In 1979, a Korn Ferry International survey of Fortune 1000 firms found that females and African-Americans comprised less than 0.5% and 0.2% respectively of … Read more
5 Strategies for Improving Diversity in the Technology Sector
Hiring for diversity isn’t just a feel-good initiative (nor should it be). Today, it’s a matter of dollars and cents. In 2015, McKinsey published Diversity … Read more
Assembling a Diverse Team Is Only the First Step
What’s all this about diversity? When I do organization renewal work, I insist that I work through an internal team. My clients always agree — as … Read more
Stop the Insanity: You’ll *Never* Reach Diversity Goals Until You Shift to a Data-Driven Approach
If you have direct access to recruiting leaders like I do, you would quickly learn that upward of 95 percent of large corporate diversity recruiting … Read more
You Can’t Sit With Us: The Truth About Cultural Fit
There are many times when a recruiter finds a perfect candidate and the candidate has everything needed to do the job plus more. The candidate also has … Read more
What Pokemon Go Taught Me About Talent Management
This past week, I joined the 7.5 million people who downloaded the Pokémon Go mobile game and began my journey to catch all 151 original Pokémon monsters. … Read more
Sourcing Military Talent – Basic Training In Recruitment Do’s and Don’ts
Increasingly, organizations are committing to hire veterans, whether because it is the right thing to do, or because veterans are an invaluable source of … Read more
Find Out What Happened When We Reversed the Job-search Process
About a year ago I told you about how we’re reversing the job-search process. Now’s a good time to tell you the results. We have now hired 101 … Read more
Women Ask: “What’s Possible For Me?”
My life is similar to many other women today: I am a breadwinner, wife, mother, and friend. But one day, while being pulled by these competing priorities, … Read more
How Diversity of Thought Makes A Difference
“A diverse team that does not see the value of the diverse perspectives might as well not be diverse.” — Mark Gist director of industrial … Read more