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Cisco Supports #FirstRespondersFirst to Open Four Bright Horizons Centers to Provide Free Child Care for Frontline Healthcare Workers

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Chan School of Public Health , Thrive Global, and the CAA Foundation. ” “Cisco’s support for first responders and their children recognizes the magnitude of both the physical and mental toll they are experiencing during this unprecedented time,” said Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global.

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How Apprenticeship Programs Can Play an Important Role In Career Development

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Professional apprenticeships can be part of the solution: they provide companies with access to a diverse, talented and motivated talent pool, while creating new opportunities, sustainable career growth and real economic opportunity for workers. We’ve got to work together to solve this – now.

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UNDERSTANDING HOW DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ARE DIFFERENT

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It is very common for people to mistakenly believe that diversity equates to inclusivity when in fact, the two are not synonymous. Inclusion centers on people feeling valued, accepted, and respected while diversity involves a number of different characteristics, such as a person’s gender, age, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.

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Embracing Corporate Diversity

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Diversity has been touted and praised for a long time. One might think that with all the data and success stories published on the value of diversity, companies would embrace the concept and take advantage of it. Creative: Diverse minds have unique perspectives that lead to the “out-of-the-box” thinking. Diversity as We Know It.

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The Benefits of Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace

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Workplace Diversity and Inclusion or popularly called D&I, is one of the hottest topics of discussion for the Human Resource industry. But before we learn more about the benefits, let us take a look at the definition of Diversity and Inclusion. Diversity and Inclusion: Defined. Inclusion plays an integral part.

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How Can We Step Up Our Diversity and Inclusion Effectiveness?

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Do you find you’re struggling to make gains in the areas of diversity and inclusion? While many of us know the incredible value of diversity and inclusion to our organizations, putting it into effective action can prove to be a little more difficult. “One We’re not going to be perfect,” explained Stefanie. “It’s

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Spotlight on Board Diversity

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At Davos in January , I announced a new firmwide policy around our board diversity initiative: as of July 2020, Goldman Sachs is not taking any company public (in the US or Western Europe) unless the company has at least one diverse board member. And, during 2021, we pledged to increase this minimum to two.