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Taking Steps to Promote Access and Equity for National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2023

Each October, the US Department of Labor (DOL) recognizes National Disability Employment Awareness Month. For 2023, the DOL will be focusing on the theme of “advancing access and equity” for disabled professionals during this year’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month campaign.

While the celebrations in October are meant to raise awareness, employers should apply this awareness year-round with strategies for promoting access and equity within organizations to include professionals with disabilities in the workforce.

Cultural Diversity: A Conduit for Knowledge Transfer

A new term has risen to prominence in the world of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and that term is cultural diversity. Cultural diversity challenges how people define diversity and how people include diversity.

Employ DiversitySeptember 18, 2023Comment

How to Craft Diversity Job Postings

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is essential for any successful organization. A diverse workforce brings a variety of perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to the table, which can lead to better decision-making, innovation, and creativity. But how to do you attract them through job ads?

Importance of Age Diversity in the Workplace

Age diversity within the workplace is a crucial and oft-overlooked aspect of creating an inclusive work environment. Many news headlines reference the trend of Baby Boomers aging out of the workforce. However, the reality is that many companies are failing to retain Baby Boomers who want to continue working in what columnists have termed a “brain drain” as valuable knowledge is lost to the corporate world.

Employ DiversityAugust 17, 2023Comment

Self-Advocating for Workplace Flexibility: Trends and Tips for Women and Minority Employees During the 2023 Return to Office Mandates

Current reports indicate that 72 percent of companies in the US are requiring workers to return from Zoom rooms to brick buildings–and nearly half of these same companies are realizing that many diverse employees especially would rather quit than return to an inflexible work environment.

2023 Economic Volatility in the US and the Effect on Women-Owned and Minority-Owned Small Businesses

Many women-owned and minority-owned small businesses benefited from support programs and resources made available during the pandemic and after well-publicized instances of police brutality against Black men which sparked a national focus on social justice.

The Rising Trend of Women Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and the Impact on Healthcare Accessibility

In the US, women entrepreneurship has increased drastically in the past few years from 28 percent in 2019 to 49 percent in 2021. Part of this boom of women entrepreneurs has been an increase in disabled women founders in healthcare.

Employ DiversityMay 15, 2023Comment

The Opportunity Cost of Undoing DEI During the Current Tech Layoffs

As the tech layoffs in Silicon Valley continue to increase in number, many individuals may find it difficult to look past the immediate present.

However, the current trends in Big Tech layoffs will undoubtedly lead to a cautionary tale in the future of how the undoing of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) led to a colossal opportunity cost for tech goliaths.

How the Silicon Valley Tech Layoffs Are Affecting Minority Professionals

As of March 2023, announcement after announcement of more tech company layoffs in Silicon Valley fills the news headlines.

A live tracker indicates that the current count already for the year is 123,882 employees laid off from 454 tech companies–and counting.

This is a troubling start that seems ready to surpass the 2022 layoff total of 161,061 employees from a more widespread number of 1,047 tech companies.