I've been lucky enough to have always worked for global American companies where there are set
diversity policies in place.
Part of the issue, according to Scott and others, is that there is a five - to 10 - year lag between putting
diversity policies in place and seeing actual results.
According to Hays» Global Gender Diversity Survey, 36 % of financial services firms have a gender
diversity policy in place.
Failing at the first hurdle: One in two Aussie employers has
no diversity policy in place for hiring new staff
Not exact matches
Not to mention that the U.S. tech industry already struggles with
diversity even with the H - 1B visa program and current immigration
policies in place.
I prayed, with much tears, and
in 2 months, I was given an offer by a much better company — with a
diversity and anti-harassment
policy in place.
The school board majority that took office
in Wake County last December is committed to moving the district toward neighborhood schools (and away from busing to achieve socio - economic
diversity) despite a mass march that has been scheduled to take
place tomorrow
in downtown Raleigh to protest the
policy.
Center for Research on Education,
Diversity & Excellence (CREDE) Center for Research on the Education of Students
Placed At - Risk (CRESPAR) Center for the Study of Teaching and
Policy (CTP) National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL) National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement
in Mathematics and Science National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI) National Consortium for
Policy Research
in Education (CPRE) National Research and Development Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA) National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC / GT) Research Reports from the National Research and Development Centers
The amendments also mandate school boards to put
in place «respect for human
diversity»
policies.
There are some immediate measures that can be taken — a few are mentioned
in the CBA's Ethical Practices Self - Evaluation Tool including having interviewers and lawyers who make hiring decisions receive training on gender and racial stereotypes and the role of unconscious bias
in hiring decisions; using written interviewing guidelines; having an employment equity and
diversity hiring
policy in place and regularly measuring
diversity performance within the firm.
Both women and men who work for organisations with gender
diversity policies and practices
in place, feel more positive about their ambition, pay and career opportunities.
Yet while more and more organisations are publicly supporting the importance of gender
diversity, this research shows that they need to put their money where their mouth is and make sure their organisation puts
policies in place to create and maintain a gender diverse workforce.