Two in five women working in IT are not confident about future success.

Onrec reports research by womenintechnology found 41 percent of women in the industry are not confident of their career outlook.

The online job board and networking portal asked attendees at its “How to get ahead in IT” event why this is the case. A variety of reasons were given, however motherhood was an issue many women thought could damage their success in the years to come. Others had difficulties in knowing how to progress in their careers.

The research also showed 65 percent did not have a clear vision of what they wanted to achieve in their IT career with some respondents choosing to be open to new prospects and others lacking the knowledge in how to progress.

Maggie Berry, Director of womenintechnology, told Onrec: "The majority of the women believed they were the driver of their own success with many updating their CV regularly on LinkedIn and speaking with management so that others are aware of their achievements. However many cited difficulties in marketing themselves in this way."

Richard Chapman, Head of Diversity Milkround, adds: "Women in or looking to get into IT need to appreciate and accentuate the skills they bring to this 'untraditional' career path. Several IT firms are eager to recruit and retain females with schemes varying from 'Bring your child to work' to post-maternity reintegration schemes.

"A good indicator of whether a company is thinking about providing women with job peace of mind is their advertising and promotion of initiatives to candidates."

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