Striving to increase workplace diversity is not an empty slogan — it is a good business decision. A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean, and those in the top quartile…
DetailsPeople often see stress as something that affects individuals, but employee burnout can harm companies as a whole. Stressed-out employees make more mistakes, work more slowly and react more aggressively. They take more time off to recover from the stress of work. These things lead to decreased productivity and a failure to meet goals.…
DetailsRecruiting from the graduate skills market is not the same as drawing from a pool of experienced candidates. Graduates have no real experience, so their main selling point is their academic qualifications and personality. For a recruiter, it’s a difficult task to select one graduate from another, both of whom may have a masters in…
DetailsIt’s easy to have a page on your company website devoted to diversity and inclusion initiatives, but what good are these without committment from your employees? Diverse thinking is a necessary ingredient for a company to remain innovative. One of the many benefits of diversity and inclusion in the workplace is that there’s never a…
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