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College Students Wanted
Written on 1 Sep, 2009 at 15:03 in Magazine | viewed 450 times | 0 Comments
Angelique Nelson is a recent college graduate with a job. She was hired as a food service manager with Sodexo’s Currey Ingram Academy in Brentwood, Tennessee, less than a month after graduating from the University of Central Florida with a... (Continue reading)
Energy Efficient
Written on 1 Sep, 2009 at 14:31 in Magazine | viewed 243 times | 0 Comments
Stephanie Dawkins, senior vice president of AB Volvo is regarded as one of the top female labor negotiators on a global platform.... (Continue reading)
News Roundup: Week of Aug. 17 – Aug. 23
Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 14:30 in Business News | viewed 2,249 times | 0 Comments
News Roundup: Week of Aug. 17 - Aug. 23... (Continue reading)
News Roundup
Written on 14 Aug, 2009 at 13:47 in Business News | viewed 1,119 times | 0 Comments
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SBA’s 8(a) Program Promotes Equal Opportunities
Written on 17 Jul, 2009 at 12:13 in Small Business | viewed 1,811 times | 0 Comments
Small business owners who feel that discriminatory practices have prevented them from successfully growing their business and gaining access to contracting opportunities in the federal contracting marketplace don’t have to look any further than the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA)... (Continue reading)
The Changing Roles of the Chief Diversity Officer
Written on 16 Jul, 2009 at 11:57 in Blogs | viewed 1,637 times | 0 Comments
Many a chief diversity officer (CDO) finds themselves watching the dismantlement of succession planning models that have positioned women and minorities to step into new opportunities that no longer exist. Understanding that business necessity makes headcount reduction necessary, they either... (Continue reading)
Moving the Numbers
Written on 1 Jul, 2009 at 18:40 in Magazine | viewed 94 times | 0 Comments
Ramsey Smith, Ph.D., is a space scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, whose duties include monitoring the atmosphere of solar planets, mainly Mars and Jupiter. Excited about his work, Smith, 31, only wishes more African Americans... (Continue reading)
40 Best Companies For Diversity: Where the Jobs Are
Massive cuts and layoffs continue but as companies restructure, opportunities for job seekers will increase. Do you have what these organizations are looking for?... (Continue reading)
Staying Focused on Best Practices
Written on 1 May, 2009 at 13:15 in Magazine | viewed 8 times | 0 Comments
As massive job cuts have forced many companies to reorganize and reprioritize spending, the diversity budget is taking its share of hits across industries. Nearly half of the 452 respondents to a recent Society for Human Resource Management poll said... (Continue reading)
Black Is Not Always in Fashion
Written on 10 Apr, 2009 at 12:13 in Blogs | viewed 735 times | 5 Comments
Since everything in fashion comes into style again, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that more than 30 years after black women first broke into mainstream modeling, it seems some modern casting agents still aren’t using black models. ... (Continue reading)
