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Update: Minority Hiring Poll: Update: Minority Hiring PollQuick curveball idea here for you all...An interesting idea I picked up from Tim Harford's book "Logic Of Life" may apply here.Basically, companies that exert taste-based discrimination AKA bigotry in their hiring practices are in the long run shooting themselves in the foot because they are denying...; Tags: minority candidate, Minority Hiring; Discussion threads 2008-02-11
Minority Hiring: Minority HiringUnfair hiring practices? I don't think so!Let's see -- 40% in one year? How far does that go in redressing the imbalances resulting from years of discrimination?As for qualifications - the interview and hiring process being what it is, who can fairly judge this? The process...; Tags: discrimination, hiring, Minority Hiring; Discussion threads 2008-02-06
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Asserts that TSA's Discriminatory Practices Impairs Transportation Security: ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- NOBLE President Clarence Edwards today announced that major concerns with TSA'S Minority Hiring and Disciplinary Practices still exist. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- NOBLE President Clarence Edwards today announced that major concerns with TSA'S Minority Hiring and Disciplinary Practices still exist.; Tags: Minority Hiring, transportation, transportation security, Transportation Security Administration; Research articles 2004-10-25
Kansas City, Mo., Council Praises Harley-Davidson for Hiring Minorities.(Originated from The Kansas City Star, Mo.): Nov. 20--City leaders grabbed the hands of Harley-Davidson officials Wednesday to congratulate them on a minority hiring campaign that netted 26 percent minority employees and 15 percent minority contractors. Nov. 20--City leaders grabbed the hands of Harley-Davidson officials Wednesday to...; Tags: Harley-Davidson Inc., hiring, minority hiring; Research articles 1997-11-20
2% to 5% range: Minority pros still few, far between at managers; More firms making the effort to increase diversity, but results aren't encouraging.(News)(Robert Toigo Foundation): Byline: Ricki Fulman Ethnic diversity at asset management firms appears to have stalled, but it's not for lack of trying. The percentage of minorities in professional positions at asset management firms is between 2% and 5% and has not increased Byline:...; Tags: asset, asset management, minority hiring, Princeton University; Research articles 2004-08-09

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Quantifying Minority Hiring: Quantifying Minority HiringBeing the best.If you even consider hiring because of policy over the best candidate you will be doing yourself, the company and that person a dis-service. It is your duty to do your best for that company which means recruiting and hiring the best. This allows your company...; Tags: hiring, Quantifying Minority Hiring; Discussion threads 2007-12-21
Update: Minority Hiring Poll: The unwritten rule among referees and umpires is that if you blow one, you fix it. It's called the "make-up call." Our poll on minority hiring alluded to a similar scenario, asking if it's acceptable to fix previous injustices in minority recruitment and hiring by pushing it...; Tags: William Baker, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Hiring; Blog posts 2008-02-08
Promoting NFL minority hiring: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: PROMOTING NFL MINORITY HIRING: Attorneys Johnnie Cochran (far, r) and Cyrus Mehri (2nd, r) discuss the state of minority hiring in the NFL with former NFL players (l-r) Kellen Winslow and Warren Moon. The NFL minority coaches and executives recently formed a group designed to ensure...; Tags: hiring, NFL; Research articles 2003-03-31
Poll: Minority Hiring: Your dilemma: One year ago, your company hired a new vice-president to oversee recruitment and implement a minority hiring initiative. Since then, minorities have accounted for about 40 percent of new hires, though they represent only 20 percent of applicants, and some long-time employees are whispering that better qualified candidates...; Tags: Human Resources, William Baker, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Hiring; Blog posts 2008-02-05
Hundt pledges gains for minorities. (Reed Hundt says that FCC is monitoring minority hiring practices): Invoking memories of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., FCC Chairman Reed Hundt last week told the National Urban League that his agency had stepped up its efforts to monitor minority hiring by broadcasters and cable systems and would work Invoking memories...; Tags: cable, FCC, monitoring, Reed Hundt; Research articles 1994-08-01
Minority hiring gains no ground: While one head coaching vacancy remains, it has been a disappointing season for those in the NFL who tout minority hiring. Only the Kansas City Chiefs hired an African American head coach, and because the Chiefs landed New York Jets coach Herm Edwards, the number of black coaches in the...; Tags: coach, hiring, league, NFL; Research articles 2006-01-29
Division I-A tackles minority hiring: Responding to years of criticism, the nation's major college athletics directors are drawing up new guidelines they say should improve college football's dismal minority hiring record -- their answer to the NFL's Rooney Rule. "Every struggle for fairness has a turning-point moment, and this is that...; Tags: coach, director, football, hiring, NFL; Research articles 2007-10-03
Minority-hiring policy stiffens: Major-school athletics directors have taken perhaps the strongest swing ever at improving college football's dismal minority hiring record, issuing guidelines Tuesday that mirror the NFL's Rooney Rule. "I really, truly believe it's the right thing to do," said Dutch Baughman, executive director of the Texas-based Division...; Tags: coach, director, football, hiring, NFL; Research articles 2008-01-16
Casino Executives, Congressional Leaders Discuss Minority Hiring.: By Jeff Simpson, Las Vegas Review-Journal. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 30--Executives of MGM Mirage, Park Place Entertainment and Harrah's Entertainment met Thursday in Washington, D.C., with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss the casino industry's efforts to improve minority hiring....; Tags: American Gaming Association, Games, hiring, leader, MGM Mirage, Rep., Strategy, Thompson; Research articles 2001-03-30
New York's Human Rights Commission Probes Minority Hiring in City Ad Agencies.: By Monty Phan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 28--The city's Human Rights Commission has begun investigating the minority hiring practices of city advertising agencies after soliciting race- and ethnicity-related employee data from the firms, a source confirmed ...; Tags: advertisement, commission, hiring, Manhattan, MARKETING, Newsday; Research articles 2004-05-28
Minority Hiring a Big Concern of Public-Relations Executives around Seattle. (Originated from The Seattle Times): Aug. 11--In many industrie, tracking minority hiring can be complicated, requiring statistical surveys and fine calculations. Not so in the local public-relations industry. Ask most insiders how many minorities work in PR around Puget Sound, and they simply begin naming names. No poll necessary. Out...; Tags: Seattle Times Co.; Research articles 1993-08-11
Quantifying Minority Hiring: THE SCENARIO: I'm charged with filling a management position at my company, and the two top candidates are a white male and a black female, both from outside the company. On paper, their qualifications are very similar, but after several rounds of interviews I feel that the white male has...; Tags: Hiring, Minority, Recruitment & Selection, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Where's The Line?; Blog posts 2007-12-20
TCI under the gun in Miami. (Miami City Commission investigation into Tele-Communications Inc. hiring practices): TCI Under the Gun in Miami MIAMI - The Miami City Commission will hold a hearing this week on whether to revoke a cable franchise held by Miami Tele-Communications Inc. The company has been accused of violating minority hiring practices and...; Tags: hiring, TCI; Research articles 1990-04-23
MINORITY HIRING May Be Facing Retrenchment: Will a court-ordered change from mandatory to voluntary hiring of minorities and women change the face of broadcasting? "BY ALL ACCOUNTS, I should not have succeeded in this business," says Will Wright, news director at WWOR-TV in New York City. "I started off as a product of the...; Tags: broadcaster, director, FCC, Government, hiring, TV, women; Research articles 2000-03-01
College Sports Earn Low Grade In Minority Hiring: Top positions in college sports still are held largely by White men-with few Blacks and other minorities-according to a report recently released by Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society. The report, the center's 12th annual "Racial & Gender Report Card," gave colleges a C+ because...; Tags: athlete, hiring, Northeastern University; Research articles 2001-08-27