Responses to Sharon Zhao’s blog “Purposive Hiring to Fix Gender Imbalance?”

Nowadays, there are many debates on gender equity. I totally agree with Zhao’s opinions that “skills and knowledge should be top priority when hiring personnel”. More and more women take the lead in big enterprises currently, and they have demonstrated great communication skills and leadership in different areas. Therefore, it is not necessary for firms to hire a fixed ratio of  male employees and female employees. However, it is true that there are always more man at the top than women now.  So, women should always “seat at the table” with those man, and take the lead. The way women thinks are different than the way man think, and it is important for firms to hear different voices and make better decisions. Most important, it is even more significant for women to believe that they should “seat at the table”, and their voices worth billions of dollar. Zhao also mentioned that “business organizations should not alter their operations and take matters to please social whims.” I think companies who conduct this kind of value will challenge themselves. Firms should look at their peoples’ abilities, not their genders.