Tech Talk
02 Jul Facebook only hired seven black people in latest diversity count
Facebook is still dominated by white men despite Mark Zuckerberg’s repeated promise to get serious about building a workforce that better reflects the diversity of its 1.4 billion global users. In its diversity report released on Thursday the social network company revealed that more than half of its US staff are white, with the proportion dropping slightly from 57% to 55%. The proportion of Asian employees increased by 2% to 36%, but the shares of hispanic and black people or those of “two or more races” remained flat at 4%, 2% and 3% respectively.01 Jul Gender Diversity in Tech and in the C-Suite
Tribridge's Vice President of the People Team, Holly Grogan was featured guest on the recently aired Dana Barrett Show, Women on Wednesday: Gender Diversity in Tech and in the C-Suite, on biz 1190 AM WAFS in Atlanta.
30 Jun Washington nudges tech on diversity
Washington is nudging Silicon Valley to diversify its workforce. Major tech firms have released breakdowns on the demographics of their employees for the first time in recent years, revealing that some of the industry’s largest companies are overwhelmingly male, and largely white and Asian, especially in technical jobs.
29 Jun Facebook turns to NFL playbook to fix diversity problem
Facebook has begun considering at least one minority candidate for some open positions, testing its own version of the Rooney Rule that the National Football League used to increase the diversity of coaching staff. The Rooney Rule requires NFL teams to interview at least one minority candidate during searches for head coaches and general managers.