Diversity Best Practices' News section features reporting and analysis on the latest trends in workplace diversity and diversity in society overall. Updated on a regular basis, this area houses the information about the field of workforce diversity and Diversity Best Practices organization and member news diversity practitioners need to stay up-to-date and effect change.
May 17, 2013
PITTSBURGH, -- PNC today announced a series of tips to assist veterans transitioning from military service to the civilian workforce. The tips are part of a continuing PNC initiative to enhance the employment prospects of job seekers who are former military.
"Employers may not immediately make the connection between how skills learned in the military may translate to civilian positions,"...
May 16, 2013
BETHESDA, Md., -- Marriott International has been honored again this year with three awards from the Alliance for Workplace Excellence (AWE). The company received the 2013 Workplace Excellence Award, the 2013 Health & Wellness Trailblazer Award, and the 2013 Diversity Champion Award, which was just introduced this year to recognize companies for their diversity and...
May 14, 2013
CHICAGO,-- On May 22 The Executives' Club of Chicago will host a Women's Leadership Program at the Palmer House Hilton featuring Beth Brooke , Global Vice Chair of Public Policy at Ernst & Young.
Brooke's presentation will examine the economic empowerment of women as a driving force of growth in the global economy. She is expected to discuss the positive...
May 13, 2013
San Francisco, CA -- The Administration on Aging recognizes May as Older Americans Month, and in support, Bank of the West is providing tips and guidance to protect seniors from financial scams and elder abuse. Financial abuse is now the third-most commonly substantiated type of elder abuse in the country. In just two years, the annual financial loss by elder victims has risen 12 percent to...
May 9, 2013
Diversity Best Practices (DBP) launches a global consulting practice to help companies solve their most difficult diversity talent and marketplace challenges with effective and innovative solutions custom-designed for their unique needs. The announcement was made today by Carol Evans, CEO of Diversity Best Practices, a division of Working Mother Media.
Evans states, “Building upon 30-plus...
May 8, 2013
As a young attorney working at the Legal Aid Society, Michael Rizer was passionate about diversity and inclusion, but reticent when it came to getting involved in initiatives that aligned with said passion. He questioned how he, as a white male, could lead diversity work, and often faded into the background—focusing more on social justice. Acknowledging that diversity and inclusion often...
May 7, 2013
CHICAGO--Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) was awarded the International Business Leadership Award Saturday at Equality Forum’s 2013 International Equality Dinner, part of an annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights summit held May 2-5 in Philadelphia. The dinner was held at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
The award recognizes companies that have a...
