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Diversity & Inclusion

Our members determine which themes we act on. We work on organizations that are open to talent and where every employee, regardless of personal characteristics or background, feels valuable and welcome.

People make organizations. People have different backgrounds, talents and motivations. In order to be able to supply the right products and services to a broad group of customers in rapidly developing, often global markets, it is important to develop and implement those products and services with a diverse group of employees. They can help you make the right choices and prevent blunders. In addition, in a labor market with great scarcity, it is even more important to appeal to the widest possible group of potential employees and to take good care of the people who already work for you. It is therefore necessary to pay attention to the diversity of your workforce and to pay attention to an open culture within the organization, so that everyone can feel welcome.

For this we do the following:

1. Share knowledge about the bias-free recruitment and selection process for employees. What knowledge, insights and experiences are there to remove prejudices from this process, so that you create the space to address and interest broader groups in your vacancy and attract the most suitable person to fill that vacancy. In doing so, we involve knowledge from science, the market and the experiences of other members.

2. Share experiences about the elements that are important to develop an inclusive culture in the workplace. How do you approach that, what works and when can it go completely off the rails? What do we actually know about each other and each other's backgrounds, passions and motives? How do we bring it up and take each other into account. How to become and remain an inclusive leader?

More diversity in terms of gender, age, background, but also, for example, how people think and learn (neurodiversity) is desperately needed. Those differences determine the path someone has traveled to get where they are now and that generally says something about the way someone views and deals with problems. In this way we make our organizations and companies richer, more effective. That is why, on behalf of CIO Platform Nederland, I am committed to more diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace – also in our field.

  1. April 12, 2019

    Freedom, fun and learning

    Working as a data scientist in a large organization, how will that be? IT students received an answer to this question on April 10th. During this third edition of the Data Science Meet & Greet, at a.s.r. insurances, the CIO Platform Nederland again showed its connecting strength.

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  2. March 19, 2019

    Get insights into the day-to-day work live as a data scientist

    Attention all bachelor and master data science and IT students! Would you like to know how it is like to work as a data scientist at a big company or large organization? To get an answer, join our (free) Data Science Meet & Greet on Wednesday afternoon April 10th.

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  3. February 13, 2019

    Upcoming 3th Data Science Meet & Greet

    To bring the daily practice and education closer together, the CIO Platform Nederland organizes on Wednesday afternoon on April 10th for the third time a Data Science Meet & Greet. The event for our members and data science students to meet each other.

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  4. November 22, 2018

    Many opportunities for young data scientists

    Yesterday, Utrecht University was the place where data science students were given a glimpse into the daily practice of data science of our members, who in return got the opportunity to present themselves to the talents of the future.

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Diversity & Inclusion events

  1. SAVE THE DATE | Annual Day 2025 Nieuwegein

    Every year on the Annual Day we celebrate our community, a gathering for all our members. With a program that underlines and supports the current focus of members and association. This year we will again provide interesting speakers and ample opportunity to gain inspiration, exchange thoughts on relevant themes and catch up over drinks and a bite to eat at Greenvillage in Nieuwegein. You will come too, won't you?

    05 Jun

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