Company leaders recognize the need for diversity, with 69% citing it as an important issue. When your workforce is diverse, your organization benefits. For gender diversity, the top quartile of companies is 15% more likely to achieve financial returns that exceed the median for their industry. When it comes to ethnic diversity, that number rises to 35%. However, even if a company […]
Many recruiters are recognizing that their recruitment strategies of yesteryear aren’t cutting it today. This is especially true for in-demand specialties, including many STEM professions. In 2019, tech unemployment reached a shocking new low, coming in at 1.3%. Finding skilled professionals in this STEM category, as a result, is frustratingly difficult. During the past 12 to […]
Diversity is a well-known issue in the tech sector. Generally, women and many minorities aren’t well represented, particularly in the management ranks. Even though 69% of executives believe that diversity and inclusion are important issues, 78% of talent leaders want to tackle this hiring issue head-on, and 66% of companies have strategies in place to increase diversity, many organizations continue to […]
Instead of meeting certain requirements for the sake of demonstrating a commitment to diversity in the workplace, companies have begun to embrace diversity for a multitude of other reasons. Cultural diversity in business brings mutual respect, economic empowerment, employee development, improved business reputation and an increase in social awareness. We’re going to take a look […]
