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D&I Weekly News Round-Up: Race, Well-being and more
Welcome to the latest edition of our Diversity & Inclusion News Round-Up. Today we are talking about the benefits of the Swedish coffee break, executive sponsorship, Netflix’s latest inclusion report, and girls fighting for their right to be educated. Diversity Report Netflix just released their second inclusion report, an update on their progress from last year. Women now represent over 50% of their global workforce, and in the US, employees from historically excluded racial and/or ethnic backgrounds make up slightly more than half of the workforce. Race Having an executive sponsor can have a significant impact on someone’s career. According to new research, white employees are much more likely than Black employees to succeed in winning sponsorship, due to various reasons. Read more here. Gender Equality When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, most of the schools for girls closed. Touching (short) documentary on how girls have been fighting for the right to be educated. Well-being Working for Ericsson, I learned to love the tradition of “fika” (the Swedish coffee break) early on – and to no surprise, fika can actually improve productivity and enhance well-being according to this report. Watch the video! Caroline Berns is the Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Talent Acquisition Middle East & Africa at Ericsson.The original article was published here.
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D&I Weekly News Round-Up: Neurodiversity, Gender Bias and more
Welcome to the latest edition of Ericsson's Diversity & Inclusion News Round-Up. Today we are talking about companies with neurodivergent employees, over-qualified job applicants, employer-sponsored childcare benefits, and female train drivers in Saudi Arabia. Gender Bias According to a new study, being over-qualified when applying to jobs impacts men and women differently. The researchers found that hiring managers were more likely to reject overqualified men than women, due to assumptions they were making about commitment. Read more here. Neurodiversity When we speak about a neurodiverse workforce, we refer to people with ADHD, dyslexia, autism, or other neurological conditions. More and more companies have now launched targeted initiatives to hire and integrate neurodivergent workers – this article gives a good overview of various programs and successes. Working Parents Are onsite-childcare options going to become more common? According to surveys done in the US and the UK, a lot of employees are now asking for employer-sponsored childcare benefits. Offering such benefits can positively impact employee retention and well-being for all parents, and can help mothers stay in the workforce. Women Empowerment In recent years, Saudi Arabia has been actively driving the participation of women in the workforce, and opened many jobs that used to be restricted to men only. A job advert looking for 30 female train drivers now resulted in over 28,000 applications from women. Read more here. Caroline Berns is the Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Talent Acquisition Middle East & Africa at Ericsson.The original article was published here.
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