Jan 11, 2016 | Economic Security, Non-profit, State Initiatives, Talent Management, Vermont, Wage Gap, Work, Workplace Diversity
“Vermont’s economy began to grow again after the recession, but has since cooled off. Even before the recession, real economic growth was slow. And figures released in December 2015 show that Vermont’s gross state product—the value of goods and services produced in the state—was essentially the same in 2014 as it was in 2011, after adjusting for inflation.
Vermont’s labor market also faced challenges. Although employers finally replaced all of the jobs lost in the Great Recession, total employment in 2014—which counts farm and nonfarm workers as well as the self-employed—lingered below the 2006 peak and fell for the third year in a row. And while Vermont had the 5th lowest unemployment rate in the country, many Vermonters were underemployed or had given up looking for work.
Among the states, Vermont had the 14th highest percentage of working-age population in the labor force—either working or actively looking for a job. But there were fewer younger people in the labor force, due primarily to a smaller number of 35-to- 54-year-olds in the population than prior to the recession. The labor force was more balanced by gender than in other states. However, unemployment for men remained higher than for women.”
[x_button shape=”square” size=”regular” float=”none” href=”http://publicassets.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/SWVTfinal.1.pdf” title=”Public Assets Institute: State of Working Vermont 2015″ target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Read the full report.[/x_button]
Dec 30, 2015 | STEM, Talent Management, Work, Workplace Diversity
“Recently, as we began to grow and ramp up our hiring, Sunil noticed that Buffer was seeing a very low percentage of female candidates for developer jobs—less than 2% of candidates…
…Although “clarity” is one of Buffer’s 10 values we strive to live every day, we definitely could have been doing a better job of paying attention to the connotation of every word in this case.
In putting together this post, I discovered that the wording for job descriptions is a challenge many organizations and candidates face.”
[x_button shape=”square” size=”regular” float=”none” href=”http://www.fastcompany.com/3044094/strong-female-lead/how-changing-one-word-in-job-descriptions-can-lead-to-more-diverse-candid” title=”How Changing One Word in Job Descriptions Can Lead to More Diverse Candidates” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Read the full article.[/x_button]
Dec 30, 2015 | Occupational Segregation, STEM, Talent Management, Work, Workplace Diversity
“Etsy’s decision to pursue women engineers is indicative of a broader sea change: Making diversity a core value. But even after a number of concerted efforts to bring more female talent onboard, the company achieved almost no progress. In fact, in one year they actually saw a 35% decline in gender diversity even when it was a priority.”
[x_button shape=”square” size=”regular” float=”none” href=”http://firstround.com/review/How-Etsy-Grew-their-Number-of-Female-Engineers-by-500-in-One-Year/” title=”How Etsy Grew their Number of Female Engineers by Almost 500% in One Year” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Read the full article.[/x_button]
Dec 30, 2015 | Talent Management, Work, Workplace Diversity
CLASP and the National Partnership provide a list of new and expanded paid family leave policies for 2015.
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Dec 30, 2015 | Corporate, Talent Management, Work, Workplace Diversity
Corporate America is not on a path to gender equality. Find out why — and what you can do about it.
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Dec 30, 2015 | Corporate, Economic Security, Education, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Occupational Segregation, Political, Talent Management, Work, Workplace Diversity
Using the talents of our full population is critical, writes Lean In founder Sheryl Sandberg
[x_button shape=”square” size=”regular” float=”none” href=”http://www.wsj.com/articles/sheryl-sandberg-when-women-get-stuck-corporate-america-gets-stuck-1443600325?vh=d45c3daae9470a686372172e3cafb4d3d5705866&ts=1443627097″ title=”Sheryl Sandberg: When Women Get Stuck, Corporate America Gets Stuck” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”]Read the full article.[/x_button]
