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As tech layoffs weaken DEI efforts, the Black talent gap could widen dramatically by 2032

Employee Layoffs

  By Grace Carroll February 03, 2023 The Black tech wage gap is projected to jump 37% in the next decade, resulting in $51.3 billion in lost wages for Black workers each year, according to a report released Friday from the McKinsey Institute on Economic Black Mobility. The report predicts serious challenges to racial equity … Continue reading As tech layoffs weaken DEI efforts, the Black talent gap could widen dramatically by 2032 →

Company Culture: The Key to Attracting Today’s Tech Talent

Corporate Culture

Company Culture: The Key to Attracting Today’s Tech Talent Mike Monroe / 01 Feb 2023   Generally speaking, your company culture reflects how your employees feel at work. It encompasses workers’ thoughts on your organization, their career goals, the practices they follow, and more. And as the job market becomes more competitive, more candidates will examine … Continue reading Company Culture: The Key to Attracting Today’s Tech Talent →

This simple shift in perspective can increase your talent pool by 15%

Talent Acquisition

  By Gleb Tsipursky November 20, 2022   If you give any leader the opportunity to increase their talent pool of potential employees by 15%—with all these new hires belonging to an underrepresented group—they’d jump at the chance, especially given tight labor markets and CEO desires to increase headcount. Yet too few leaders realize that, … Continue reading This simple shift in perspective can increase your talent pool by 15% →

Ad Council Unveils Its Latest Program To Foster Talent Diversity In Ad/Marketing Industry

Talent Management

Ad Council Unveils Its Latest Program To Foster Talent Diversity In Ad/Marketing Industry by Richard Whitman , Columnist, October 14, 2022 The Ad Council is teaming with a group of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other partners to launch a new career accelerator program designed to foster greater diversity within the next generation of … Continue reading Ad Council Unveils Its Latest Program To Foster Talent Diversity In Ad/Marketing Industry →

Ad industry titan Dan Wieden’s legacy is how to find and cultivate creative talent

Advertisement Industry

  By Jeff Beer October 09, 2022 The advertising industry lost one of its icons with the September 30 passing of Wieden+Kennedy cofounder Dan Wieden at the age of 77.        As I wrote last October, when Wieden’s agency cofounder David Kennedy died at the age of 82, if there was a Mount … Continue reading Ad industry titan Dan Wieden’s legacy is how to find and cultivate creative talent →

A new way to find the tech talent you need 

Talent Acquisition

Look for skills and potential instead of specific experience. Constantine von Hoffman on August 17, 2022 Despite layoffs at high tech companies, hiring people with tech skills doesn’t seem to be getting any easier. There are currently 695,077 open computing jobs nationwide, according to Code.org. Compare that to the 79,991 computer science students who graduated … Continue reading A new way to find the tech talent you need  →

This talent agent is making sure creators of color get paid fairly

Colors

  By KC Ifeanyi   July 08, 2022   Listen to Fast Company’s Creative Control podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher.       &ltspan data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”&gt&amp#xFEFF;&lt/span&gt&ltspan data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”&gt&amp#xFEFF;&lt/span&gt&ltspan data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”&gt&amp#xFEFF;&lt/span&gt&ltspan data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”width: … Continue reading This talent agent is making sure creators of color get paid fairly →

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