rsity isn't easy to get right,” she adds. “But when a company strives to create a workforce that mirrors the population of a community, one that is as varied as its customer base, the benefits to all are broad and deep. Diverse employees offer an extraordinarily wide range of proficiencies for doing business (or doing good) in any marketplace.”

Who Makes Up The Diversity Population?

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There was one black governor inaugurated this year—Deval Patrick in Massachusetts, only the second in U.S. history. Women are governors in nine states.

“As Massachusetts is becoming more diverse, its government lags behind, resembling the population of three or four decades ago,” a Boston Globe editorial observed. “A new study from UMass-Boston of 163 top positions in state government shows that minorities are underrepresented, and the numbers of Latinos and Asian-Americans in particular are shamefully low,”

The editorial continues: “The government, and especially its leadership, will not reflect the state’s full diversity without a concentrated effort to recruit talented people from all segments of the population, and to assure them that their contributions are needed and welcome.”

Of the top 100 US cities, the minorities have become the majority. They have enormous purchasing power. They’re your customers.

Are they your employees?

Diversity At Work

I read in the New Yorker recently that "in the 'whitest' state in the nation, L.L Bean hires many Somali refugees living 20 miles away in Lewiston, Maine, to work at their giant packing facility in Freeport, during peak holiday rush.” Martha Kidd Cyr, L.L. Bean’s, VP Human of Resources, told me that many of these seasonal hourly workers become full time, permanent employees.

“As companies do more and more business around the world, diversity isn't simply a matter of doing what is fair or good public relations. It's a business imperative,” writes Carol Hymowitz in The Wall Street Journal.

“Diversity isn't easy to get right,” she adds. “But when a company strives to create a workforce that mirrors the population of a community, one that is as varied as its customer base, the benefits to all are broad and deep. Diverse employees offer an extraordinarily wide range of proficiencies for doing business (or doing good) in any marketplace.”

Who Makes Up The Diversity Population?

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inorities are underrepresented, and the numbers of Latinos and Asian-Americans in particular are shamefully low,”

The editorial continues: “The government, and especially its leadership, will not reflect the state’s full diversity without a concentrated effort to recruit talented people from all segments of the population, and to assure them that their contributions are needed and welcome.”

Of the top 100 US cities, the minorities have become the majority. They have enormous purchasing power. They’re your customers.

Are they your employees?

Diversity At Work

I read in the New Yorker recently that "in the 'whitest' state in the nation, L.L Bean hires many Somali refugees living 20 miles away in Lewiston, Maine, to work at their giant packing facility in Freeport, during peak holiday rush.” Martha Kidd Cyr, L.L. Bean’s, VP Human of Resources, told me that many of these seasonal hourly workers become full time, permanent employees.

“As companies do more and more business around the world, diversity isn't simply a matter of doing what is fair or good public relations. It's a business imperative,” writes Carol Hymowitz in The Wall Street Journal.

“Diversity isn't easy to get right,” she adds. “But when a company strives to create a workforce that mirrors the population of a community, one that is as varied as its customer base, the benefits to all are broad and deep. Diverse employees offer an extraordinarily wide range of proficiencies for doing business (or doing good) in any marketplace.”

Who Makes Up The Diversity Population?

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>Of the top 100 US cities, the minorities have become the majority. They have enormous purchasing power. They’re your customers.

Are they your employees?

Diversity At Work

I read in the New Yorker recently that "in the 'whitest' state in the nation, L.L Bean hires many Somali refugees living 20 miles away in Lewiston, Maine, to work at their giant packing facility in Freeport, during peak holiday rush.” Martha Kidd Cyr, L.L. Bean’s, VP Human of Resources, told me that many of these seasonal hourly workers become full time, permanent employees.

“As companies do more and more business around the world, diversity isn't simply a matter of doing what is fair or good public relations. It's a business imperative,” writes Carol Hymowitz in The Wall Street Journal.

“Diversity isn't easy to get right,” she adds. “But when a company strives to create a workforce that mirrors the population of a community, one that is as varied as its customer base, the benefits to all are broad and deep. Diverse employees offer an extraordinarily wide range of proficiencies for doing business (or doing good) in any marketplace.”

Who Makes Up The Diversity Population?

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, during peak holiday rush.” Martha Kidd Cyr, L.L. Bean’s, VP Human of Resources, told me that many of these seasonal hourly workers become full time, permanent employees.

“As companies do more and more business around the world, diversity isn't simply a matter of doing what is fair or good public relations. It's a business imperative,” writes Carol Hymowitz in The Wall Street Journal.

“Diversity isn't easy to get right,” she adds. “But when a company strives to create a workforce that mirrors the population of a community, one that is as varied as its customer base, the benefits to all are broad and deep. Diverse employees offer an extraordinarily wide range of proficiencies for doing business (or doing good) in any marketplace.”

Who Makes Up The Diversity Population?

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rsity isn't easy to get right,” she adds. “But when a company strives to create a workforce that mirrors the population of a community, one that is as varied as its customer base, the benefits to all are broad and deep. Diverse employees offer an extraordinarily wide range of proficiencies for doing business (or doing good) in any marketplace.”

Who Makes Up The Diversity Population?

It is clearly African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, Disabled, Forty Plus, Gay and Lesbian, Native American, Veterans—and yes, Women. Look more closely, and you’ll see:

●Asian Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the U.S., increasing at rates eight times as fast as the general population.

●In the US, Hispanic/Latinos are the largest ethnic minority group.

●African-American purchasing power is approaching $646 billion and Asian-American buying power is nearly $100 billion.

●The population of Hispanics/Latinos is growing five times as fast as the general population.

●The minority population is projected to surpass the non-minority or non-Hispanic white population between 2055 and 2060.

●Immigrants account for almost half of Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers in the U.S. and are strong contributors to American technology development.

More Similar Than Different

Last year, Watson Wyatt Worldwide’s. WorkUSA research asked 7500 workers at all job levels across diverse industries to respond to 130 statements about their workplaces. Watson Wyatt broke down the responses to look for diversity patterns across demographics including whites versus minorities, men versus women, and people over and under 30 years old.

The research found more similarities than differences, especially in the categories respondents rated as most important to them. People agreed about what inspires their commitment to a particular employer. The following factors were cited as important:

●They supported thei