However, going from zero to 100 on any initiative can cause friction within an organization, and focusing on workplace
diversity as a new hiring priority is no exception.
Not exact matches
Apple has said that it making improvements,
as shown in its latest
diversity report in which it said that «50 % of
new hires are from historically underrepresented groups in tech.»
As part of the solution, many called for the
hiring of a
new Chief
Diversity Officer — and some were even naming names.
She also said she would
hire MTA Chief
Diversity Officer Michael Garner
as the chief executive officer of the city of
New York and that he would be tasked with ensuring every city agency is diverse
as well
as establishing a metric system to report on outcomes in the city.
This, of course, would have been a nice opportunity to
hire a black model,
as there aren't many jobs available for non-white models (
as Jezebel pointed out, 82 percent of the models at
New York Fashion Week this season were white) and some might argue (I would argue) that the lack of racial
diversity in the fashion industry promotes a standard of beauty which verges on (slash is) white supremacist.
At CyberPoint, she established a focus group to develop
diversity issues, such
as an annual Women in Cybersecurity event that drew over 100 attendees and led to
new hires.