by Olivia Landau | Apr 3, 2017 | Diversity Recruiting, How-To Guides
In the first half of this series, we went over the reasons why women and minorities are underrepresented in STEM jobs, and how it’s not a result of the college pipeline alone. The real reasons for the lack of diverse STEM employees are more complicated and...
by Olivia Landau | Jan 30, 2017 | Diversity Recruiting
Recruiting minorities and women in STEM fields is a struggle for most companies. The commonly cited obstacle is the ‘pipeline problem’: there are fewer women and minority candidates coming out of college with STEM degrees, and that translates into lower numbers of...
by Casey Aitken | Feb 29, 2016 | Companies to Learn From, Diversity Recruiting
Another reminder of how the world we live in can drastically affect the world we work in, Mark Zuckerberg, aka “The Zuck” because we’re tight like that, addressed an ugly issue that gripped Facebook offices and the nation. Simply said, on the comment wall...
by Olivia Landau | Feb 5, 2016 | Companies to Learn From, Diversity Recruiting
Intel released a study recently that reports their hiring statistics over the past year in terms of diversity. This report indicates promising progress in some areas, but a lack of movement in others. Regardless of mixed results, this kind of transparency in...
by Christina Murphy | Nov 9, 2015 | Diversity Recruiting
Silicon Valley tech companies have struggled with diversity. Oftentimes, these majority white, majority male organizations – and it’s beginning to have more of an impact every day. Recently Twitter’s Leslie Miley, previously the company’s “only African-American in...
by Rodrigo Aguirre | Sep 8, 2015 | Diversity Recruiting
What does an engineer look like? Do we share a preconceived image for an engineer? Close your eyes. Imagine an engineer in your head. Go ahead, I’ll wait. How did you personify it? I think it’s safe to assume that we all have a similar depiction and have identified...
