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Run the Numbers: These D&I Jobs Are Exploding in 2020
Run the Numbers unpacks the data that’s driving top retail trends in the industry. In the past few years, the dialogue around diversity and inclusion in the workplace has continued to expand. The rise of the #MeToo movement has thrown an unforgiving spotlight on a perceived and, in some cases, proven discriminatory treatment of many…
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Google reveals 2,000-person diversity and inclusion product team
By Jeremy Kaplan Google has built a 2,000-person strong team of what it calls “Inclusion Champions” over the last three years to help test out prototypes of new devices and services to ensure that everything the company releases, from the latest Pixel phone to the newest Assistant feature, is built from the ground up to address people of all…
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9 Diversity And Inclusion Practices To Leave In 2019
by Janice Gassam Senior Contributor As the year comes to a close and a new decade swiftly approaches, it’s time to assess what organizational practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) were effective and what practices need to be left in the old decade. Diversity has become a popular buzzword for corporate leaders and companies are…
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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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Uber sets diversity goals, ties executive compensation to D&I success
by Morgan Fecto Dive Brief: Uber will consider progress toward its 2022 diversity and inclusion goals when it determines executive pay and evaluates executives’ job performance, the tech company announced Monday in its 2019 D&I report. The company said it tied goals to grow the percentage of women and underrepresented employees in specific roles to compensation…
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Don’t Miss The Moment
I am blessed in my life, if I haven’t shared that before. I am healthy, I have a wonderful partner and a great family. This spring, I was fortunate enough to travel internationally with my mother and sister. We went to London and Amsterdam, visiting museums, shopping, and eating delicious food. At one point we…
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Diversity & Inclusion: Making More Than Cosmetic Changes
Cosmetics retailer Sephora closed all of its US-based stores today for diversity and inclusion training. The focus? What it means to be a diverse and inclusive workplace. In addition to the one-hour store closures today, the company said it would close its distribution centers and corporate headquarters for trainings about “gender identity, race and ethnicity,…
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Moderation
“Everything in moderation,” my father said, sitting in his chair behind his desk, raising a glass and sipping at the three fingers of a single malt whiskey he poured only on special occasions. It was both the second and the last time I witnessed this ritual. I had just graduated from college and I was…
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Diversity and Inclusion Highlight List of Emerging Employer Trends
By Katie Kuehner-Hebert The most important factor behind the increased focus on diversity and inclusion is to attract and retain talent. Diversity and inclusion have become increasingly important across a wide range of initiatives for more and more employers. This is according to Willis Towers Watson’s 2019 Emerging Trends in Health Care Survey. By 2021,…
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New York City Public Schools Should Be Evaluated Based on Diversity, Not Just Tests, Panel Says
By Eliza Shapiro A high-level panel commissioned by Mayor Bill de Blasio called on the city to adopt a sweeping measure to address entrenched segregation in education: create diversity targets for all 1,800 schools so that their population reflects the racial and economic makeup of the surrounding areas. Over the next five years, the panel…