In Diversifying Work Force, Tech Firms At Back Of Field

Excerpts from “In Diversifying Work Force, Tech Firms At Back Of Field”
By Kristi Heim, Knight Ridder

Leaders in the high-tech industry have long agreed on the benefits of diversifying their work force, and companies have spent millions to do it.

Yet the technology industry still lags behind the rest of the business world when it comes to employing and promoting women and minorities. And racial bias complaints against companies are on the rise….

…How the question of diversity is resolved could have critical social and economic consequences. While high-tech companies are desperate to find qualified candidates for thousands of unfilled jobs, resorting to importing more workers from overseas, the unemployment rates of Africa Americans and Latinos remain far higher than that of whites…

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