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For Jose Gomez, growing up in West Kensington in the 1980s had its challenges. It was an era when drugs and crime were notoriously prevalent in the Philadelphia neighborhood, creating an environment that was not the most conducive for a young man with high educational and professional aspirations. Gomez, now a Vice President at Wells…

The face of the U.S. financial consumer is changing rapidly. Millennials are expected to drive a seismic shift in attitudes that will shape our culture, how they seek financial advice, and where they choose to work. With the changing demographics in the workplace and marketplace, advisers have an opportunity to build their business and to…

When I moved from Google (approximately 70,000 employees) to become CEO of Quizlet (about 30 employees when I started) and started learning more about the small-but-mighty team building our learning platform, there were a number of things that surprised me in my first few weeks. One was that despite our differences in size, the overall…

Webster’s Dictionary defines inclusion as the action or state of being included within a group or structure. This definition matches up well with many of our department mission statements of offering something for all. Having offerings for an entire community is a difficult challenge. Despite our best efforts, a group within our campus community can…

Utilizing Job Descriptions and Employer Policies to Determine Coverage for Employee Acts Allow employment lawyers everywhere to let you in on a secret: we love to kill trees. The more documentation, the better, when it comes to defending clients in employment litigation. But even though managers are becoming more resourceful in conducting investigations into misconduct, they…

I was once evicted from an apartment because I was black. I had secured a lovely place on the banks of Lake Geneva through an agent and therefore hadn’t met the owner in person before signing the lease. Once my family and I moved in and the color of my skin was clear to see,…

The better a profession pays, the bigger the income gap between men and women. At least that’s the case in the metro area, according to data provided by Pansop and calculations by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A crunching of the data for the region shows that the most significant income gaps exist between men and women…

Let’s bring more voices to the table! Sesame Street Writers’ Room is a writing fellowship opportunity from the creators of Sesame Street. And they are looking for YOU! Fresh new writing talent from underrepresented racial backgrounds. Emerging storytellers who are selected to join the Writers’ Room fellowship will receive hands-on writing experience guided by Sesame…

SAN FRANCISCO–Great Place to Work and FORTUNE have named Old Navy one of the 2017 Best Workplaces for Diversity. The ranking considered more than 440,000 employee surveys from organizations in a wide range of industries across the U.S. Great Place to Work, a research and consulting firm, evaluated more than 50 elements of team members’ experience…

Only 17 percent of startups have put in place a formal strategy to promote diversity and inclusion. Half of technology entrepreneurs have either been harassed in the workplace or know somebody who has, according to a study published Wednesday by First Round Capital, a venture firm. The findings come as Silicon Valley and other industries fix their gaze on…