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Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion

TechCrunch

In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey. Encouraging signs in talent recruitment and development. On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point.

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CIO Diane Schwarz on the power of professional ecosystems

CIO

When it comes to cultivating external peer relationships, Schwarz emphasized the importance of a group founded by happenstance at a 2016 executive women’s dinner in Dallas. “We With that, T200 was founded with the mission to foster, celebrate, and advance women’s leadership in tech. Careers, IT Leadership

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Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the final civil rights movement

TechCrunch

By 2016, without capital, I had bootstrapped the company to eight digits in revenue. I began to realize that venture capital is a bit of a social game — and I was about to play it for two years. If they invest in someone that has a ton of social credibility in Silicon Valley, then even if they fail, nobody will question them.

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How to Boost Teacher Retention and Student Success

PowerSchool

According to the Learning Policy Institute (2016) , more than 200,000 teachers leave the classroom annually. School leadership. For an urban district, the cost to replace one teacher could exceed $20,000 including costs associated with separation, recruitment, and training of a replacement ( Learning Policy Institute 2017 ).

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Ageism Is Hurting Your Tech Company’s Hiring More Than You Realize

Battery Ventures

It’s time to talk frankly about a common, socially acceptable bias in the technology industry: ageism. A 2016 Payscale study found seven of the 18 top Silicon Valley companies it covered have a median employee age of 30 or younger. .” Ask your recruiter and subsequent interviewers about the company’s culture.

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CIOs Need To Know: Will AI Be A Good Or A Bad Thing For Their Company?

The Accidental Successful CIO

In the 2016 U.S. Facebook would like to prevent these types of videos in part because they are currently being used by terrorist organizations as recruiting tools. Blue Elephant Consulting – Your Source For Real World IT Department Leadership Skills. – Dr. Jim Anderson.

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Find Out if Your Message Attracts or Detracts

Strategy Driven

Seek input from the same person or persons or network and socialize with the same group? Do you know what the marketing, recruiting and website language says about you or your organization? Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. How inclusive are you? Allow privileges for some and not others? All of the above.

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