I recently came across an interesting article by Tara Sophia Mohr, who has written a Harvard Business Review Blog based on the Hewlett Packard internal report findings that ‘Men apply for a job when they meet only 60% of the qualifications, but women apply only if they meet 100% of them’. The report, which you…
Women at the Wheel is a free external network of talented individuals, dedicated to supporting and providing development opportunities for women in the automotive industry. Led by Sarah Noble, Automotive Consulting Director at Deloitte UK, the organisation looks to support leadership ambition and empower women to develop their own careers. There is a talent…
The Inspiring Automotive Women Awards 2019, sponsored by Jardine Motors Group Nominations for the Inspiring Automotive Women Awards are now closed. We’d like to say a big thank you for those who nominated a woman who personally inspires them. The Awards will show appreciation and recognition for the efforts and contributions of 30 inspiring women…
2019 saw the Out-reach of our Inspiring Automotive Women Day, this year sponsored by Volkswagen Group UK, grow considerably. In addition to our annual large anchor event, which this year was hosted at the VW Group National Learning Centre on the 3rd of May, we have facilitated 23 school visits by female volunteers from within…
What attracted you to working in the automotive industry? I have always loved cars – I remember being little and sitting in the car with my sister naming all of the cars that we drove past.. Describe a typical day for you Luckily there is no such thing! I could be talking about technical details…
Toyota (GB) PLC support the Automotive Thirty Percent Club, which was founded in 2016 by Julia Muir, CEO of Gaia Innovation, with our mutual aim of achieving a better gender balance across the sector. An important part of their strategy is to ‘Reach Out’ to attract more women into the automotive industry. Therefore, we were…
At the UK Automotive 30% Club, we pride ourselves on the work we do to encourage more females into the sector. Our annual Inspiring Automotive Women Day, which consists of two parts, reaches out to female secondary pupils with the aim of inspiring them to consider careers in the automotive industry. For the day event…
The UK Automotive 30% Club are delighted to announce that ROI Ltd have joined the club. Our network of now 31, (and growing monthly), CEOs / MDs from automotive manufacturer, retailer and supplier companies all have the same shared goal of achieving a better gender balance across the automotive industry, with the aim to fill…
Describe a typical day for you I have two young kids, a crazy commute and run a team of delivery leads across a range of initiatives and projects so there really is no such thing as a typical day. That’s one of the things I love about my role, I can never complain about being…
Today Auto Trader is the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace. The key words there are digital and automotive – both of these sectors have a much lower than average representation of women working within them. In the automotive industry, it’s as low as 20%, whilst in the digital sector, things are even worse, with around…