Diversity recruiting is the process of attracting and hiring candidates from a variety of backgrounds, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability status, and veteran status. It is important because it helps to create a more inclusive and equitable workplace, which can lead to improved employee morale, productivity, and innovation.
Read MoreEach 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.
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.
Read MoreDiversity, 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?
Read MoreAge 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.
Read MoreCurrent 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.
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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
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