EWF CORPORATE AWARD
We are a people first company, committed to providing an inclusive workplace where employees feel comfortable being their authentic selves. This starts with our approach to inclusion and diversity and extends
into how we develop, mentor, reward and promote people. Avanade has pursued a purpose driven strategy around Inclusion & Diversity since our founding in 2000, with a strong focus on gender and the under representation of women in the tech industry. Our current strategy expands well beyond gender to make sure that every person at Avanade feels like they belong and are supported. We have made specific changes to our hiring practices to put diversity first and achieve our gender parity hiring goals, including using gender neutral job postings, expanding hiring profiles, unconscious bias training for all employees plus a 3.5 hour mandatory training for all interviewers. We have seen a real change in our population demographics because of this focus, with the representation of women growing year on year across all levels globally. There has been an increase in female representation on our Board of Directors from 17% to 60%, our Executive Committee from 23% to 45%, and female executive leaders from 22% to 26%. We continue to focus efforts on attracting and expanding our pipeline of talent achieving 40% female hiring globally (3,000 of 8,000 total hires) in the last fiscal year. Information Security roles are 29% female with 33% manager level or higher, many own and lead multiple security programs. To meet our growth ambitions, our approach to attracting and developing talent is changing. Our focus is on a sustainable approach as a true catalyst for change and we are investing in shifting our mindset from a talent consumer to talent creator. We know that global skills shortage is an ever increasing risk to strategic growth, and when we merge that with our commitment to becoming one of the most inclusive organizations in the world, we are preparing for this shift to our approach towards hiring for potential including life experience and industry expertise increasing our need to train for skills.
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2022 EXECUTIVE WOMEN’S FORUM
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