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Breaking Through: How Minorities can Break - or Bend - Corporate Career Barriers

Who’s that in the executive suite? It’s probably (still) a white man. Ninety-five percent of all executive-level positions in the U.S. are filled by non-female, non-minority individuals, according to David Thomas and John Gabarro, Harvard professors and authors of Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America - a study about the other […]

Maintaining A Diverse Workforce

By Carl G. Cooper
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
When I wrote for this special section on diversity this time last year, I had recently been appointed to the post of Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L). K&L was recognized as the first major law firm to make an appointment of this […]

Your Place in Aerospace

by Terry DealThe aerospace industry is on the upswing and talented engineers and computer scientists are being sought after to fill thousands of positions. In today’s global business climate where a diverse workforce is imperative for success, what are aerospace firms doing to attract and retain minority technical professionals?
Mauricio Velásquez, president of the Diversity Training […]

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