Written by Tracey de Morsella on 05-01-2007
According to a new study released by Nationwide Financial (NYSE: NFS), 73 percent of African-American males say they were driven into retirement by factors beyond their control, compared to 33 percent of the general population. This number represents retirees who say they had to retire when they did due to illness, disability, company closing, or for another reason beyond their control. From the same study, the percentage for African-American females was 28 percent, compared to 37 percent for females of the general population. The Nationwide Retirement Decisions Study, conducted with Mathew Greenwald & Associates, covered people with household incomes of at least $40,000 a year. The survey also found that most African-Americans expect to retire between the ages of 55 and 65, compared to 57 and 66 for the general population.
Written by Tracey de Morsella on 03-05-2007
Last week, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education analyzed the most recent data on Black faculty from the U.S. Department of Education. Blacks made up 5.3 percent of all full-time faculty in American higher education.
The increase in their ranks has only moved up one percentage point in two decades. those blacks who do hold positions are concentrated in lower-level faculty posts. The article concludes by looking at flaws in the system that are likely causing the limited growth of Black faculty. Click here to read the article.
Written by Tracey de Morsella on 02-28-2007
David Cohen, President of DCI Consulting Group, Inc., has announced the formation of a new national nonprofit employer association dedicated to promoting proactive affirmative action and equal employment regulatory compliance to create diverse organizations free from workplace bias. Patricia A. Schaeffer, DCI’s Vice President-Regulatory Affairs, will head the association known as “The Center for Corporate Equality.”
Written by Tracey de Morsella on 02-26-2007
Top sourcing guru, Shally Steckerl, posted an article entitled “Using the Internet to Expand the Diversity of Your Candidate Pool,”on ERE yesterday. It is an excellent introduction that stresses that recruiters go where the diversity candidates go (and that is not always the same place as many of their colleagues go.)
Written by Tracey de Morsella on 02-23-2007
A new study by a Vanderbilt University professor of law and economics found legal immigrants in the United States with a lighter skin tone made more money than those with darker skin.
Written by Tracey de Morsella on 02-21-2007
Black and Hispanic employees are more skeptical than their white colleagues that performance on the job will lead to career advancement, according to a national telephone survey by Novations Group, a global consulting organization based in Boston.
Written by Grant Ingle on 02-19-2007
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