Voice of diversity

What is voice.of.diversity?

voice.of.diversity is a course offered by the TU Career Center worth 1 ECTS credit in Transferable Skills (Course 064.002) designed to promote equal opportunity in the recruiting process by reducing unconscious bias. With voice.of.diversity, we have designed a unique project that offers students at TU Wien and companies a new perspective.

Wanted: Fair job opportunities!

All workshops are held in English. During the anonymous auditions, students can choose between German and English.

Dates

Registrations for the current course are closed.

What fields of study?

Computer Science
Business Informatics
Data Science
Electrical Engineering & Information Technology
Engineering Mathematics
Engineering Physics

Important dates

The dates for the next course will be announced shortly.

Ablauf

Schritt 1: Anmeldung & Auswahl

Schritt 2: Vorbereitungsworkshop

Schritt 3: Anonyme Auditions

Schritt 4: Spannende Möglichkeiten bei den teilnehmenden Unternehmen

Alle Infos

Highlights

You’ll get to know companies through an anonymous, fair application process.
You’ll increase your awareness of unconscious bias.
We’ll connect you with companies that may offer exciting career opportunities.
These opportunities will be offered to you based on your professional skills.
This course can be taken as an elective toward the “ Gender and Diversity Competence ” certificate.

Participating companies 2025

Why was this course created?

voice.of.diversity is a project of the TU Career Center to promote equal opportunities in the recruiting process by reducing unconscious bias. Companies are often blinded by details such as name, appearance, height, origin, gender or other aspects and overlook highly qualified candidates. Students also repeatedly talk about unfair application processes.

Sounds unfair - and it is!

We all think in patterns and stereotypes. We have unconsciously stored these based on our experiences, socialization and culture. This enables us to filter information and make decisions more quickly. This is very helpful for "putting your world in order", but it can also be deceptive. All our students should have every opportunity to achieve their potential.

The aim of our project is therefore to raise awareness and sensitize companies and students to unconscious bias.

"For me, all the different feelings I used to get in a usual process were drastically changed to just curiosity towards this new possible work environment. I was calmer and clearer in my communication with the company - either via chat or physical interview."
Bruna, student of business informatics

This was voice.of.diversity 2025

Contact person voice.of.diversity

Tanja Elgendy, MSc

tanja.elgendy@tucareer.com

More information

Want to know what the students who were there have to say?

Breaking Barriers:
Insights from voice.of.diversity

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