It's no secret that the tech sector has a diversity problem.
According to the Australian Government Office of the Chief Scientist, based on data from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing, the total STEM workforce in Australia totals 2.3 million with only 16% of those being female.
What may surprise you is the impact that the lack of diverse hiring practices is having on many companies.
Tech giants like Google and YouTube have faced lawsuits because of their hiring practices.
A lack of diversity can make a company unattractive to potential employees. For example, research found that 47% of millennials want to work at diverse companies. Yet, according to research conducted by Bloomberg, "all-male teams make about 38% of the decisions in a typical large company, and the gap is even worse among less diverse firms like those in Silicon Valley's technology industry."
As you can see, there are very real consequences to bias in the workplace.