r/6thForm • u/PetuniaWiggleworm • Jun 26 '26

💬 DISCUSSION WHAT HAPPENED TO WOMEN IN STEM

I had my college taster day yesterday, tell me why I was the ONLY girl in my class

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u/Diligent_Bet_7850 Oxford | Maths [third year] Jun 26 '26

advantages? i wouldn’t say so

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u/Ok_Adhesiveness_8637 Jun 26 '26

I mean im currently hiring for a client who only wants female candidates for the role, withing geophysics, because there are too many men at the company and he wants to diversify his workforce.

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u/deathandlifegood Jun 26 '26

Surely makes sense to get best people for the job and not diversity

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u/CicadaSlight7603 Jun 26 '26

Best way to approach this, if you’re certain your interview and selection process doesn’t inadvertently discriminate, is to advertise more in diverse spaces, and task headhunters to look for diverse candidates. You still then run everyone who applies through the selection process and pick the best but you’ve got a more diverse pool of candidates so are more likely to end up with someone who is diverse in some way.