New statistics to grades of women in technical Occupations (PHOTO)

Berlin (ots) – following a report from the program „Campus & career“ of the German radio station Deutschlandfunk of 4. In March a new Tool for the automatic certificate of examination have used several thousand workers the opportunity to test their certificates free of charge. Such a high number of products, allows rare insights into gender specific differences in performance.

A first statistical analysis confirmed the „social side“ of female Employees: While women in Social and care occupations come to an average grade of 1.7, it is men only a 2.0. In commercial Occupations and in science, men and women with a grade point average of 1.8, however, each par.

Now, one might expect that men have to convince, at least in technical Professions through a higher level of performance. In fact, the women with the average grade of 1.6, the best value of all the occupational groups, while the men only come at a relatively weak average grade of 1.9. Against this Background, in comparison to lower pay for women, appears even more incomprehensible.

Klaus Schiller from the Portal www.zeugnisfairness.de calls for the gender performance gap, the following possible reasons:

1) There are mainly Top-talent, under the most technically gifted women, the it expect, in this male domain-to-claim – starting with a study among mainly male classmates and fellow students through a tough application process against mostly male competitors, up to a critical quorum, the self is an inevitable small error as evidence for the supposed incompetence, misappropriation of could.

2) in the absence of women in technical Professions on the basis of prejudice under more critical observation, they often come up with a greater ambition and a greater degree of perfectionism.

3) Not infrequently, women are used below their qualification levels, in particular when you return from a Parental leave or for family reasons part-time. So it might be easier for you to perform in the relevant Position a higher level of performance than the less qualified male colleagues.

The Portal www.zeugnisfairness.de since the 1. March 2019, the CERTIFICATE DECODER allows it to check a certificate automatically and free of charge on grades. If you feel a rating is unfair, thus having the opportunity to call the employer promptly of a correction.

Klaus Schiller
Tel: 030/ 364 287 710
kontakt@zeugnisfairness.de