排的公司工作，这让我有了充实的事业和富有成效的家庭/个人生活.
But the reality is that while the fight for talent is at an all-time high. 科技行业兼职工作缺乏灵活性的问题从未如此明显.
就我而言，我发现自己在2020年5月被解雇了，当时封锁正在全面展开.
由于身怀孕，我又要找工作了，这让我很害怕，我想知道未来会发生什么.
我花了一些时间和我刚出生的孩子和家人一起享受时光，一年后，我重新审视了就业市场，看看有什么选择. The answer was not very much.
有孩子对女性和她们的事业有很大的影响，但直到去年我才真正意识到这有多困难.
For me, having two young children and not living close to any family, I made the decision (with the support of my husband) to work three days a week, so I could strike a balance between work and family.
考虑到科技行业严重的技能短缺以及整个行业的性别多样性问题, I thought I would be able to find a role – but how wrong was I?
我记不清有多少艰难的谈话，因为我不能一周工作五天.
In my case I got lucky by stumbling across Naimuri.
说实话，我以前从未听说过Naimuri，但我立刻就喜欢上了他们描述自己所做的事情的方式, their vision and their values and, even more perfectly, they were advertising for a part-time marketing and communications role!
这对我来说是完美的，但我希望看到更多的雇主做出持久改变的承诺，评估他们的商业模式，并探索他们能为在职或希望重返职场的女性提供什么.
Tech Returners are doing a great job of supporting women back into the industry and the Digital Her scheme 是否在努力激励未来几代女性投身科技行业, 但是，在科技企业中，灵活和兼职的机会仍然缺乏.
It is widely documented that childcare is extremely expensive in the UK, so to support women returning to the workplace or retraining after kids, 雇主需要做更多的工作来创造一种让女性人才发光的文化, but also, not feel frazzled by the daily demands and juggles of trying to ‘have it all’.
As well as offering flexibility around working days and hours, social events, team meetings and workplace activities need to be considered, to ensure employers are not segmenting some of their employees, who have commitments they can’t change.
尽管在过去的几年里，人们一直在讨论工作世界是如何适应的, 我们仍然需要教育更多的雇主，让他们认识到兼职可以为企业带来巨大的价值，职场文化必须发生巨大的转变.
研究不断表明，劳动力的多样性和包容性越高, the more talent thrive, feel valued and create good work.
周日，我们看到母狮队在温布利赢得了2022年欧洲杯的奖杯，她们鼓舞人心的主教练萨琳娜·维格南说她们的成功帮助“改变了社会”。.
我希望我们能在科技行业看到类似的变化，为所有人创造一个更公平的代表.
