| Diversity in the Workplace |
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| What is Diversity? |
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Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences between people in an organization. Diversity encompasses race, gender, ethnic group, age, personality, cognitive style, tenure, organizational function, education, background and more.
Diversity not only involves how people perceive themselves, but how they perceive others. Those perceptions affect their interactions.
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| What are the Benefits? |
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The diversity of an organization’s workforce – and taking affirmative steps to attract, develop and retain diverse employees – has become an essential component to business success. We encourage managers use all resources when recruiting to enhance the cultural diversity in their workplace.
Some of the Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace are:
- Increased adaptability. A diverse workforce can supply a greater variety of solutions to problems.
- Broader service range. A diverse collection of skills and experiences (e.g. languages, cultural understanding) allows an organization to provide a wider range of services to customers.
- Variety of viewpoints. A diverse workforce that feels comfortable communicating varying points of view provideds a larger pool of ideas and experiences. The organization can draw from that pool to meet business strategy needs and the needs of customers more effectively.
- More effective execution. Organizations that encourage diversity in the workplace inspire all of their employees to perform to their highest ability.
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| Recruitment Resources |
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The NABA (National Association of Black Accountants, Inc.) http://www.nabainc.org/
has two price options for job postings. Register on line to set up an account. The job is posted instantly, you can search resumes, and manage jobs and candidates online. Costs involved are:
$285 for a 30-day job posting
$750 for unlimited job postings for 1 month
The IHN (International Hispanic Network) http://www.internationalhispanicnetwork.org/
has two price options for job postings. They have an Employment Announcement Request Form. The form is to be submitted via mail, fax or email to the contact person on the form.
Local Government/Institution Members – Posting rate is complimentary
Non Members – Initial 30 day posting rate is $75 per posting
Non Member – Additional 30 day posting rate is $25 per posting
The NAASA (National Asian American Society of Accountants) http://www.naasa.org/site/
website has information on who to contact for those who would like to post a job opportunity.
Director of Programs: Vanessa.manzano@naasa.org
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