With women making up about one-third of the workforce, RISC Software GmbH is already above the industry average. We want to further expand this strength: The goal is, on the one hand, to further increase the proportion of women in the company and, on the other hand, to recruit female employees* as project managers.
The compatibility of work, family, education and leisure time is very important to us. Furthermore, we offer numerous health-promoting measures and leisure activities to promote team spirit.
2022
RISCversity
The two-year RISCversity project is designed to support the long-term goal of further increasing the proportion of women. This objective is now being expanded to include a diversity strategy.
2017
FemPowerED@RISC
The aim was, on the one hand, to further increase the quota of women in the company and, on the other hand, to recruit female employees as project managers. The focus was also on strengthening RISC Software GmbH as an attractive employer for women in technology.
2011
FUTURISC
The clear goal was to increase the quota of women at RISC Software GmbH. During the project period, the number of female employees in software development was increased from two to seven.The focus was placed on the allocation of internships.
The two-year RISCversity project is designed to support the long-term goal of further increasing the proportion of women. This objective is now being expanded to include a diversity strategy. In concrete terms, this means drawing attention to other dimensions of discrimination such as age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc. Furthermore, there will be many measures in the areas of human resources and recruiting, generation management and communication. This will be done firstly with the help of workshops and training courses for all employees, in cooperation with tbw Research GmbH, among others, which already contributed its expertise in the area of gender and diversity in a preliminary project. On the other hand, employees are trained and deployed as diversity officers to serve as a point of contact for creating a positive and productive atmosphere in the company. As a third measure, an equality plan is being developed to anchor the newly developed values in the company. Experts from the Hagenberg University of Applied Sciences and the JKU Linz will be consulted. Further measures will follow in the course of the project.
The RISCversity project is funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency in the FEMtech Career program (project number 892247)..
The visibility of women in IT has already been successfully established at RISC Software GmbH and is to be further increased in the project applied for. With the completion of the preliminary projects, we were able to increase the quota of women from 20% to currently 31%. The goal is to increase this quota even further in the coming years.
The “FEMPowerED@RISC” project (project number 864544), which ran from October 2017 to September 2018 and was funded as part of the FFG “Talente” program, prepares existing female employees for management roles. The aim was, on the one hand, to further increase the proportion of women in the company and, on the other hand, to recruit female employees as project managers. The focus was also on strengthening RISC Software GmbH as an attractive employer for women in technology. The predecessor project FUTURISC (2011-2012) focused on the allocation of internships.
The FemPowerED@RISC project was funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency in the FEMtech Career program (project number 2901976).
The FUTURISC project was funded by the BMVIT as part of the FEMtech initiative. The clear goal was to increase the quota of women at RISC Software GmbH. During the project period, the number of female employees in software development was increased from two to seven. The focus was placed on the allocation of internships.
