Intel president Renée James is building a pipeline of female and other groups of underrepresented engineers and computer scientists.
Amidst the barrage of new TVs and connected fitness trackers unveiled at last week’s Consumer Electroni ...
Posted Wednesday, January 14th 2015 at 1:46PM
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On the Washington, D.C., campus of Howard University, Silicon Valley is an ever-growing presence.
The engineering school’s new Yahoo Data Center was christened such after a donation from the Sunnyvale Internet firm. Google’s fingerprints are all o ...
Posted Monday, January 12th 2015 at 2:47PM
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All too often, diversity recruiting is associated with filling a quota according to regulatory guidelines. In reality, minority recruitment is about much more than that. The motivations aren’t about checking certain boxes off a list. Instead, they’re ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 3:56PM
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Anyone who’s paying attention has learned by now that there are innumerable advantages to be found in fostering a more positive environment toward diversity in the workplace. Diversity recruiting is the strategy used to create a well-rounded workforc ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 3:35PM
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There’s no question that the companies currently practicing diversity recruiting and hiring minorities are seeing tremendous benefits within their businesses. Multicultural recruiting practices lead to a more diverse workforce, which better fosters t ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 3:11PM
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Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition applaud Intel’s landmark diversity announcement to transform their workforce to achieve parity with the US population available by 2020 – Establishes $300 Million Diversity Investment Fund
Janu ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2015 at 1:44PM
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Steve Pemberton is Divisional Vice-President and Chief Diversity Officer for Walgreens, the
first such person to hold that responsibility in the company’s 110 year history.
Prior to assuming his role at Walgreens, Steve was Chief Diversity Offic ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 5:42PM
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Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel Corporation today announced a broad, new Diversity in Technology initiative, which includes a $300 million investment to encourage more diversity at Intel and within the technology industry at large. ...
Posted Wednesday, January 7th 2015 at 3:19PM
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The Potomac School, a coed, K-12 independent school and Eastern Education Resource Collaborative (East Ed), an organization whose mission is to serve as a resource to schools to support the establishment of equitable, anti-bias, multicultural environ ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 6:58PM
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By Ronald Barba
Diversity in Silicon Valley and the tech industry as a whole have been and will continue to become a dominating and contentious issue. While many within the industry claim that new policies and programs are being implemented to prom ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 6:30PM
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Ken Petren, the new dean of the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, combines the tenacity of a first-generation college graduate with a passion for innovation and diversity.
Date: 1/5/2015
By: Elissa Yancey
Phone: (513) 556-6415
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Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 3:48PM
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By Batya Ungar-Sargon
James Knowles, the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, wants to recruit more minorities to the city’s police force, where only three officers are black.1 With an initiative that includes a civilian review board and a scholarship progr ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 3:12PM
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Microsoft is the latest tech company to release its diversity numbers. Here’s how the tech giant compares.
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella kept his promise and released the tech giant’s federally-mandated diversity numbers to public scrutiny.
In ...
Posted Monday, January 5th 2015 at 6:26PM
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By Vicki Salemi
Upon reaching out to several companies for this post about campus recruiting, it’s clear the nation’s top companies are seeking diverse talent pools. Technically, we’re all diverse. Is anyone completely defined by a box? Executives' ...
Posted Monday, January 5th 2015 at 4:35PM
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The old adage says that "practice makes perfect." Never have those words been truer than in the field of diversity recruiting. A commitment to hiring a diverse workforce is the first step, but beginning the process of hiring minorities is only the st ...
Posted Sunday, January 4th 2015 at 2:42AM
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The problem with hidden hiring discrimination is that you can't fight what you can't see. When a lack of diversity is present in any institution, there is likely a failure in minority recruiting to blame. However, when hiring discrimination is hidden ...
Posted Sunday, January 4th 2015 at 2:15AM
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If you're hoping to take advantages of all the benefits offered to employers that implement comprehensive diversity recruiting measures, it's important to fully understand the practices that comprise them. Sometimes people mistakenly use the terms "d ...
Posted Sunday, January 4th 2015 at 1:49AM
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It’s no secret that some industries feature far less diversity than others. When asked about this disparity, a lot of these diversity-challenged companies use the same excuse every time: “We just can’t find diverse candidates in our field.” Is this r ...
Posted Sunday, January 4th 2015 at 1:21AM
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It’s said that America is really more of a mosaic than a melting pot, as the unique background that each individual contributes only adds more definition to the big picture. This is never more true than today, as businesses consistently strive to fin ...
Posted Sunday, January 4th 2015 at 1:10AM
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It’s said that America is really more of a mosaic than a melting pot, as the unique background that each individual contributes only adds more definition to the big picture. This is never more true than today, as businesses consistently strive to fin ...
Posted Saturday, January 3rd 2015 at 3:20AM
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Anyone who's paying attention has learned by now that there are innumerable advantages to be found in fostering a more positive environment toward diversity in the workplace. Diversity recruiting is the strategy used to create a well-rounded workforce that maximizes these benefits. ...
Posted Saturday, January 3rd 2015 at 2:53AM
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What do you do when your firm's product branding is so ubiquitous or recognizable that it completely overshadows your company's diversity recruitment marketing? ...
Posted Saturday, January 3rd 2015 at 2:39AM
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When it comes to diversity recruitment best practices, a lot can be learned by looking at those companies that are already thinking outside the box... and excelling. Here’s a closer look at some of the most creative methods that today’s thought leaders are using to establish a thriving, diverse workforce! ...
Posted Saturday, January 3rd 2015 at 2:31AM
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Jerry Rice is known for two things: being recognized as one of the top NFL players of all time, and having been consistently undervalued in the early years of his career, dating all the way back to his high school days. ...
Posted Thursday, January 1st 2015 at 11:57PM
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