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Diversity and Inclusion is a growth industry. These experts explained why.
By Halley Bondy According to a recent study, diverse companies make 19 percent more revenue than companies that don’t value diversity. Opportunities in the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) industry are exploding. Over the past few years, more companies have been looking for people to diversify their employee base, according to expert panelists at the Ladies Get…
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How Gap Inc.’s company-wide diversity and inclusion council is driving sales
by KATIE RICHARDS A group of 45 Gap Inc. employees, called the Color Proud Council, is taking diversity and inclusion head-on at the company, overhauling how all of its seven brands market, merchandise and hire to have a new focus on inclusivity. So far, it’s working to drive sales. Bahja Johnson, director of global merchandising at…
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How to Show White Men That Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Need Them
“It seems like I’m not wanted in the room when D&I conversations start happening,” one person told me. “It feels like I’m part of the problem,” another said in frustration. And a third, in a rare admission of a common sentiment said: “It seems like everyone is out to get the white guys.”
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Princeton receives national award for outstanding commitments to diversity and inclusion
by Emily Aronson, Office of Communications Princeton University has received national honors for its outstanding commitments to diversity and inclusion. The 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award is given annually to U.S. colleges and universities by the magazine “INSIGHT Into Diversity.” The HEED Award recognizes a school’s comprehensive approach to recruiting, retaining and…
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Joy at Work
I have a number of friends who are currently in the process of “decluttering” their homes. This is largely because of the very trendy Marie Kondo book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. My friend Teri told me about pulling all of the clothes she owns out of her closet and chest of drawers and…
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It’s Time to Change Our Thinking About Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
By Anamika Lasser I am being asked more frequently about my stance on diversity and inclusion from senior executives — which is a really good thing. But I still can’t help feeling something is missing from these conversations. Too often, diversity and inclusion discussions tend to fall into one of two categories: Sheer recognition that it’s…
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Disabled workers chase ‘dream jobs’ in tight U.S. labor market
by Barbara Goldberg WEST ORANGE, N.J. (Reuters) – Megan Helsel, a kayaking wildlife specialist, has her dream job, and T’angelo Magee is making headway toward his, a commercial pilot. Both say work is central to their identity. Both are disabled. Americans with disabilities, physical and cognitive, in recent months have been joining the workforce at…
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First Book Prioritizes Diversity and Inclusion at Start of School Year
In response to educator feedback, First Book is partnering with Penguin Random House to provide books and tools that remind students ‘All Are Welcome’ WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — First Book, the nonprofit social enterprise committed to equal access to quality education, is placing diversity, acceptance, and inclusion at the center of its back-to-school efforts, in…
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After Years Of Underemployment, People With Autism Thrive In Tech Jobs
Pierce, who has Asperger’s syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism, laid out the numbers: 328 applications, 135 rejection letters and 14 interviews, resulting finally — after almost five years — in his first professional job offer…
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Is Artificial Intelligence The Key To Recruiting A Diverse Workforce?
by Kim Elsesser Senior Contributor Many organizations are struggling to find strategies for recruiting a more diverse workforce, and some are turning to artificial intelligence (AI). But artificial intelligence got a bad rap last year when news got out that Amazon’s internal AI recruiting tool had “learned” gender bias. So, is AI beneficial to those seeking…
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