Bias against candidates with the highest GPAs…among women
Chalk up another example of gender bias in America. For women looking for jobs, having the highest GPAs may work against them. We’re not suggesting that job candidates dumb down their résumés. Instead, we’d rather make a case for smarter hiring. But first:...
Can you train away the gender gap?
Women and women’s issues continue to make headlines. From the grassroots of the #MeToo movement to the first all-female panel at the lofty World Economic Summit in Davos, media awareness is high. This covers workplace harassment, “glass ceiling”...
Vive la différence! Workplace diversity contributes to innovation and how training can help
A new study from North Carolina State University suggests that organizations that make strides to achieve workplace diversity are also more innovative. This innovation manifests in more new products and, in some cases, even more patents and new uses of technology. “We...
HR may need some hand-holding to compete for younger “employee customers”
Employee customers? More and more, organizations are wooing new talent with techniques more akin to marketing than human resources to reach young people who brand themselves by their work. Competition for talent is getting tougher as the economy improves and...