Diversity Management, News and Updates
Filings for unemployment insurance have risen to an unprecedented 2.3 million due to the COVID-19 crisis. Less than two weeks ago, that number was at 281,000 — which was already alarmingly close to the 299,000 previous record in 2017. Though unemployment rates have surged more than eight times the country’s…
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To combat time constraints and attempt to eliminate human bias, many companies have taken to entrusting at least part of their hiring processes to outside companies that use machine-learning algorithms to weed out applicants. However, with little known about how these algorithms work, they, too, may be perpetuating bias. New…
About 4,000 people in New York City are homeless on the streets. Outreach NYC, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s latest effort at combating street homelessness in the city, will direct 18,000 city workers to call 311 to report street homelessness and steer people into shelters. Street homelessness is a crisis in…
For veterans and military spouses, unemployment remains a large issue. In October, the veteran unemployment rate was 3.2%, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Furthermore, 3% of women veterans are unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A 2017 Department of Defense report said a quarter of military…
New Yorkers hopped the turnstiles at the crowded Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Brooklyn on Friday night to protest recent incidents of police violence and a crackdown on fare evasion throughout the city. “No NYPD on the MTA!” Protesters did a mass fare evasion & took over a subway station during…
The narrative of the American Dream — of pulling oneself up by one’s bootstraps — is a popular mythology in the U.S., but a recent Yale study found another roadblock in achieving this upward mobility: perceptions of social class based on speech during the hiring process. This study, “Evidence for…
A new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data finds that the “post-Millennial” generation, which are those born after 1996, “is already the most racially and ethnically diverse generation, as a bare majority of 6-to 21-year-olds (52%) are non-Hispanic whites.” The only population of youth that has grown substantially…
As JCPenney (a DiversityInc Noteworthy Company) continues to build on the success of its beauty offering, the retailer will be hiring 6500 salon stylists across the country. With over 750 locations, JCPenney boasts one of the largest salon businesses in the country. As a salon stylist, flexible scheduling, discretionary pricing…
By Sheryl Estrada The U.S. government wants to employ more individuals with disabilities not only to strengthen the federal workforce, but to strengthen the country as well, said Patricia A. Shiu, director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) at the U.S. Department of Labor. “The nation and…