Finding Your Talent

Corporate entities that have preached “Diversity” for years have found a treasure trove of talent at traditional HBCU’s. Diversity Inc. has outlined the top 50 companies who are actually walking the walk with their recruiting efforts!

Strong outreach by top companies over the past few years have included Marriott International and Hilton, both stalwarts in the hospitality industry, being labeled #1 in 2020 and in 2021 perspectively . The Pharmaceutical industry, including Kaiser Permanente, and Novartis are tops in their industries, with AT&T and Johnson & Johnson rounding out the corporate leaders over the past 6 years.  

Inviting HBCU graduates to take a hard look at your company is an important way to improve culture within the organization. Every company interested in a more diverse workforce would be smart to engage them.

What is diversity in the workplace? What does it look like?

Diversity in the workplace means having different people with different perspectives in the room. Those perspectives can be due to race, color, religion, age, sexual orientation, and in a lot of ways, their experiences. 

We all have perspectives based on life experiences. When you have a homogenous group, they often approach the problem with a similar approach. Individuals from diverse backgrounds have different ways of achieving the same results, and in many cases, this may provide a better way of approaching the problem. 

When your company has a diverse team, you also better understand your customer demographics. Understanding and this demographic information you can better serve your customers, enhance the customer experience, and expand your client base.

Having a well established, educated, and diverse team at your fingertips will allow your organization to function more smoothly, pivot with purpose and accomplish well-rounded problem solving. A variety of personality and backgrounds may seem problematic but rest assured, a team filled with variety and experience is a powerful workforce.