Personally I would never hire someone based on anything other than their ability and attitude.
The big danger is setting KPI’s for diversity. There’s an old management saying “What gets measured gets managed” in my experience “What gets measured gets manipulated” is much more accurate and there in lies the problem.
There might have been some difficulties with certain groups being employed in the 50’s and early 60’s, however in my working life that began in the 70’s for more than 50 years I’ve worked with a very diverse group. Most of my career has been in technology too. the British Computer Society claims that it is difficult for women to break into the profession but women have worked with me for the whole of the last fifty years. In fact they have always had an advantage over men because they bring a different perspective to the technology workplace and the few who applied would be instantly recruited.
Nobody complains that L&D, HR, Nursing, child teaching and many other areas, are dominated completely by women and fair play to them.
A bit of a hijack here. On SK's sub you wrote that your "soured" on DJT due to Quax advocacy and are now a RFK supporter. Now that is interesting as it was DJT who suggested "therapeutics" got the US out of the WHO, and all but secured a small stretch of the border. We can agree that all are uber important. RFK has annihilated the Dem party which I believe is his primary mission at this time. Oddly he is not a vaccine denier, just wants safe quaxcines. By definition he is a virus chaser.
There are some behind the lines details. DJT has been in communication with RFK regarding a vice pres. appt. We should pay attention to that, closely, very closely.
Personally I would never hire someone based on anything other than their ability and attitude.
The big danger is setting KPI’s for diversity. There’s an old management saying “What gets measured gets managed” in my experience “What gets measured gets manipulated” is much more accurate and there in lies the problem.
There might have been some difficulties with certain groups being employed in the 50’s and early 60’s, however in my working life that began in the 70’s for more than 50 years I’ve worked with a very diverse group. Most of my career has been in technology too. the British Computer Society claims that it is difficult for women to break into the profession but women have worked with me for the whole of the last fifty years. In fact they have always had an advantage over men because they bring a different perspective to the technology workplace and the few who applied would be instantly recruited.
Nobody complains that L&D, HR, Nursing, child teaching and many other areas, are dominated completely by women and fair play to them.
A bit of a hijack here. On SK's sub you wrote that your "soured" on DJT due to Quax advocacy and are now a RFK supporter. Now that is interesting as it was DJT who suggested "therapeutics" got the US out of the WHO, and all but secured a small stretch of the border. We can agree that all are uber important. RFK has annihilated the Dem party which I believe is his primary mission at this time. Oddly he is not a vaccine denier, just wants safe quaxcines. By definition he is a virus chaser.
There are some behind the lines details. DJT has been in communication with RFK regarding a vice pres. appt. We should pay attention to that, closely, very closely.