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EEOC wants to diversify the tech industry

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 17, 2016
The commission is holding a hearing this week to seek solutions. One idea: Keep women in the industry.
Women are 45 percent more likely than men to leave the tech field.
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Facebook is trying to diversify Silicon Valley

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 23, 2015
The company has started a new program to get underrepresented groups into tech.
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Women, venture capital and bias

by Mark Garrison
Aug 7, 2015
An experiment reveals obstacles female entrepreneurs face in finding investors.
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Black Caucus and Silicon Valley talk minority hiring

by Andy Uhler
Aug 4, 2015
Tech companies don't employ many blacks. Traditional hiring practices may need review.
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Facebook wants to teach you about diversity

by Tobin Low
Jul 30, 2015
The social network releases its training videos on unconscious bias.
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Economics and the transgender community

by Eliza Mills
Jun 5, 2015
As the conversation about identity moves forward, small employers are catching up.
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Microsoft plans to hire workers with autism

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 7, 2015
The company has launched a pilot program aimed at hiring more people with autism.
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Change comes to Facebook one hire at a time

by Kai Ryssdal and Millie Jefferson
Jan 29, 2015
How company's global director of diversity is trying to live up to her job title.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks with a reporter during a 2013 event at Facebook headquarters.
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By The Numbers

Tallying the Secret Service's 'comedy of errors'

by Tony Wagner
Nov 14, 2014
Here are the stories we're reading and numbers we're watching Friday.
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Tim Cook and the diversity problem in the C-suite

by Stan Alcorn
Oct 30, 2014
"I'm proud to be gay" - Apple CEO Tim Cook writes. But where's the diversity in the C-suite?
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