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A letter from Alicia<\/h2>\n
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Heya all, <\/p>\n

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Thanks for being here and welcome to Women Rock \u2013 a voice for diversity in tech! <\/p>\n

I\u2019m Alicia, founder of Women Rock, co-founder of SR2, founder of Technology Volunteers organiser of Codebar (phewwww) I\u2019m a positive vibe advocate, lover of constant learning, mushrooms and anything pickled, dislikes pigeons, bad manners and baked beans! Outside of all of that, I\u2019m probably best known for my handstand ability and my almost 10-year tenure as a Tech recruiter in the UK, born and bred in Bristol! <\/p>\n

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Over the last 10 years I have been a huge supporter of diversity in Tech but always felt I could do so much more, Women Rock is the start of my more. In the early part of my career, it was rare that I spoke or represented women in the industry. Technology wasn\u2019t offered to me as a career when I was leaving school, and my family or friends weren\u2019t interested in Tech so probably naively I didn\u2019t know women were in tech and that makes me sad and we all know we still have so much more to do but not just for women, we\u2019re talking about diversity as a whole. <\/p>\n

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I love to build relationships every day and in starting this blog, being supported by our awesome Women Rock ambassadors and some of the best companies who are committed to talking about and improving ED&I across our industry I really hope we can make the world a better place! <\/p>\n

Women Rock isn\u2019t just for women, we have, and will, continue to hear stories from folk from ethnic minorities, folk who have physical and hidden disabilities. We have incredible stories from trans and gender-diverse peeps and we have spoken to many allies who are committed to live, work and support diversity in their workplace, careers and lives. <\/p>\n

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Included are conversations about successes, people’s struggles, frustrations and commitment from their perspective. We have seen so much improvement when it comes to ED&I but I just don\u2019t think we are sharing and shouting about it enough so that others can follow suit.  I want to create an incredible community and Women Rock to be the place to go to that celebrates diversity.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll leave you with my favourite quote \u2018\u2019No matter where you are in life, inspire and empower the women around you. Success is never reached alone. And wisdom and wealth are sweeter shared.\u2019\u2019 <\/p>\n

Be kind, get enough sleep and don\u2019t change for anyone. <\/p>\n

Smiles, <\/p>\n

Alicia x <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2394,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"womenrock-category":[46],"womenrock-tag":[173],"class_list":{"0":"post-1524","1":"womenrock","2":"type-womenrock","3":"status-sticky","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"womenrock-category-women-rock","7":"womenrock-tag-womenrock"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA letter from Alicia - SR2 Recruitment Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sr2rec.com\/en\/womenrock\/a-letter-from-alicia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A letter from Alicia - SR2 Recruitment Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A letter from Alicia Heya all,    Thanks for being here and welcome to Women Rock \u2013 a voice for diversity in tech!  I\u2019m Alicia, founder of Women Rock, co-founder...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sr2rec.com\/en\/womenrock\/a-letter-from-alicia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SR2 Recruitment Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sr2rec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/A-letter-from-Alicia.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1587\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"794\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sr2rec.com\\\/en\\\/womenrock\\\/a-letter-from-alicia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sr2rec.com\\\/en\\\/womenrock\\\/a-letter-from-alicia\\\/\",\"name\":\"A letter from Alicia - 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