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12 Workplace Diversity Statistics You Should Know | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

Racially and ethnically diverse companies have a 36% higher likelihood of financially outperforming less diverse companies. In comparison, 61% of Millennials identified as white in 2002. Evaluate and implement: Evaluate your hiring process and make changes if necessary, like removing gendered language from job descriptions.

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The #10YearChallenge for Recruiting: What’s Changed Since 2009?

Vervoe

The recession that began in 2008 was hitting the job market hard. HR teams were just learning how to use a little site called LinkedIn, which had been around since 2002, but didn’t have the widespread use it does today. The US unemployment rate hit 10.2% , the highest it had been in 10 years. 2009: Social media vs 2019: AI.

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Does Your New Hire Really Need a Degree?

Glassdoor for Employers

That’s a 43 percent increase since 2002, and the same percentage as those that held a bachelor’s degree in the 1960s. That’s the situation Greg Archibald, Founder and CEO of oil and gas startup GreaseBook , finds himself in: He isn’t in a position financially to be able to hire any of his MBA classmates.