The IT Industry is very broad and covers many professions. As with many industries, there are associations that IT Professionals can become members with, whether you are an IT Consultant or IT Contractor, Software Developer or other IT Professional.
Each association offers something slightly different with varying levels of membership. In this article we outline some of the benefits and membership details of Women in Technology.
Women in Technology (WIT) is one of the professional associations for Australia’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector servicing Queensland only.
WIT aims to support, develop and promote the achievements of women in technology industries. They do this through advocacy, networking events, professional develop, mentoring and support.
They have several membership types as follows:
There are also other ways to get involved as found on their website.
To view their website and browse useful resources, please click here.
Other IT Industry Associations:
- Australian Computer Society
- Australian Information Industry Association
- Information Technology Contract & Recruitment Association Ltd (ITCRA)
- Comptia The It Industry Association
- Australian Web Industry Association
- IEEE Computer Society
- International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology
- Association of Computing Machinery
- Communications Alliance
- Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology
- International Webmasters Association
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