Category: PDJ
By Gabriella Giglio, EVP of Global HR at American Express Openness to learning can have a profound impact on your life, relationships, and career. People with “fixed mindsets” believe particular behaviors and level of intelligence are set in stone and cannot be developed, while those with a “growth mindset” believe these qualities can be improved… Read the full article
Your organization is doing important work when it comes to managing diversity programs and community initiatives. But if you aren’t getting the word out about your accomplishments, what good are they doing? In a recent study of senior marketing leaders at Fortune 100 and Forbes Top 200 corporations, only 11 percent of executives consider their… Read the full article
As Americans grow older, the growth of jobs in the healthcare industry, particularly those catering to seniors, is set to expand greatly. Senior caregiving is expanding the most in major cities throughout the U.S., especially in Southern and Western cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, and Los Angeles. According to Caregiverlist.com’s Senior Care Employment Index, senior… Read the full article
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created in 1986 and is one of the most significant outcomes of the 1985 Secretary’s Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health—known as The Heckler Report.
Solving health inequities is a complicated issue, but one that is achievable. The Cleveland Clinic, for itself, is working to get out the message and provide an example to other health institutions.
In 2013 the attention given to the topic of gay marriage has been at an all-time high. With more states adopting gay marriage rights and recent cases at the Supreme Court, the topic has received extensive media attention. However an even more far-reaching topic linked to the GLBT community has received little to no attention in the mainstream media nor has it garnered the general population’s consciousness—non-discrimination protection rights for GLBT citizens in this country.
Despite a recent uptick in news coverage of the gender leadership gap, pay equity, and women on boards, a recent study reveals that the needle still hasn’t budged for women aspiring to top leadership positions in the corporate world.
Defined as an individual’s capacity to function, interact, and manage effectively in diverse settings and backgrounds, cultural intelligence is about understanding that a person’s cultural identity has a great influence on how he or she thinks, makes, decisions, behaves, defines situations, and determines success.
When we speak about diversity, we often speak about one type: racial diversity. We are constantly challenged to embrace those who look different than we do, and create environments in which people of all races can harmoniously coexist. But what about cultural diversity?
A new job board, WeHireAmerica.jobs, has been set up to help fill more than a quarter of a million existing jobs.
