include.io: SAP & Lesbians Who Tech Present: Solving Tech’s Billion $ Talent Problem

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Transcript of include.io: SAP & Lesbians Who Tech Present: Solving Tech’s Billion $ Talent Problem

Welcome to SAP Silicon Valley – Scott Leatherman, Chief Operating Officer, SAP Labs US

Introduction and Setting the Stage– Moya Watson, Product Manager, SAP

“Even at LGBT events

there are 10% women at

best”– Leanne Pittsford, 2014

“The best way to hire

people of color and

women is to hire them.” – Aliya Rahman, 2015

“There’s nothing unconscious

about it. If you’re looking across

a room and there are ten white

men there and you didn’t notice,

you’re [insert expletive]”– Kara Swisher, 2016

2017

More Attendees

More Diversity

More Tech

Awesomeness

More Badassery

… and still.

That re-entry though…

Interview and Discussion

Jenny DearbornChief Learning Officer & SVPSAP@DearbornJenny

Brianna BolesVP of PartnershipsLesbians Who Tech@lesbiantech

Ciara TrinidadHead of People Development & InclusionLever@lever

SAP: Business Benefits of Diversity and

Inclusion85% of CEOs say D&I strategy has enhanced performancePwC, 18th Annual Global CEO Survey

D&I drives Employee Engagement. 1%-point EE increase results in operating profit impact of €40-50 millionCatalyst Study

Diversity Inc. Top 50 companies outperform stock exchange by 25%Diversity Inc.

35% of ethnically diverse companies outperform peersMcKinsey analysis

85% of enterprises agree diversity results in most innovative ideasForbes Survey

48% higher operating margins in gender diverse teamsMcKinsey analysis

$12 trillion added to economy with gender equityMcKinsey analysis

Diverse companies have 39% higher customer satisfactionGallup Workplace Studies

Top companies are 36% more likely to link financial performance to diversityOxford Economics

Hi I’m

Brianna.@lesbiantech

Introducing include.io

By 2020 there will be

1.4 Million open tech jobs

How do we create companies that reflect the people who use their products?

How do we change the face of technology?

OPPORTUNITY

Of Bootcampers

Are Women

43%In Undergrad

Computer Science

15.7%VS.

60% of technical talent attain

skills from non-traditional

education

Problem

Networks

are Biased

Growth in Non

traditional Talent

Intentional

validation

+ Direct

referrals

1 million open

jobs by 2020

Problem

There are over

500K tech jobs

open

60% technically

skilled people are

non traditional

Representation Direct referrals are

safest way to hire,

but networks are

biased

Intentional

Inclusion

Proxies and

Validation for

Non traditional

tech talent

Solution: include.io

+ Build

Your Best

Team

“What if instead of talking about how to be more

inclusive, we just build a tech community that is

actually representative of the world we live in.”

— Leanne Pittsford, Founder, Lesbians Who Tech

Our Journey

2013 2015 2016

include.io is a recruiting and retention platform that uses mini-mentoring sessions to

validate diverse and non-traditional technical talent, allowing you to be intentional about

inclusion and scale access to the direct referrals that matter most, your current

employees.

How it works for the candidate

Create

a Profile

Add

Projects

Get Introduced

to Companies

Mentor Pairings +

Validation = More

proxies for companies

Get Hired

+ Get Bonus

Core KPI-Total

Profilesinclude.io Talent Rep

Reviews & Matches

with Mentor

Technical Skills and

Profile Mentor Validated

Introductions to

Company Hiring

Managers

Core KPI-Total

Placed

1 2 3 4 5

DEMO

Meet

Lori.candidate + mentor

(actually include.io engineer)

User Signup Form

Personal Information

Work and Expertise

Current and Desired Skills

Identify As - Diversity Data

Candidate / Mentor Profile + Projects

Lori’s Mentors + Skills Validators

How it works | Mentors

1.

Create

a Profile

2.

You are

matched with

candidates for

validation

3.

You look at

their projects

on github

4.

Community

Credentialing + mini

mentoring

Algorithmic Matches of Candidates <> Mentors

Mentor-Driven Skills Validation

How it works | Companies find talent

Team

include.io is brought to you by

Leanne Pittsford, CEO of Lesbians

Who Tech, a global community of

over 20,000 queer women and allies

in tech to create human connections,

increase visibility and improve

representation among women, people

of color + lesbians in technology.

Kevin DykesHead of Product

Leanne PittsfordFounder & CEO

Dom BrasseyVP of Growth

Lori AshwoodEngineer

Patty BusbyOperations

Brianna BolesVP of Partnerships

Tiff ReedDesigner

Technologists

#SHOWUP

Thank you

@lesbiantech