Round Up: London Girl Geek Dinner – Getting Into IT

A few weeks back the London Girl Geeks descended upon Central Foundation Girls School to meet the students, both past and present, to discuss how to get into IT.  The event was sponsored by OpenNETCF Consulting Black Christmas download Big Stan the movie Gang of Roses dvdrip

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The session was good and the students seemed to get a lot out of it, as did a few of the teachers there.  If you are thinking about going into your local school and talking then it’s well worth doing!  I’m sure the teachers who follow our blog will tell you that!  And the schools are very good at co-ordinating and helping outsiders come into the schools.

Take a look at the video and feel free to add your own pieces of advice for youngsters looking to get into the IT industry in the comments below.  You can also annotate the video with your comments.  I haven’t added any so far but they are open to all for comments!

ONLINE SURVEY: Gendered Experiences of Flexible Working / Work-Life ‘Balance’

Dr Al James, Queen Mary Unniversity of London  [email protected] has been doing a research project which explores the business benefits of IT firms (Dublin and Cambridge) providing flexible working arrangements to help workers juggle work, personal life and family.

Would you be able to spare a few minutes to complete a short, anonymised and confidential online survey about your everyday experiences of juggling home, work and family; your preferred flexible working arrangements; and the ways in which your employer gains from helping you achieve a better work-life balance.  I’d be very grateful – all participants will be sent final copies of the final research report.  You will also be entered for a prize draw hamper in the autumn!

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Thank you very much for your time.

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Girl Geek Dinners Group on LinkedIn

I have recently added the Girl Geek Dinners Group to LinkedIn for those who would like to show their affiliation with the Girl Geek Dinners via their LinkedIn profile.  This is an international group for Girl Geeks from everywhere around the world not just those based in London.  To join the group just follow this link:

http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/131451/5C8CD10180C1

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The group was created at the request of one of the Girl Geeks who is also a member of LinkedIn.

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July Newsletter

We had a great Girl Geek Dinner with IT4Communities in June.  The videos, slides and pictures from this event will be up here in the next few days.  But in the meantime we’ve just launched our next event.  This next event is all about Getting into IT so if you are toying with the idea of coming into the IT industry and want a few hints and tips then do sign up for the event.  Also if you think you can help those looking for advice on how to get into the industry then do sign up.

We have some fantastic speakers for this event and it should be a lot of fun!  The event is sponsored by OpenNETCF Consulting, where pizza and soft drinks will be served.

For more details on the event and to sign up take a look here!

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  • Our Newsletter attachment can be found here!!! July 2008
  • We are looking for a couple of people to take part in a panel discussion for our 3 year anniversary Girl Geek Dinner on the 28th August.  What we are looking for in particular are two women, one who doesn’t have children but maybe has a busy social life and the other a mother who is still in the IT industry who has had children who are grown up and have moved away.  If you think you could be what we are looking for and are available on the 28th August in the evening then do get in touch.

I look forward to seeing some of you at the next Girl Geek Dinner!