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		Recruitment: Use these proven strategies to recruit women to technology.

Maui Community College Offers a Model Technology Internship Program Download PDF Now

Eleven students, including 4 women, participated in an Adaptive Optics Science internship. A year later, 80% of the students were continuing their science education, and at least eight had received job offers.

Andrews, Christine, Leslie Wilkins, Malika Moutawakkil, Lisa Hunter, "Tapping the Rich Diversity of the Community Colleges: Akamai Summer Internship Program - An REU Model at Maui Community College," Proceedings of the 2005 WEPAN/NAMEPA Joint Conference. 2005 WEPAN NAMEPA.

The Women in Technology Project is administered by the Maui Economic Development Board and funded in part by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Learn the Steps to Recruit Women to Information Technology Download PDF Now

Researchers interviewed IT employers, professionals and educators about recruiting women to technology to develop these steps for building your own IT Outreach Campaign.

Bush, Sharon; Henle, Toni; Cohen, Shoshana; Jenkins, Davis; Kossy, Judith, "Recruiting Lower-Income Women Into Information Technology Careers: Building a Foundation for Action," Women Employed Institute, 2002.

Young Women "Discover Engineering" at Summer Camp and High School Workshops Download PDF Now

Read about the Discover Engineering outreach program and summer camp led by Ryerson University. By the program's end, the number of young women expressing an interest in engineering had doubled.

Anderson, Lisa, Kimberley Gilbride, "Pre-university Outreach: Encouraging Students to Consider Engineering Careers," Global Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 7, No. 1. c. 2003 UICEE.

Simple Marketing Techniques Attract Female Applicants to New Fields Download PDF Now

Sending a strong message that women are wanted is one way to recruit applicants. Learn the rest of the techniques that led to a 59 percent jump in the number of female apprentices in Hawaii.

Andrews, Christine L., and Leslie Wilkins. "Recruiting Women to the Trades: Marketing Strategies that Work!!!" Maui Economic Development Board, Women in Technology Project.

The Women in Technology Project is administered by the Maui Economic Development Board and funded in part by the U.S. Department of Labor.

How Colleges Can Recruit Women to Computer Science Download PDF Now

Read the 19 specific recommendations to recruit and retain more women to a computer science major, with action steps for implementation.

McGrath Cohoon, J., "Recruiting and Retaining Women in Undergraduate Computing Majors," SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 34, No.2, June 2002.

Female Students Prefer Science Relevant to Their Lives Download PDF Now

In a survey of students at Maui High School, female students indicated that they would want to take science if it was made more relevant to their lives. Find out about an innovative program that provides a work-like environment to help keep them interested in technology.

Andrews, Christine L., and Leslie Wilkins. "Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) Project - An Industry/Education Collaboration That Works for Females and Minorities," Proceedings of the NAMEPA/WEPAN 2001 Joint Conference (April 21, 2001), NAMEPA/WEPAN.

The Women in Technology Project is administered by the Maui Economic Development Board and funded in part by the U.S. Department of Labor.

	The CalWomenTech Project is Funded by The Program for Research on Gender in Science and Engineering from The National Science Foundation - Grant no. 0533564

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