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The Race for Diverse Talent: A Major Report

Best Practices in Corporate Communications
June 30, 2006
420 Pages - SKU: PAG1331012

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In order to maintain a hold on its traditional markets, while also gaining market share in the emerging markets, U.S. companies are finding innovative ways to diversify their workforce to match these markets. But, it’s not just about recruiting people of color and women; it’s about retaining and developing their professional talents as well. Winning the Race for Diverse Talent is a compilation of the latest research, best practices and recommendations on how America’s top corporations are recruiting, retaining and developing the talents of women and minorities. This groundbreaking report will be released on June 30.

Foreword
Executive Summary: Winning the Race for Talent Survey Results; Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Survey Results; Gaining the Competitive Advantage; Role of the Diversity Officer and the Executive Diversity Council; Setting the Goal, But Raising the Bar; Diverse Representation among the Recruiting Team; Diversity Training for Recruiters: Cultural & Task Competency; The Use and Effectiveness of Third Party Partners and Diverse Organizations; Executive Leadership; College & Graduate School Recruiting; Effectiveness of Executive Search Firms; Using Online Resources for Diversity Recruitment; Diversity Marketing Communications; ROI: Measuring Diversity; The Elements of Mentoring; Diversity: The Basis for Today’s Recruitment & Retention; Career Development
Diversity Best Practices Survey Results: Survey Analysis; Survey Results
Diverse Issues in Higher Education Survey Results: Background; Demographic Information about the Respondents; Business Interest in Students and Graduates; Business Commitment to and Effectiveness at Diversity; Effective Student Strategies for Promoting Career and Employment Search; National Firms Effective at Recruiting Diverse Talent Pool; Business Characteristics that Appeal to Students of Color; Summary and Conclusions
Gaining the Competitive Advantage: Recruiting; Retention; Aflac: Winning the Race for Diverse Talent; Christian & Timbers Inclusion Practices: Diversity Strategies That Deliver Results; Colgate-Palmolive: Winning the Race for Diverse Talent; Harrah’s Entertainment: Getting Everyone in the Game: A Multi-Tiered Approach from Entry Level to Executive Level; Hewitt Associates: The Four Pillars of Multicultural Engagement and Retention; Inova Health System: 21st Century Leadership Development Program; Hudson: Winning the Race for Diverse Talent; K. Iwata Associates, Inc.: Backlash: A Multi-Faceted Leadership Issue; Lockheed Martin Corporation: Casting A Wide “Net” to Bring in (and Keep) the; Best and Brightest “Catch”; L’Oréal USA: Diversity at L’Oréal - A Comprehensive Approach; Mintz Levin: Mintz Levin’s Race for Diverse Talent; Novations: Winning the Race on Talent; Progress Energy: Race for Talent: Diversity Recruiting; SAIC: Race for Talent - An Overall Strategy for Success; Time Warner: Strategic Sourcing for Diverse Talent; The Winters Group: Parents + Employers = Tomorrow’s Pipeline
Role of the Diversity Officer and the Executive Diversity Council: Chief Diversity Officer Testimonials; The Importance of Diversity Councils; Association of Diversity Councils: Winning the Race for Diverse Talent: The Role of Diversity Councils
Setting the Goal, But Raising the Bar: Holland & Knight: The Top Ten Things You Should Do When Setting Diversity Hiring Goals
Diverse Representation among the Recruiting Team
Diversity Training for Recruiters: Cultural & Task Competency
Use and Effectiveness of Third-Party Partners and Diverse Organization: Diversity Pipeline Alliance Prepares People of Color for Today’s Leadership and Management Positions; Building a More Diverse Pipeline to Corporate America: From the Classroom to the Boardroom
College & Graduate School Recruiting: Better Targeted for Diverse Prospects: Recruit, Retain & Develop; Conclusion; Winning the Race for Diverse Talent; College Recruitment at Sodexho; The PhD Project: A Model Program
Effectiveness of Executive Search Firms: Minority-Owned Firms; Majority-Owned Firms; Conclusion; Cook Ross: What Return Are You Getting From Your Recruiters?; The Diversity Network: World Class Recruiting Process That Work; H.C. Smith Ltd: Recruit - Recognize - Retain - Reinvest: Reaping Rewards in the; People-Picking Process
Using Online Resources for Diversity Recruitment: Best-Practice Companies Make the Online Experience Effective; Using External Recruiting Partners; Conclusion; Monster Technologies: Understanding the Diverse Job Seeker
Diversity Marketing Communications: Trends in Multicultural Advertising (2003-2005)
ROI: Measuring Diversity: Trends in Measurement; Best Practices in Measurement; Diversity Best Practices ROI Committee Effort
The Elements of Mentoring: Types of Mentoring; Corporate Examples of Best Practices
Diversity: The Basis for Today’s Recruiting & Retention: Corporate Examples
Career Development: Why focus on succession planning?; 10 steps to implementing effective succession plans; Why should top leadership endorse talent mobility?; Best-practice career process—managing talent; Corporate Examples; Career Development in the Workplace: Strategies for Responding to the Needs of Women and Minorities and Maximizing Their Contributions
Appendix: Diversity Best Practices: Winning the Race for Diverse Talent Conference Call Transcript; Diversity Best Practices: Winning the Race for Diverse Talent Survey; Diverse/Diversity Best Practices: Survey of Corporate and Business Diversity; Recruitment Practices

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