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Organizations can attract talent by highlighting stories from employees about career experiences, writes Lars Schmidt of Amplify Talent. A "digital storybook" of employees discussing how they live their values in the workplace demonstrates authenticity, fosters trust and builds an employer's brand, Schmidt writes. Forbes (3/28)
Equality in pay, not just hiring, needed in STEM jobs Women who work in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields make an average of $16,000 less than their male peers, and Hispanic and black women make up to $14,000 less than white women, according to US Census Bureau statistics. These numbers show that even as major tech players increase diversity in hiring, wage parity is also a major issue that needs attention, writes Blanca Myers. Wired (tiered subscription model) (3/27)
People with authority who create toxic work environments will drive away employees and weaken the organization, but these "bad actors" will continue unless leaders act, S. Chris Edmonds says in this blog post and video. "This bad actor has been allowed to continue behaving badly with little negative consequence because no one chose a more assertive approach," he says. SmartBrief/Leadership (3/27)
Nothing, I am sure, calls forth the faculties so much as the being obliged to struggle with the world.
Mary Wollstonecraft, writer, philosopher and women's rights advocate
