Employers Need Workers. Now They're Realizing The Untapped Talent of These People.
4 Nov 2022
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If you give any leader the opportunity to increase their talent pool of potential employees by 15% — with all these new hires belonging to an underrepresented minority — they'd jump at the chance, especially given tight labor markets and CEO desires to increase headcount. Yet too few leaders realize that, according to the U.S. government, people with disabilities are the largest minority group in this country, with 50 million — 15% of the population — living with disabilities.
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Of the nearly 8 billion people that exist in the world, only 3.32 billion (43%) of those people are actively a part of the workforce.
If we go just a few steps further and filter out children, and even account for those individuals who have retired, there is still...
GATHERING THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE ON DEI
Recently, the Minnesota Chamber Foundation, in partnership with local and regional chambers, conducted a series of six focus groups in Willmar, Austin, Shakopee, Brainerd, Duluth and Saint Paul. Business and community leaders, as well as chamber leaders, were asked to discuss their views...
St. Paul – Today, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) launched the Growth Loan Fund as part of the recently announced $97 million through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. This new program provides direct loans from DEED to...