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Silicon Valley Tech Workforce Is Vastly Different From US, Say Feds (computerworld.com)
Reader dcblogs shares an article on Computer World: In recent years, major high-tech firms have started releasing workforce diversity data, along with a promise to improve. And there is much room for improvement, according to federal officials. Among the top 75 Silicon Valley tech firms, whites make up 47% of the workforce, Asian Americans 41%, Hispanics, 6% and African Americans 3%, according to an analysis by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Women account for 30% of the workforce at these 75 firms. The diversity makeup of these Silicon Valley high-tech firms is very different from the national employment picture. When compared to overall private industry employment, the tech sector nationally -- not just Silicon Valley -- employed a larger share of whites (63% to 68%), as well as a larger share of Asian Americans (6% to 14%) and a smaller share of African Americans (14% to 7%) and Hispanics (14% to 8%). Employers with a workforce greater than 100 file reports to the EEOC about their employees' race, color, gender and national origin. Nationally, 64% of the employees in high-tech are men versus 52% in the broader workforce. Women account for 36% of the tech workforce, versus comprising 48% of the broader workforce.
you can't show the world what you can do if you never get HIRED.
The tech unemployment rate in Silicon Valley is 3%, just as low as at the height of the dot-com boom. I get unsolicited job offers several times a month. If you can't get hired in today's job market, the problem is with you.
you are perceived as 'too expensive, we wont insult you with our offer
Then put a "salary expectation" on your resume. That lets prospective employers know exactly what you are willing to accept. I see that on about 10% of the resumes that I read, especially with non-traditional candidates, that may be self-taught or have an unusual employment history.