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From Internet World Business/Switzerland – January 2011

Take a look at this picture. These faces abounded, over six editorial pages, within Internet World Businesses most recent issue – highlighting the faces and names rocking the tech scene in Switzerland. Notice anything funny?

We’ll tell you what it is: Save for ONE – on a different page – these are all men.

Now, we have nothing against men. Our company is also mostly male. But we do have two women on our team, and often work with female freelancers. This practice of engaging women enriches our operation, and offers a fresh perspective in the office. And we are not just talking about the decor.

Outdated notions about women are just that: out-dated (but for kicks, check out this link for a hilarious 1943 guide to hiring women). According to a recent US government report, it is estimated that women account for more than half the world’s output, and by 2025, the number of women in the workforce will surpass that of men. In the US alone, women already hold 49.1 per cent of the nation’s jobs, and more than half of college and university students are female. In Asia, the female labour force participation has been growing steadily over the last five years. Nonetheless, more can be done to encourage women, particularly those who have been out of the workforce, to come back to work. For example – opening up realms they may not naturally explore. Like TECHNOLOGY.

We hope that with examples like Google’s Marissa Meyer, or with High-Tech former CEOs like Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman and their rising profiles, this will change over time. For now, we chuckle at the fact that on the bottom right hand corner of the above picture, there’s an ad for a webmaster course…featuring a majority of women. Perhaps they’re out of touch. Or maybe- they can see the future.

For now, we encourage you, our friends, to hire for diversity. In the end – it will make your team that much stronger and more attractive. 

On that note, we would like to mention that Memonic is hiring! If you are or you know a huge talent in engineering, sales or marketing – we would love to hear from you! 

Memonic is looking for talent. We currently have 3 open positions:

• Phyton Boffin – Senior Software Engineer
  You are more than an expert in Python: you are highly proficient that language. For our growing team we seek to engage you, a senior software engineer and Python boffin.

• Marketing Whiz – Head Marketing
  You simply love to communicate: creating excitement around an online service or product is something you excel in. For our growing team we seek to engage you, a top notch online marketer.

• Senior User Interaction Whiz & Design Prodigy – Head User Interaction & Design
  You are a true whiz in online user interaction design: people love your designs and like interacting with websites you created. For our growing team we seek to engage you, a top notch user interaction whiz and design prodigy.

We are a team of passionate Internet geeks and entrepreneurs. Together we face the challenge of simplifying the everyday need to remember, organize and share important information. The goal is simple: make information more fluid. This being probably one of the stronger founding teams in town, this is definitely your chance for a lift to the next level.

We are looking forward hearing from you!