I work in technology and I've been involved in recruitment for a number of years now and have become tired of the political nature of it. This year they're were roughly 12 available graduate spaces. 10 were filled through the usual process (merit) and so they're are 2 left. More recruitment was done to try and find candidates for the role who were specifically female, and none were found. Instead of interviewing more male candidates or offering the positions to previous interviewees who were good enough to deserve an offer, they didn't offer the position to anyone. Recruitment have now closed the final 2 positions. I find this deeply saddening, the roles are competitive as we get nearly 1000 applications and good candidates are being turned away because they are male. I think the political gender agenda has pushed companies to actively discriminate against men.