Forbes November 12, 2024
It’s widely known that men have dominated the tech sector job arena by about a 2-to-1 margin for years. Unfortunately, within the AI workforce, the digital divide between the genders has widened, as 71% of the AI-skilled workers are men and 29% women, representing a 42 percentage point spread in the gender gap.
That’s according to a new report titled Understanding Talent Scarcity: AI and Equity, from global recruiting and talent company Randstad. The analysis was based on a blend of 3 million job profiles and 12,000 responses from employed participants within Randstad’s networks.
One of the more sobering insights is that female workers often receive less priority in accessing AI tools on the job. The report states that only...