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Empowering women in tech: Bridging the digital skills shortage
As the technology industry continues to grow, the demand for top tech talent increases- except we're lacking enough trained candidates to fill the job roles. The digital skills crisis is here to stay and it's causing major issues for businesses that are trying to keep up with the pace of the industry. But what is contributing to the ever-growing digital skills gap?
Only 24% of the UK tech workforce is female with just 5% in leadership roles. The lack of female representation across all job roles and skill levels is leaving much work to do to close the digital...
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