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What to Do When You’re Feeling Marginalized at the Company Holiday Party

Company holiday parties can be great opportunities to bulldoze barriers and make new friends

Professional DevelopmentEmploy DiversityDecember 13, 2019Marginalization, Marginalized, Marginalized in the workplace, Marginalized during the holidays, Marginalized at the Holiday party, Company Culture, Company Holiday PartyComment

Creating Office Party Inclusivity

Company holiday parties are great times for HR managers to build greater understanding and joy between diverse and mainstream professionals

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversityDecember 11, 2019Office parties, Office party inclusivity, Holiday party, Inclusive Working Environment, Inclusive Workplace Culture, Inclusive behavior, Respectful workplace, Religious practices, holiday traditions, christmas parties, Winter celebration, Diversity of beliefs, Dietary Allowances, diversity management, diversity, InclusionComment

6 Benefits of Starting a Home Business in Retirement

Guest writer Carla Lopez explains how entrepreneurship for seniors can be the most rewarding part of their work lives.

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversityNovember 27, 2019Older workers, Older adults in the workplace, Seniors in tech, optimizing tech for seniors, Managing older adults in the workplace, Home business, Connecting generations, Retired, Retirement, Starting a home business in retirement, diversity management, diversity, Diversity Training, Diversity & Inclusion, InclusionComment

Optimizing Tech for Seniors in the Workplace

Seniors are just as agile with technology as their younger counterparts. They just require tech reboots when they join organizations.

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversityNovember 20, 2019Seniors in the workplace, Older adults in the workplace, Older workers, Tech for older adults, optimizing tech for seniors, Seniors in tech, Managing older adults in the workplace, Older adults in Tech, Tech training for older adults, Millennials, Millenials in techComment

Integrating Seniors into Your Workplace: The Challenges and Opportunities

Hiring seniors into the workplace and integrating them into the corporate culture certainly present challenges. However, the benefits of hiring seniors far outweigh the time and expense involved in getting them productive. By some measures, the investment involved in acculturating seniors is less than that for Millennials.

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversityNovember 13, 2019Older workers, Older adults in the workplace, Age Discrimination, Managing older adults in the workplace, Diversity in Tech, Diverse Workforce, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity policy, Seniors in the workplace, Seniors in the workplacComment

Top 5 Gender Diversity Apps for the Workplace

Gender diversity in the workplace is one of the most divisive topics in business. Despite it being a fact that companies with a significant number on the Boards of Directors having markedly better financial results, progress is still glacial

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversityOctober 29, 2019Gender Diversity, Gender Diversity in Tech, Gender Diversity Apps, Women in Tech, Women in the workplace, Gender Equality, Gender Bias, gender discrimination, Gender neutral language, gender-inclusive work environment, Gender Discrimination in the WorkplaceComment

Enabling Technologies for the Disabled

With a mix of fast-evolving policy and technology, the disabled may find the playing field leveled with those of us who take the full-functionality of our bodies for granted.

DisabilitiesEmploy DiversityOctober 25, 2019Disability awareness, Disability in the workplace, Tech for the disabled, Disabilities InclusionComment

Latinas in Tech Break Through Barriers

Friends Gretel Perera and Rocío Medina are successful Latina technology leaders in their own right.

Through relaxed meetups at local Happy Hours, they compared notes about the challenges and obstacles to attaining positions of great responsibility at leading tech companies.

LatinoEmploy DiversitySeptember 27, 2019Latinas in Tech, Women in Tech, diversity, Diversity in Tech, Inclusion Training, Inclusive Working EnvironmentComment

5 Tips to Smoothly Integrate Millennials into the Workplace

The group of young adults promises to reshape the workplace as dramatically as Baby Boomers did in the early 1970s.

Diversity ManagementEmploy DiversitySeptember 18, 2019Millennials, Millennials in the workplace, Diverse Workforce, Diversity Training, Diversity & Inclusion, Inclusion Training, Inclusive Workplaces, Inclusive Working EnvironmentComment