The Race for Diverse Talent: A Major Report

Published by: Best Practices in Corporate Communications

Published: Jun. 30, 2006 - 420 Pages

Table of Contents

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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