How do we do actively promote equal opportunity and eliminate discrimination through affirmative action employment policies?
• Develop and follow an affirmative action plan that identifies underrepresented groups, and defines a plan to remedy the “underutilization”. • Provide a good faith effort in publicizing open positions to broaden the pool of qualified candidates to include underrepresented groups. • Establish fair selection criteria for positions and provide similar interview experiences for each interviewee. • Include the added value of one s diversity as a selection criteria if a “tie breaker” is needed between final, equally qualified, candidates. Why do we still need affirmative action employment policies? Despite the fact that 57 percent of workers in the U.S. are women and minorities, or both, these populations are still consistently underrepresented and under utilized. As stated in the March 15, 1995 Glass Ceiling Report Update: • Ninety-seven percent of the senior managers of Fortune 1000 industrial and Fortune 500 companies are white, and 95 to 97 percent are male; in the Fortune 2000 industri
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